Samardzija has been poor in day starts last several years. But I didn't have the guts to take ATL...
I posted earlier today:
Samardzija been poor in day games this season. only two games tho, could be small sample size deception. So I looked back and 4 of last 5 years he's exhibited this tendency to pitch considerably worse in the day alright!
only exception was last year, when Samardzija was bad in both day and night, but worse at night (he tied for the American League lead in home runs allowed and led the league in earned runs allowed). ...Samardzija later said that had been inadvertently tipping his pitches, which lead to this very unusual year for him in many statistical categories and splits.
I posted earlier today:
Samardzija been poor in day games this season. only two games tho, could be small sample size deception. So I looked back and 4 of last 5 years he's exhibited this tendency to pitch considerably worse in the day alright!
only exception was last year, when Samardzija was bad in both day and night, but worse at night (he tied for the American League lead in home runs allowed and led the league in earned runs allowed). ...Samardzija later said that had been inadvertently tipping his pitches, which lead to this very unusual year for him in many statistical categories and splits.
