Jose Abreu was extremely tough to pitch to in 2014.The common bonds between Rookie of the Year winners Jose Abreu (Chicago White Sox) and Jacob deGrom (New York Mets) might be few, but their 2014 performances share a similarity.
Both had seasons that weren’t so much about how they started, but how they finished.
Jose Abreu wins AL Rookie of the Year
Abreu is the first White Sox player to win Rookie of the Year since Ozzie Guillen in 1985. He is the second player to win the award by unanimous vote in the last three seasons, joiningMike Trout in 2012.
He led all rookies in home runs (36), RBIs (107), hits (176), doubles (35), runs scored (80), OBP (.383), slugging percentage (.581) and OPS (.964). His 36 home runs are the most by an AL rookie since Mark McGwire hit 49 for the Athletics in 1987.
Abreu showed big-time power early in the season, but didn’t start getting on base at a high rate until he returned from an injury in June. His power took a bit of a dip when he returned, but he found other ways to make up for it.
After hitting .260 in the season’s first two months, Abreu hit .342 with a .413 on-base percentage and .574 slugging percentage the rest of the way.
How he hit
What made Abreu so good?
Take a look at the heat map above. Abreu was able to cover the entire plate at a success rate that few could match.
Abreu had the best numbers in baseball in at-bats that ended with a pitch in the upper half of the strike zone—a .389/.487/.741 slashline (all three of those were major-league bests).
Abreu could also reach outside the strike zone and do damage. He ranked tied for fifth in the majors with 50 hits against pitches out of the zone. His 12 doubles against those pitches were one shy of Victor Martinez for the major-league lead.
Jacob deGrom was very tough on both left- and right-handed hitters.Jacob deGrom wins NL Rookie of the Year
DeGrom is the first Mets player to win Rookie of the Year honors since Dwight Gooden in 1984.
After going 0-4 with a 4.39 ERA in his first seven starts of the season, deGrom was one of the best pitchers in baseball for the rest of the year, going 9-2 with a 1.99 ERA, with 110 strikeouts in 99 1/3 innings pitched. That ERA was third-best in the National League from June 21 on, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (1.41) and Edinson Volquez (1.85).
That included a start against the Marlins in which deGrom struck out the first eight hitters of the game, tying a major-league record.
How he pitched
The differences between the deGrom who struggled and the one who excelled were plentiful.
Among the most notable were that his strikeout-to-walk rate, which wasn't even 2-to-1 in his first seven starts (34 to 18), was better than 4-to-1 the rest of the way (110 to 25).
DeGrom also limited hard contact. He yielded only two home runs on the last 1,538 pitches he threw, after giving up five on his first 698.
DeGrom had success fooling hitters more often as the year went along. Opponents had 12 hits and made 34 outs against pitches out of the strike zone in his first seven starts.
In his last 15, the ratio of outs to hits was nearly 7 to 1 (97 outs, 14 hits).
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