2. German Marquez, RHP Colorado Rockies
2-1, 30 strikeouts (T-15th), 0.97 WHIP (T-7th), 1.3 WAR (4th) and 2.25 ERA (5th).
When it comes to Colorado Rockies players, home and away splits speak volumes to the stadium they play in, Coors Field. German Marquez has been a Cy Young lock in three road starts this season. At home? He’s pitched to a 6.30 ERA in two starts and 10 innings pitched this season.
No, this isn’t an excuse being made for Marquez. Rather, it’s a testament to how strong of a starter he is. Even with those clunker starts at home, he still finds himself high in many statistical categories.
Marquez has allowed one earned-run in those three road starts, which is highlighted by a complete-game shutout in which he flirted with a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants.
Breaking down Marquez‘s numbers, other than cutting down the number of fastballs he throws and upping his slider usage, there really aren’t any glaring changes in pitch usage and batted-ball percentages like we have seen with the other pitchers mentioned.
Although, there is one thing and it doesn’t bode well for Marquez: he is only producing a soft-contact percentage of 8.1, and a he has a hard-contact percentage of 41.9. He obviously needs to clean some things up, especially at home, but he is still pitching like one of the best in baseball.