September stat roundup: Colorado Rockies standouts

Wade Davis

Here are some of the important stats you need to know for Wade Davis‘ September:

ERA: 60.75
FIP: 20.46
ERA-: 1204
wOBA Against: .685
IP: 1.1

But the only stat that really matters here is that Davis only pitched 1.1 innings this September and that in itself is one of the greatest stats for the Rockies from this month.

Jairo Diaz

The Rockies second-best September pitcher, according to fWAR, was Jairo Diaz (0.5). In his new role as closer, he was able to get 5 saves with a Rocky Mountain High ERA of 4.20.

That could have been even better as his FIP of 2.61 suggests he may have been getting unlucky (if you don’t follow sabermetrics, any time an FIP is lower than an ERA it suggests a pitcher is better than his ERA shows, whereas a higher FIP than an ERA suggests the pitcher is getting lucky).

His wOBA against him was only .263 in September, which continued a trend of that wOBA getting continually lower every month starting with June. He also got his Soft/Medium/Hard Hit line to its best spot this season at 20.0%/46.7%/33.3%.

Diaz took advantage of his additional opportunities and should see more time out of the bullpen next season.

Carlos Estevez

Estevez was just a touch behind Diaz in terms of fWAR, but his September performance was almost more impressive. As if an ERA of 0.84 wasn’t impressive enough, hitters who faced Estevez only had a BABIP of .046.

That’s not a typo.

He also posted an ERA- of 17, which was 2nd on the Rockies only because Ian Desmond was untouchable in his only appearance on the mound this season.

His September wOBA Against was just .120 and he posted a WHIP of 0.38. It doesn’t get much more dominant than that.

Estevez has certainly had his ups and downs with the Rockies and has always shown flashes of brilliance. September was another example of that and is hopefully something that can translate into 2020 and beyond.