Jacob Webb 2024

[dystopia]

Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

Webb gets hate because of the postseason homers.  Oddly, Hicks still gets hate despite his postseason homer and stats.  

We’re just a bunch of haters. 

[G54377]

I think Webb was kind of gassed last year by the time the playoffs rolled around. Dude has spotted a 2.40 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 2.90 FIP, 44 K's in 41 IP for us. For a guy that's expected to be like our 5th best bullpen arm you take that every day.

[Tony-OH]

5 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

1.40 ERA 265 ERA+ in 21 appearances this season  

He has a 2.40 ERA in 46 appearances total with us going back to last year. 

Webb is certainly one of the more under rated relievers the Orioles have because he doesn't have that dominant velocity. It's interesting because his fastball velocity and vertical movement are down from last year. His XWOBA .405 on his fastball suggest he's been getting pretty lucky since his WOBA on his fastball is .293. As noted, his velocity is ticking up a bit, but worth noting as good as he's been, he is overperforming a bit. 

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, G54377 said:

I think Webb was kind of gassed last year by the time the playoffs rolled around. Dude has spotted a 2.40 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 2.90 FIP, 44 K's in 41 IP for us. For a guy that's expected to be like our 5th best bullpen arm you take that every day.

I think Webb made two bad pitches in the playoffs.

[Just Regular]

Mitch Garver, by the way, was scratched with back spasms Tuesday and on the bench yesterday before Seattle's long flight into town.

[Just Regular]

Felix Bautista's 2023 season ended on 8/25 during an appearance that was his 3rd in 4 games, though entering that night he had also only thrown 28 game pitches in the preceding 10 days.

The Orioles clinched the AL East on 9/28; Webb was off that night as Hyde used DL Hall, Cano, Cionel and Tyler Wells to help Dean Kremer complete beating Chris Sale.

From 8/26 to 9/27, both Webb and DL Hall made 15 appearances to number among MLB's top 10 at winning time.    Leclerc, Clase and Tanner Scott were a few of the others in the Top 10 during that span.

Hall 260, Webb 228, Fujinami 195, Coulombe 158, Lopez 152, Cano 143, Cionel 140 was the distribution during that first month of adapting to No Felix life.