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By Zachary Morgan | AstrosBias.com
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The iron is indeed hot. Three days after acquiring OF Dexter Fowler, the Astros have inked nine year veteran Scott Feldman to anchor the staff at 3 years for 30 million. The initial response to the signing is a bit befuddling, as one wouldn't figure that Feldman would garner 10 million a year, but considering current market value for one win above replacement is about 7 million and he's averaged over 2 WAR the past two campaigns, it's actually a frugal expenditure. The 30 year old righty is a rather experienced commodity with 131 games started and 234 total under his belt, and figures to bolster the rotation and improve the major league squad immediately. The signing is further commitment to the front offices promised plan to progress towards competing at the major league level, as well as boosting the payroll. This is step a forward, and an encouraging one. The wave towards competition continues to billow.
Scott Feldman owns the build of a prototypical workhouse righty at 6'7, 230 pounds. Feldman has within his arsenal a fastball, cutter, curveball, sinker, and changeup. Although his fastball velocity has been in decline over the past three years, it's asinine in regards to his success as Feldman only threw his true heater at 2.8% of the time last season, a figure that has also been in decline. Scott relies heavily on his sinker, cutter, and curveball, as those pitches accounted for 89.2% of his offerings in the past year. Of his deliveries, Scott has posted positive curveball and cutter pitch values at 4.3, and 3.2 respectively. It's encouraging to see how valuable his secondary has become over the last several years as it forebodes well for him as he progresses over the wrong side of 30. Scott Feldman will immediately slot into the top to middle of the rotation and make an impact. Feldman isn't an ace, but he is a consistent average to above average major league starting pitcher, a valuable commodity to any squad much less the Astros current roster. Below are a look at Feldman's numbers via baseball-reference.com as well as some video.
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Year
|
Tm
|
W
|
L
|
ERA
|
G
|
GS
|
IP
|
H
|
ER
|
HR
|
BB
|
SO
|
ERA+
|
WHIP
|
HR/9
|
BB/9
|
|
2005
|
0
|
1
|
0.96
|
8
|
0
|
9.1
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
492
|
1.179
|
0.0
|
1.9
|
|
|
2006
|
0
|
2
|
3.92
|
36
|
0
|
41.1
|
42
|
18
|
4
|
10
|
30
|
119
|
1.258
|
0.9
|
2.2
|
|
|
2007
|
1
|
2
|
5.77
|
29
|
0
|
39.0
|
44
|
25
|
3
|
32
|
19
|
80
|
1.949
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0.7
|
7.4
|
|
|
2008
|
6
|
8
|
5.29
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28
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25
|
151.1
|
161
|
89
|
22
|
56
|
74
|
84
|
1.434
|
1.3
|
3.3
|
|
|
2009
|
17
|
8
|
4.08
|
34
|
31
|
189.2
|
178
|
86
|
18
|
65
|
113
|
114
|
1.281
|
0.9
|
3.1
|
|
|
2010
|
7
|
11
|
5.48
|
29
|
22
|
141.1
|
181
|
86
|
18
|
45
|
75
|
82
|
1.599
|
1.1
|
2.9
|
|
|
2011
|
2
|
1
|
3.94
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11
|
2
|
32.0
|
25
|
14
|
3
|
10
|
22
|
113
|
1.094
|
0.8
|
2.8
|
|
|
2012
|
6
|
11
|
5.09
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29
|
21
|
123.2
|
139
|
70
|
14
|
32
|
96
|
86
|
1.383
|
1.0
|
2.3
|
|
|
2013
|
TOT
|
12
|
12
|
3.86
|
30
|
30
|
181.2
|
159
|
78
|
19
|
56
|
132
|
105
|
1.183
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0.9
|
2.8
|
|
2013
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7
|
6
|
3.46
|
15
|
15
|
91.0
|
79
|
35
|
10
|
25
|
67
|
114
|
1.143
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1.0
|
2.5
|
|
|
2013
|
5
|
6
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4.27
|
15
|
15
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90.2
|
80
|
43
|
9
|
31
|
65
|
99
|
1.224
|
0.9
|
3.1
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