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MLBcontact quality pitcher hr prone

1.83 HR/9

Javier Assad has allowed 10 home runs in 49.2 innings this season — 1.83 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 3.48. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

Published Saturday, September 5, 2026

Javier Assad has allowed 10 home runs in 49.2 innings this season — 1.83 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 3.48. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

THE NUMBERS

angle
pitcher_hr_prone
direction
prone
pitcher id
665871
pitcher name
Javier Assad
team
Chicago Cubs
matchup
Chicago Cubs vs Miami Marlins
headline
1.83 HR/9
hr9
1.83
innings pitched
49.2
home runs allowed
10
era
3.48
detail
Javier Assad has allowed 10 home runs in 49.2 innings this season — 1.83 per nine, against a league rate near 1.25. His ERA is 3.48. ERA is the number everyone quotes and it is the wrong one for a home run market: a low-ERA fly-ball pitcher gives up more homers than a higher-ERA groundballer, and ERA cannot tell them apart.

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