“I didn’t want to comment about what the numbers were; I just wanted to set that aside,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “The guys that come here, we throw the numbers out. We’re focusing on the data.”
If you had just looked at the ERA totals for Drey Jameson this year in Reno, you’d question why he was even called up this year. Out of Triple-A starters with 10 or more starts, his 6.95 ERA ranks 5th of 6 behind only Tyler Gilbert. The above quote shows you why they went ahead and called him up now, as he ranks 2nd among those 6 in both K/9 and BB/9.