Step inside Don Mattingly’s live evaluation room, better known as the third-base dugout at Marlins Park.
Today’s focus is on starting pitching.
Forget looking solely at ERA when it comes to production and overall success, Mattingly said. The Marlins’ manager prioritizes a few intricacies that go into that final product.
The main two at hand: Strikeout-to-walk ratio and swing-and-miss potential — more colloquially known as making a batter “whiff.”
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“That’s really what it is,” Mattingly said.