Junior Guerra threw 1,863 pitches in 2016. Of those 1,863, only 371 were splitters. Guerra threw his splitter just 20% of the time but it accounted for 35% of his swing-and-misses. Hitters didn’t fare well with Guerra’s splitter at all. Against his splitter, batters managed just a .109 average and .208 slugging percentage. Only one of the ten HRs hit against Guerra in 2016 came off of a splitter. In 2017, Guerra should look to throw some more splitters since it his statistically his most dangerous pitch.
Zach Davies had a very good year for the Brewers last season despite being just 23 years old.