NEW YORK — A day after his manager called Marco Estrada the most underrated pitcher in baseball, Estrada was approached at his locker inside the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.
The crafty right-hander was asked if he was aware of a certain statistic that ranked him among the best pitchers in baseball.
“I don’t want to know!” Estrada yelled, albeit with a smile. “I don’t look at my stats. I don’t need to know.”
Relenting, he finally allowed his visitor to lay it on him: Since the start of 2016, Estrada ranks fourth in Major League Baseball with an opponents' batting average of .