Digging just a little bit into the numbers, Derek’s hot start doesn’t look sustainable. The Yankees have faced an improbably high number of left handed starters so far in 2012. One thing Jeter has always done is clobber left handed pitching. For his career he’s a .400 wOBA hitter against lefties. In his first eight games of the year Jeter has seen a southpaw on the mound for five of them. He’s responded accordingly. Derek has an other-worldly .617 wOBA against lefties in 2012. Against righties, however, Jeter has a middling .272 wOBA. That’s bad, really bad, and certainly not what he’s done for his career.
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Can Derek Jeter’s Hot Start Last?
Jaggers-Radolf asks if Derek Jeter can sustain his .366/.395/.610 start: