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How Hiroki Kuroda Continues to Thrive at Hitter-Friendly Yankee Stadium

class="ui-droppable">If you haven't noticed, Hiroki Kuroda has been simply dominant at Yankee Stadium this year.

He's gone 7-2 with a 1.44 ERA and 51 strikeouts for the New York Yankees, having given up three earned runs only twice in 11 starts. In the other nine starts, he's allowed two runs or less, including no earned runs in his last three home starts.

But how does Kuroda continue to thrive? After all, Yankee Stadium has a 1.152 home run factor and 1.017 runs factor, according to ESPN's MLB Park Factors.

What makes Kuroda successful?



 

The Stats

When looking at Kuroda's game log, the biggest thing that jumps out about his home starts is that he's barely walking anyone.


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