Young Giants’ Arm: Dan Runzler

For the Giants, talented young pitchers have been of no shortage lately. Adding to the already crowded group of impressive hurlers is left-handed reliever Dan Runzler. Runzler found his way into a MLB game on Sept. fourth of last year. He entered a two-two affair, with two outs and runners on first and second, which is a 2.49 leverage index situation, and struck out Jody Gerut looking. 

His brief appearance at the end of the 2009 season opened some eyes with one run allowed and 11 strike outs in 8.2 innings pitched. Left-handed batters had one single and two walks in 20 plate appearances against Runzler, while right-handed hitters fared...

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