pitched very well last night and recorded his first career victory. In his first few starts he showed the flashes of what he was capable of but always seemed to have a bad inning or two that created too big of a whole.
This time he was able to wiggle out of the early jams that he found himself in and when he finally got into a rhythm he was every bit as good as advertised.
His final line from the game is very good.
8 innings, 0 ER, 0 R, 3H, 3BB, 5K, 115 pitches and a game score of 78.
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Pitch Statistics |
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Pitch Type |
Avg Speed |
Max Speed |
Avg H-Break |
Avg V-Break |
Count |
Strikes / % |
Swinging Strikes / % |
Linear Weights |
Time to Plate |
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FF (FourSeam Fastball) |
90.18 |
92 |
2.85 |
7.97 |
64 |
40 / 62.50% |
3 / 4.69% |
-2.3043 |
0.416 |
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CH (Changeup) |
80.81 |
82.1 |
6.46 |
3.52 |
8 |
5 / 62.50% |
1 / 12.50% |
-0.7415 |
0.462 |
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SL (Slider) |
83.98 |
85.5 |
-2.89 |
2.32 |
25 |
17 / 68.00% |
0 / 0.00% |
-0.4920 |
0.445 |
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CU (Curveball) |
73.63 |
75.8 |
-6.46 |
-3.10 |
13 |
7 / 53.85% |
2 / 15.38% |
-0.8748 |
0.515 |
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FT (TwoSeam Fastball) |
89.56 |
89.9 |
6.38 |
7.12 |
5 |
4 / 80.00% |
1 / 20.00% |
0.4593 |
0.423 |
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Pitch classifications provided by the Gameday Algorithm and may be inaccurate. |
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He primarily used the fastball and mixed it up with the breaking balls. He showed decent velocity starting the game in the low 90's and by the end of the 8th still sitting around 90 mph.
The other major factor in his success is that he was able to keep his pitch count down in each inning. (Maybe this is something that he can help or other talented lefty out with .)
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Inning-by-Inning Pitch Totals |
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Inning |
Pitches in Inning |
Strikes in Inning |
Strike% in Inning |
Cumulative Total Pitches |
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1 |
19 |
10 |
52.63 |
19 |
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2 |
19 |
11 |
57.89 |
38 |
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3 |
14 |
8 |
57.14 |
52 |
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4 |
17 |
12 |
70.59 |
69 |
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5 |
8 |
6 |
75.00 |
77 |
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6 |
14 |
9 |
64.29 |
91 |
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7 |
13 |
9 |
69.23 |
104 |
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8 |
11 |
8 |
72.73 |
115 |
You can see that after the 3rd he was a much better pitcher, he seemed to have settled down and established a nice rhythm. After this point the Brewers never really got anything going against him.
Overall this was a great game and I am glad that he is pitching well especially after facing two tough teams and then coming to a hitters ball park, he hasn't gotten the break him in slow kind of treatment. It is encouraging to see him do well and hopefully this is a sign of things to come for a number of years. He really seems to a pretty well polished pitcher already.
Cool chart, it always seems he is jumpy to start with EVERY single game, but once he settles down he is gold.
ReplyHe did well in his brief stint last year (still dono why he got sent back down) and the majority of this year.. As I said before it's just a shame that it took an injury and a mediocre replacement to get him back up here.
I agree, it is a shame that it took him so long to get up to the majors but I think that most of the reasons were justifable. He did show signs of lost veliocity and struggled early in Spring Training and in AAA. However now there shouldn't be any reason for him to not be up here.
ReplyHopefully the early game struggles will go away with getting more experience.
Scott it definitely will, the kid is freaking 20 years old which still blows my mind.
ReplyIf he can throw a 3-hitter against a decent Brew-crew before he can take a shot of Jager legally, then I will fully embrace his early-game struggles..
Hard to believe he was the guy that lost velocity in the beginning of the year, but he had a marriage and a close death in the family, too.
Anyone remember Sabes throwing him under the bus saying he wasn't prepared due to "activities" he had in the offseason?
GOTTA LOVE HIM
Sabean's comments were certainly unwarented but this is just another example of his foot in mouth disease.
ReplyI had gaurded optimism for him this season but everything he has shown appears to be the real deal. I hope that his sucess continues and he bolsters the staff which is already pretty darn good.