Baseball writer at @TheAthleticMLB. Starkville pod. MLB Net. Winner of 2019 BBWAA Career Excellence Award. Launched hot dogs with the Phanatic. Now on Blue Sky
It's my weekly dose of Weird & Wild
Are 2500 hits the new 3,000? Freddie Freeman made us take a look https://t.co/4wuz8kbpi6
Plus Vegas madness, 2 hits in 2 cities in 1 day, Singer vs Song, KC in KC, upside-down Giants, heaviest leadoff duo ever? & more
https://t.co/qw7ZJH01qN
Among the takeaways from the first All-Star voting update: the Boston Red Sox have just one player in the top 10 at his position. (Willson Contreras is sixth at 1B.) Every other MLB team has at least two.
https://t.co/fhrowriLYt
How rare is it to have two pitchers as dominant as Miz and Sanchez pitching in the same series?
It's actually unprecedented!
I wrote about why and how the other day.
"I'm excited to face him"
Jacob Misiorowski: 1.50 ERA/38.4% K rate
He pitches tonight
Cristopher Sanchez: 1.54 ERA/30.1% K rate
He pitches Sunday
Did you know MLB has never seen a series like Brewers-Phillies this weekend?
I wrote about that!
https://t.co/wMCfkbFWSW
Have I mentioned that Starkville is now on @YouTube
Check out this great conversation with JT Realmuto
Come for the inside look at why Don Mattingly can have a big impact on modern players
Stay for the fun tale of why Freddie Freeman kicked dirt on JT
https://t.co/dAImAO4RUV
Great new Starkville
The always thoughtful JT Realmuto joins me and @dougglanville to take us inside:
Phillies manager switch
How ABS has changed the game
Sanchez!
Facing Miz
Why Freeman kicked dirt on him
Schwarber’s other 3 True Outcomes
Lots more
https://t.co/AHbZxaI6M4
Have I mentioned that Starkville is now on @YouTube
Check out this great conversation with JT Realmuto
Come for the inside look at why Don Mattingly can have a big impact on modern players
Stay for the fun tale of why Freddie Freeman kicked dirt on JT
https://t.co/dAImAO4RUV
Great new Starkville
The always thoughtful JT Realmuto joins me and @dougglanville to take us inside:
Phillies manager switch
How ABS has changed the game
Sanchez!
Facing Miz
Why Freeman kicked dirt on him
Schwarber’s other 3 True Outcomes
Lots more
https://t.co/AHbZxaI6M4
Jacob Misiorowski tonight:
15 strikeouts
1 hit
Faced the minimum
CG in 95 pitches
You’ve just seen the first 15-strikeout “Maddux” in the pitch-counting era.
What a show this guy is
Jacob Misiorowski of the @Brewers is the only MLB pitcher in the modern era to throw a shutout where he:
struck out 15 or more
allowed only 1 hit (or none)
faced the minimum number of batters
Jacob Misiorowski has 12 K's through 6 innings (on 68 pitches).
For reference, there have been five 20-K games (9-inning outings) in MLB history. Here's how many K's each pitcher had through 6 IP:
Max Scherzer: 13
Randy Johnson: 12
Kerry Wood: 12
Roger Clemens: 15
Clemens: 14
The 3 fastest strikeout pitches by ANY starting pitcher in ANY game since 2008 (when pitch tracking began):
1. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Schwarber: 104.5 mph
2. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Harper: 104.1 mph
3. Jacob Misiorowski vs. Turner: 103.5 mph
All in the 1st inning tonight.
"I'm excited to face him"
Jacob Misiorowski: 1.50 ERA/38.4% K rate
He pitches tonight
Cristopher Sanchez: 1.54 ERA/30.1% K rate
He pitches Sunday
Did you know MLB has never seen a series like Brewers-Phillies this weekend?
I wrote about that!
https://t.co/wMCfkbFWSW