Hunter Greene still leading team in strikeouts

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(07-31-2023, 03:37 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Hunter Greene only has 73.1 innings pitched but sitting at 100 strikeouts.

As it stands, Greene is 3rd in IP behind Ashcraft (105 IP) and Weaver (86 IP).
Abbott, Lively, and Williamson all have between 60 and 70 IP, so really just a couple starts away from Greene, innings-wise.

What blows my mind is how Greene is still 24 strikeouts ahead of the next pitcher, Ashcraft.
Ashcraft has over 30 innings pitched more.
Weaver, Abbott, and Lively are in the 60's for strikeouts. They average ~1 strikeout an inning.

Just goes to show how dominant Greene has been when it comes to punching out guys.

Personally, I look forward to having him back in late August (hopefully).

The Velocity/Strikeout era has been a disaster for MLB pitching. Hunter Greene is averaging 5.1 innings per start and has a 1.350 WHIP. He averages 18.5 pitches per 3 outs.

All the focus on velocity in strikeouts in today's game has ignored things like simply getting guys out quickly and easily so you can keep your pitch count low, throw more innings, and not blow out your arm. 

It's why guys like DeGrom is having his 3rd TJ surgery and probably ended his career, Strasburg is put together with elmer's glue, and Syndergaard burned out before he could ever really get started.

Greene's fastball averages 98.4mph this year, but has a weighted value of -3.4 with only his slider out of his trio of fastball/slider/changeup being a plus pitch this year. Throwing less hard while aiming for better location and movement would produce better results and possibly be less likely to have him keep going on the IL, too.

A soft ground ball is almost as good, or even better if you have someone on first, than a strikeout. It can only take 1 pitch, and you don't need to blow out your arm/shoulder/etc to get it. Cueto was a master of that. 6 year span where he had only 7.6 K/9, but a 2.73 ERA, 1.084 WHIP, and 16 complete games/7 shutouts plus 2 more complete games in the postseason including one in the World Series... and it wasn't so long ago that it isn't still basically the same game played today.



/angry old man yelling at the clouds