This is your Mariners Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of August 16, 2021.
A Look at Mariners Pitchers Last Week
Casey Sadler
Casey Sadler has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 0.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 3 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 6.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.125 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .100 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 31.6% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 61.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Diego Castillo
Diego Castillo has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 0.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 3 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 5.40 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has found a way to attract poor quality contact as evidenced by the 0.0 BABIP of hitters against him. When the contact you attract is so poor and you strike out enough hitters, a .000 batting average means that the balls are hit in places where fielders are able to make plays. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 18.8% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 72.2% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Drew Steckenrider
Drew Steckenrider has a record of 2-0 this past week and a 0.00 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 3 games this week and in his relief appearances, he was used as a closer and he had 1 saves and 0 blown saves.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 6.75 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.333 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .267 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 30.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 68.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Marco Gonzales
Marco Gonzales has a record of 1-0 this past week and a 1.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 9.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has found a way to attract poor quality contact as evidenced by the 0.056 BABIP of hitters against him. Hitters are hitting .071 against him this past week.Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 40.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 74.4% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Tyler Anderson
Tyler Anderson has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 1.69 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 6.75 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.333 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .273 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 48.1% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 77.5% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 2.89 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 2 starting appearances this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 10.61 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.32 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .243 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 32.3% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 76.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Chris Flexen
Chris Flexen has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 4.50 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.3 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .261 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 18.4% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 77.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Logan Gilbert
Logan Gilbert has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 3.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 7.50 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.235 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .217 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 31.5% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 65.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Paul Sewald
Paul Sewald has a record of 1-0 this past week and a 3.38 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 2 games this week and he was not used as a closer this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 16.88 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has been a strong strikeout pitcher this week and he has found a way to attract poor contact as well as evidenced by the 0.0 rate of hitters against him. Hitters are hitting .100 against him this past week.Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 42.4% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 76.2% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
““They were hunting the fastball and trying to just look for something out over the plate, especially if I didn’t get the slider in-zone,” Gilbert said. I mean, the main thing is just making an adjustment, which we talked [about] going into the fourth, [which] was a little better,” Gilbert said. But you’ve got to challenge with it in the strike zone.” “He was trying to make it nasty, was trying to get on top of it, and it really was going the opposite way,” Servais said. “I feel like the main thing is just proving that in the zone, especially early in the game, and then from there, I can expand.”
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