If ever there was a shred of doubt about who the Dodger’s Ace might be, Tyler Glasnow removed it yesterday with a masterful eight innings and 101 pitches of shutout baseball. Here’s a stat for you: Number of starts with 7+ IP, 0 ER, 0 BB & 10+ K in a single season (Dodgers history):
- 4 – Clayton Kershaw (2015)
- 3 – Sandy Koufax (1965)
- 2 – Tim Leary (1988), Walker Buehler (2019), Tyler Glasnow (2024)
I have not heard Tyler comment specifically about how much fun he is having, but his undiagnosed UCL injury (where the ligament was detached from the bone) caused him to have to spend over an hour just warming up. It might be an amazingly good feeling to no longer have to go through that every time he throws, and we can see the results.
I have said that Glasnow is not “injury-prone” because it was essentially the same undiagnosed injury for four years that limited him. He is now free of that and is a workhorse. He is certainly a Mountain of a Man on that mound and will absolutely be in the running for the NL Cy Young Award. He is now 4-1 with a 2.92 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP.
The lineup has gotten a little longer now that Andy Pages is stepping up. However, the #8 and #9 spots are still a Black Hole. The clock is ticking… TICK, TICK, TICK!
I will give Friedman/ Roberts credit for choosing Glasnow as the number 1. They could have chosen Miller or Yamamoto. As of now there is no contest. Imagine Glasnow is Mr. dependable with his history. Hopefully that is all in the past. Baseball needs guys like Glasnow who is fun to watch. However, when healthy and at their best Miller and Yamamoto have ace quality.
If Pages and Lux could get going the offense would be so much better. Lux should do it but I don’t know if it is fair to expect Pages to be a playoff hitter. The problem is you have Muncy k Hernandez k and outman k. Spread them out in the lineup. Pages mb k as well. We need a pesky hitter down in the lineup that can make contact and hit both lefty/righty. Lux is the only one on the current roster who could fill that roll. He has to hit first but then improve against lefties.
Good win! Getting on the road with the good feeling of Sunday might just be what the squad needs.
Hang with em, long long long and long season….
Joe and Orel were great yesterday!
So . . . Assuming the first four are set and Smith’s recent contract cements him as a top guy, that leaves the 5/6 as Muncy/Teoscar [flawed but dangerous] and the bottom third as:
7) Outman–leash is long due to last year
8) Pages–even when Heyward returns
9) Lux/Rojas–fine for 9th
Taylor & Keekay are 100% bench guys and Heyward can rotate in at CF and RF.
I think we’re good right now. Just get some key guys back on the mound and start rolling.
Someone has to go when JayHey returns. Not enough roster spots. I want us to keep Pages in RF, but he’s probably the odd man out if they don’t release CT3.
Releasing Taylor certainly will be an option. I no longer think the money left on his deal will be that much of a factor. The fact remains that he and Kike are basically the same player, and Kike is playing just a little bit better right now. Then again, AF has stated he has full confidence in the players he has. Take that with a grain of salt.
When OC Register’s Bill Plunkett asked Friedman about Buheler, he thought Buehler was in a ‘really good spot.’
“Actually watching his start last night, I think his stuff is in a really good spot,” said Friedman, who watched video of the outing. “I’ve seen it with a lot of major-league pitchers who are on a rehab assignment – the adrenaline is different. I don’t think we’ll have a really good answer until he’s built up and back. But we’ve all seen Walker a lot over the years and we would absolutely bet on him.
“But the most important thing for us, watching a guy on rehab, is where’s their stuff and execution. Just looking at the box score last night, I assumed the execution was poor. Watching it, it was way better than that and the stuff is in a really good place. Those are the two most important factors that we look at with a guy on rehab and I would say he checked both those boxes.”
—Bill Plunkett, via OC Register
This is a really good example of public relations style obfuscation. You stick to pleasant sounding generalities rather than address the the perhaps not-so-pleasant details.
What does his stuff being in a “really good spot” actually mean?
Did his fastball have good movement or velocity? Could he command it? How were his secondary pitches? What was the RPM on his curveball, and is that spin rate close to what it was before he was injured?
Do I fault Friedman for saying this? No. He has to put on a good spin on what are, in reality, not-great rehab performances, but let’s see these public facing statements for what they truly are. They don’t tell us the truth.
Meanwhile –
https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/Dodgers-Walker-Buehler-Outings-Have-Been-Not-Great-According-to-Dave-Roberts
I posted a comment about Buehler a couple of weeks ago. Everyone was effusive in praise of Buehler’s 4 inning rehab start where he allowed no runs, assuming Buehler would be back any time to be the Buehler of 2021. I interrupted all the happy talk to point out that his velo is still not where it was when he was the effective Buehler of old, and the effective Buehler of old relied on that hard fastball. That somehow made me a disloyal Dodger fan; I didn’t appreciate enough the contributions he made to help the Dodgers win the 2020 World Series – as if his performance against the Braves in the NLCS in 2020 has any bearing on whether he’s suffering from the lingering effects of an injury in 2024. Weird non sequitur. I’m a Dodger fan. I’m not part of some cult.
Yamamoto worries me a little. His fastball. Yeah, he throws it hard, but I think his lack of extension might be an issue. Glasnow is a human giant with arms the length of Pterodactyl wings. When he throws a 98 MPH fastball, that ball is released that much closer to home plate. It seems faster than what it is, with that truncated reaction time and all.
Yamamoto is relatively short. He can’t get that extension. That fastball is not as relatively fast.
I can’t imagine with the Dodgers advanced scouting department what it is that they could have not taken a hard look at this and factored that into their projections. I hope he settles in and figures it out and becomes the pitcher his contract is banking on, but his yo-yo curve and splitter and wizard like secondaries play off an effective fastball. Right now he doesn’t have an effective fastball.
Glasnow is a stud. All the haters calling him “Glass Now” should really be eating their words, but they always slink away when discredited. …Now that I say that he’ll probably get injured. 😉
Unless you truly think the Dodgers will miss the playoffs with the way they are currently playing, then no, these games don’t matter in September. It’s how they’re playing in September and October that matters. I think the Diamondbacks are better than they’re record, and they could challenge the Dodgers for the division, but it’s about catching fire at the right time.
Yamamoto is not a really power pitcher. He is a finesse pitcher with good velocity who is now facing tougher batters. It’s a learning curve. But plenty of Japanese SPs have succeeded in the US–Nomo, Darvish, Shohei, Senga and others. Yamamoto is said to be the best of the bunch.
Methinks it is waaay premature to describe Glasnow as a “workhorse.” That would be fantastic, and his surgically fixed elbow should reduce the risk of injury. But in ’23 he also lost starts due to a strained oblique and cramping. My guess is that Yamamoto, with his extreme flexibility, is less likely to be injured. We’ll see.
I’m fine with the Dodgers being extra cautious with Miller’s shoulder, and also being cautious with Buhler’s return–and the odds of him returning to ace form seem slim. Now Hurt is hurting too, and was Sheehan moved to the 60-day IL? Knack is scheduled for another start. With all the uncertainty in the rotation, I wonder if Wrobleski could get summoned. While I would be cautious with guys like Miller and Buhler, I’d be aggressive with a guy like Wrobleski. And eventually, we should see Kershaw…
Yes, Dodgerpatch that was me who commented on your tempered expectations about Buehler’s return. I thought you were overly focused just on his velocity. I do think Buehler has been under appreciated during his Dodger career. And I am still optimistic about his prospects this year and in the future. I may be wrong but I love the competitiveness Walker has displayed in his career.
In Buehler we trust
Glasnow and Ohtani were impressive yesterday. Good team win overall to end the homestand.
Comments from Friedman regarding Buehler were surprisingly positive. Would be great to have Walker back to form this year.
Outman going to get it going here soon.
He has put some good AB’s together lately just doesnt have the results yet. No K’s yesterday. Stick with em!
Nice to know Pages can play CF.
Leaves Heyward & Vargas as corner OF options.
I do not believe that Pges is an everyday CR’er, but that is based upon watching him in 21 and 22 when he was 25 pounds heavier. Maybe he can…
It’s no secret that I am worried about Outman. He is an above-average Defensive CF’er, but I do not believe he will be any more than a platoon player. Maybe Outman overachieved last year. I like overachievers being one myself., but in MLB, talent is king.
Talent, itself, does not make you successful, but without it you are nothing… ask Jackson Holiday or Miguel Vargas.
Heyward is also a platoon player, and so is Lux. Pages is not. I smell a trade or trades brewing.
Mookie can be fine at SS, but I’d rather see him at 2B. Willy Adames and his .300 BA, .879 OPS and lower strikeout rate would look good on the Dodgers right about now. Milwaukee will not sustain this run… Adames will be available at the trade deadline.
Will Adames be available? Not so sure about that…
The Brewers are playing really well with a 14-7 record in a competitive division, with the Cubs and Reds behind them. Their core, now including Chourio, is really strong. While they may not sustain a .667 winning percentage, there’s no reason to think the Brewers can’t win the central or get a wild card spot.
They picked up the SS prospect Ortiz, a first-rate defender, from Baltimore in the Burnes deal, and he’s been playing 3B for them. He could slide over if they decided to deal Adames–but why would they? In addition to excellent defense, Adames has always been a reliable power source. Right now he is hitting to an .865 OPS.
Dealing Adames would cost a playoff contender in “win now” mode an elite defender and middle-of-the-order bat. What could the Dodgers offer to compensate?
Because Kiki and CT3 simply aren’t good enough hitters, the Dodgers just don’t have enough quality RHB’s to platoon with all their LHB platoon players.
So yes, I agree w/you Mark, I too smell a trade(s) coming.
Fun game to watch. Let’s just keep it going on the road trip. Keibert Ruiz was put on the IL due to the flu, but he has lost almost 20 pounds since he went on. Get to see old friend Justin Turner this weekend. JT is hitting .308 with 2 homers and 11 driven in. Then we go to Arizona for three. Their pitching has taken another hit with Kelly having issues now.
Wow – yesterday was one game. Just like when they lose, you can’t generalize from one game.
There are trends to evaluate. These aren’t good. Many things will fix themselves, others are fixable. Some may not be.
In general, I don’t like the decision making. Their best OF is playing SS. Their best SS is on the bench. The bench is built with guys who aren’t the same players that they were 3 or 4 years ago and really don’t contribute. (Kike and CT)
The bullpen may be better if Graterol and Treinen return, but we can see how inconsistent that relievers are.
Yamamoto’s fastball is really hittable in the early goings. Stone has pitched well once in 4 starts. Miller will be out a while.
No one knows what the Dodgers’ actual roster will look like. Or how it will perform.
One other thing – yeah, it’s early, but the games count just the same in April as they do in September.
While your math is not wrong, I would argue that the games in the pressure of September matter a lot more than the games in April. And the Dodgers manage their approach to the season accordingly.
What you just said.
From an article in The Athletic about the numbers:
102 1/3 – That’s how many innings the Dodgers bullpen had logged this season entering Sunday, by far the most in baseball. The Dodgers aren’t getting enough length from their starting pitchers. And when you’re running essentially a six-man rotation with a bullpen game plugged in, that’s a problem. Especially when Dodgers starters entered Sunday having faced just 68 batters a third time through the order, the third-fewest in baseball.
221 – That’s how many times Dodgers hitters had struck out this year entering Sunday, most in baseball. Their overall strikeout rate is more palatable (24.6 percent, ninth-worst in baseball), but it has reared its ugly head, especially after the top of the order. Beyond the top four spots in the lineup, the Dodgers have struck out 30.7 percent of the time, the most frequent in baseball within that split.
Pages has a real nice swing, easy and compact.
He will be very good , hopefully sooner than later. Dodgers certainly could use it.
Have to decide at some time of the season who to keep; Kike or CT3.
Lets see what Striker has left.
dePaula with a real good game yesterday. 2 doubles , a triple going 3-4. That swing is classic.
What is bafffling a bit: cartaya is playing only every other day so far. Tough to get into a rythm that way.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
comment in jail
I will have to fix it later. Sorry but I can only do it from my computer. No access right now.
Don’t you have an IT guy?
I mean, we’ve been dealing with this glitch for, I dunno, years?
It’s whenever I post a link to something …and then, not all the time. And I have to use my alternate email account when posting. My regular email account is perma-blocked for some reason.
One thing about Jeff’s site that I like is the ease of posting links to things like YouTube. It creates a thumbnail even.
Yes, I do, but we are just super busy. He’s an employee, but I am going to re-platform the site. My software is about 10 years old and there are better versions.
I’ve never had a comment in jail, Patch. Would you like the name of my attorney?
Leticia James may be available.
LOL. I was thinking Fani Willis.
Maybe Jack Smith has time now waiting on the Supreme Court decision on Presidential Immunity?????
You guys are naming prosecutors. Seems to me you need a defense attorney.
Maybe I am being indicted for impersonating a blogger.
Rudy, Eastman, Chesboro, Ellis…
They all need work. And to have their licenses restored.
Tag team
Jackie Chiles!
Now we’re talking.
The ghost of Johnnie Cochran
D-Backs release Jace Peterson and place Merrill Kelly on the IL.
Dbacks won 84 games last year. They really were not a great team.
They had 3 good weeks….
Point is, they peaked at exactly the right time. You can have the best record and stats in the entire league and not go to the World Series in this current baseball alignment. Getting there is just part of the equation. I do not like the bye for the teams with the best record. I think they should put more pressure on the wild card teams. Make them play a double header the Tuesday after the season ends, and then the next game on Wednesday for the series final. Then start the NLDS on Thursday. Makes it harder for their staff to get to a set rotation. In the first two years of this setup only the Astro’s of all the division champs, have gone to the World Series. The first year the only 100-win team that advanced past the division series was the Astros.
The problem is the Head Idiot in Charge Manfred thinks the playoff system is perfect. He was thrilled two of the worst records being in the World Series. I agree with you that the wildcards play a double header only I think it should be on Monday the final on Tuesday and start the LDS on Wednesday. No off days to reset their rotation.
I like that plan. Somewhere down the line, adjustments will be made. Considering how low the audience was for the World Series last year. Outside of Dallas and Phoenix, no one really cared. Manfred will be gone after this term. He has already said that. Hopefully the next commissioner will see the faults in the present system.
Matt, hope you’re good and I totally concur with your more positive outlook for the Dodgers going forward in 24. You are absolutely correct, there’s an awful lot of baseball to be played, and more importantly, that is where the Dodger’s depth, particularly the return of the rehabbing pitchers, Beuhler, Kershaw, Miller, May, Graterol, Treinen and even Gonsolin, will come into play later in the season.
However your comment about Arizona not being very good is I think at the root of the Dodger’s Post Session woes these past couple of years.
There appears to be an over confidence, or arrogance if you will, about other teams and their limitations when compared to the all conquering regular season Dodgers.
This arrogance leads to underestimation and a lack of ruthlessness that is needed come playoff time, Too many players leaving it for someone else to step up, rather than each player grinding out each at bat pitch by pitch.
I keep hearing that it’s the week off that’s the problem, that players lose their rhythm etc, but I think that’s BS and a convenient excuse.
The lack of fire and determination is
nothing to do with resting up, it comes from the top. The Diamondbacks come ready to play, as San Diego did the year before. We did not.
It’s the arrogance across the board, from fans to players to management that’s the problem. The D’Backs were a very good side all season and thrashed us in the Playoffs, and got to a World Series where they gave a good account of themselves, while we watched on. Again. Yet evidently they were lucky and got hit for three weeks lol.
Until the attitude changes across the board, and they take every opponent seriously, the Dodgers won’t win Jack.
I disagree Watford. When was the last time the Dodgers made a deep run in the playoffs? 2021. They were in the wild card game fighting for their playoff lives. And that was a 106-win team with a ton of late season injuries. They lost both of their aces to injury. One during the playoffs, and one before. Plus, their starting first baseman and a huge power source was injured on the last day of the year and did not play one single inning in the playoffs. Their best players in the playoffs, were an outfielder, Bellinger, who did not come close to being the player he had been in prior years, their Swiss Army Knife utility player, Taylor, and AJ Pollock. Their big-ticket money stars all flamed out against the Braves. No, not playing for close to a week can upset everything. You need to play with little interruption just to keep your timing. If it isn’t a factor, how come four of the six teams with a first-round bye have lost in the division series? It is definitely a factor.
Sorry I dont get this take at all.
Arizona was not a great team last year.
They won 84 games, if the Dodgers did that everyone would be up in arms and heads would roll.
They got hot at the right time, nothing more nothing less, and they didnt even win the big prize…
I think that there is truth in what Watford said… I just don’t think it’s the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
There is something to being arrogant, overconfident, and even feeling “entitled” when you cruise to winning over 100 games and have little to play for the last month of the season. It breeds complacency and Atlanta and Baltimore suffered from the same malady as the Dodgers.
So, I think the week off is absolutely a problem because it causes the above. The trick is: How do you turn that problem into an opportunity?
I think that is part of the reason the Dodgers are somewhat uninspired at this juncture. Doc will “flip the switch” in a few weeks.
News From Internet:
Hot Sheet @ Baseball America ($$$$)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/ranking-the-20-hottest-mlb-prospects-hot-sheet-4-23-24/
6. Jeral Perez, 2B, Dodgers
Team: Low-A Rancho Cucamonga (California)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: .360/.467/.800 (9-for-25), 6 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 6 RBIs, 5 BB, 4 SO, 1-for-2 SB
The Scoop: …The power should come as no surprise, given that his 11 home runs in the Arizona Complex League in 2023 were tied with Rangers prospect Echedry Vargas for the most on the circuit. (JN)
Baseball America’s Podcast looks at Andy Pages and has a tidbit on Michael Busch:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-america/id201539011?i=1000652668643
Mostly about Pages’ great spring and power. A little caution over his Ks.
Nabil Crismatt:
5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 5 Ks, 0 BB
49 strikes in 69 pitches ERA is 0.79!
Don’t look now, but oft-lamented prospect Kody Hoese is hitting .364, OPS .917 & has hits in all but 1 game this year. He’s probably not going to be what the team thought he would be, but kudos to him for persevering and lets hope for extended health, success, then MAYBE opportunity.
Davy Andrews @FanGraphs on the Dodgers OF:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-dodgers-outfield-has-been-very-very-bad-to-start-the-season/
The title, The Dodgers Outfield Has Been Very, Very Bad to Start the Season, says it all, but here’s a nice bit on Outman:
However, it’s way too early to assume that Outman can’t replicate his 2024 performance or find ways to get better in his sophomore campaign. So far this season, he’s hitting the ball a bit harder and his contact rate has improved from infinitesimally small to merely microscopic. Outman isn’t going to run a .242 BABIP all year, and it’s too early to panic about him.
Geoff Pontes chat at Baseball America ($$$$)
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/hot-sheet-mlb-prospects-chat-4-16-24/
Q: When is Payton Martin expected to start pitching this year and is he a better prospect then any of the pitchers listed in this chat?
A: I believe we’ll see him in the next month but I know he was held back. I’ve heard he’s healthy.
Q: No love for Justin Wrobleski yet? Does his lack of extension lower the grade of his fastball?
A: He was in consideration but he gave up a couple of runs. Hes got really good stuff and he’s lefthanded so maybe his lack of extension is less of an issue? I do think it’s a big league arm of some type whether that is a reliever or a starter remains to be seen. I think he’s more of a 4-6 out reliever.
Q: Two intriguing lower minors guys off to nice starts are Lonnie White and Zyhir Hope. Thoughts on them?
A: I covered White above, I like Hope more. The feedback has been good and the underlying skills look good right now. He’s not swinging and missing much, he’s hitting for power and there’s athleticism. Hope is a name to circle and follow this spring.
Q: How has statcast data changed the scouting industry?
A: I think it’s shrunk scouting departments and made it easy for teams to scout via video. At the end of the day scouting is still the art of identifying traits you feel your player development can nurture. In someways it’s also made scouts more accountable. Theres some good and bad.
Jay Jaffe Chat:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jay-jaffe-fangraphs-chat-4-16-24/
Jason: Are the Dodgers actually giving to give Pages a legitimate chance or is he going to get the last season Michael Busch treatment?
Jay Jaffe: it’s not clear yet. This is mainly as a fill-in for Heyward’s roster spot, which effectively puts him in the short half of a platoon with Outman, though it’s more crowded than that, with the two Hernandezes and Chris Taylor also out there. If he hits, he’ll stick around but I suspect this is a short-term thing for now
War2D2: Trout is mashing like Trout of yore. What injury do you think will waylay him this time? My bet is on losing a toe to a freak glazing accident.
Jay Jaffe: let’s just say that I want him to stay away from all bungee-related activity
kingmitch: What are mookie betts weaknesses? if any?
Jay Jaffe: It sometimes takes him two bounds to leap over tall buildings, and I’m told he has a tendency to underseason his pasta sauces just a bit.
John: If Mookie Betts retires right now, is he a Hall of Famer? I say yes, and consequently submit that McCutchen should be, too, even if his peak isn’t quite as high
Jay Jaffe: Huh? Betts is 31, has been playing at an all-Star Level since he was 22 and has 66.6 bWAR, some of which comes from being 156 runs above average in the field. Cutch is 37, hasn’t played like an All-Star since he was 28, and has 48.6 bWAR, in part because he’s 77 runs below average in the field. They’re not close.
Matt VW: With his season ending injury, Trevor Story will post 3.5 bWAR in the first three years of his Red Sox contract. Xander Bogaerts posted 10.3 bWAR over the first two years of the same span, with nearly a full season to add on.
I know no one tries to get hurt, but this casts the Red Sox’s determination to part with Bogaerts in a pretty bad light. How much of this was foreseeable and how much just bad luck?
Jay Jaffe: The Red Sox have made some pretty dubious choices when it comes to seeing some of their homegrown stars off in recent years— Lester, Mookie, Bogaerts — but hey, John Henry’s gotta be happy with that payroll flexibility, right?
Zach: How long do the Dodgers give Lux to figure it out? He looked fine in spring but he doesn’t look close offensively at the moment. I guess his surprisingly elite defense at second might buy him more time. At some point, they have to see if Trey Sweeney, or maybe a Vargas move back to second, would be better for the team, right?
Jay Jaffe: as I just found out about the move at the start o this chat I haven’t read anything about the rationale but it may be that the Pages move puts a squeeze on Lux by bumping Taylor and/or Kiké to more infield work while Lux sits. But I think he’s still got some runway to figure it out.
Farhandrew Zaidman: Re: Pages – CT3 has looked dreadful and Kiké hasn’t looked much better. Obligatory “it’s april” but maybe the beginning of the end for LA’s two super-Util guys?
Jay Jaffe: Certainly not out of the question. Taylor has been dancing along the edge of a cliff since 2022
Ben Clemens Chat
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/ben-clemens-fangraphs-chat-4-15-24/
Jeff Passan on the Ohtani skeptics:
“Is it possible that Ohtani, Mizuhara, the Dodgers, the Angels, the IRS, the Department of Homeland Security, Ohtani’s agent, Ohtani’s accountant, Ohtani’s investment advisors, and Ohtani’s bank all got together and got on the same page with a story to protect Ohtani and to put his interpreter in Federal Prison, in all likelihood, in a neat tidy package in mere record time? Is that a possibility?”
Jay Jaffe on Michael Busch:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/so-far-michael-busch-has-been-a-big-hit-for-the-cubs/
Thanks, Bluto. Good stuff!
6:45 PM ET
Dodgers (13-11)
Nationals (10-11)
SP James Paxton L
2-0 2.81 ERA
SP Patrick Corbin L
0-3 8.06 ERA
Confirmed Lineup
2B Mookie Betts R
DH S. Ohtani L
1B F. Freeman L
C Will Smith R
RF T. Hernandez R
3B Max Muncy L
LF E. Hernandez R
CF Andy Pages R
SS Miguel Rojas R
68° Wind 10 mph
Wrobleski gives up 4 ER in the first for Tulsa.
An otherworldly explosive sound from the guided missile Ohtani launched off his bat.
Ohtaniheimer
Activated the AEGIS combat system off the coast of LA
Dave Roberts about to lose his Dodger home run record
“Dodgers right-hander Blake Treinen started a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, and got the results of someone seeing his first game action in over six weeks.
Treinen pitched the fifth inning in the hitter haven in Albuquerque, entering a game in which 11 runs had already scored. Treinen struck out his first batter faced, looking on a cutter, but then gave up a single, triple, and single to his next three batters. Two of the hits were considered hard-hit by definition (at least 95 mph), with exit velocities of 104.1 mph (the first single) and 97.1 mph (triple)
Treinen was pulled at 20 pitches, presumably his limit. He allowed three runs and recorded one out”.