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October 9, 2025

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The Phillies at the Dodgers kicks off the evening at 6 PM EDT with Cristopher Sanchez facing Tyler Glasnow both having pitched in game one. The extra off days allow teams in the NL LDS to go with a three-man rotation. Sanchez pitched well in the opener, walking two and striking out eight in 5 2/3 innings, but did not figure in the decision. Glasnow came on in relief of Shohei Ohtani and allowed two hits and two walks in 1 2/3 innings, not allowing a run.

MLB lists the starting pitchers for game four of the series between the Brewers and Cubs as undecided. It may be game one starters Freddy Peralta and Matthew Boyd, or it may be those two in combination with openers and a bullpen game. The wheels will be turning as the Cubs try to send the series back to Milwaukee.

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October 4, 2025

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The first seed round of the NLDS kicks off the second round of the playoffs at 2 PM EDT with the Cubs facing the Brewers in Milwaukee. Matthew Boyd takes on Freddy Peralta. The Brewers roughed up Boyd this season, scoring nine runs in 10 1/3 innings covering two starts. Boyd walked eight and struck out five, although Boyd won one of those games. With a 3.14 ERA overall, his ERA was 2.92 when not pitching against Milwaukee. Peralta made four starts against the Cubs going 3-1 with a 3.43 ERA. He walked ten batters in 21 innings but allowed just 12 hits.

New York visits Toronto in the late afternoon game, starting at 4 PM EDT. Luis Gil of the Yankees takes on Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays. Gil walks a ton of batters, but gives up very few hits, and the Blue Jays are a bit more hit dependent than the Yankees. The career BABIP against Gil stands at .246. In his one start against Toronto this year, Gil allowed three hits and four walks, but only one run. Walks just don’t advance runners very far. Gausman pitched one bad start against the Yankees out of four this season, but held them to just two home runs in 22 2/3 innings. He also allowing just two runs in his last 15 innings against them, both on solo homers.

The Dodger play at the Phillies in the prime time game, kicking off at 6:30 PM EDT. Shohei Ohtani makes his post-season pitching debut, starting for Los Angeles against Cristopher Sanchez. Ohtani comes in hot as a starter, with a 0.46 ERA in is last four games of the regular season. He can now go five or six innings, no longer an opener. He allowed one run in 19 2/3 innings, giving up ten hits and four walks while striking out 27. Sanchez posted the best season of his career with a 2.50 ERA and a 6.5 fWAR, a nice follow up to his 4.7 fWAR in 2024. He limits home runs and walks, two important elements of the Dodgers offense.

Finally, the Seattle hosts Detroit at 8:30 PM EDT to finish the day. Troy Melton of the Tigers battles George Kirby of the Mariners. Melton pitched mostly in relief in 2025, but posted a 3.05 ERA in four starts covering 20 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out 19, allowing two home runs in those starts. With Bryan Woo hurt, the Mariners go with Kirby despite his 4.29 season ERA. Kirby’s three true outcome rates are excellent, and FanGraphs puts his FIPs nearly a run lower than his ERA.

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September 10, 2025

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The first game of the day offers one of the best pitching matchups as Freddy Peralta of the Brewers faces Merrill Kelly of the Rangers. Peralta goes for his seventeen win of the season while he pushes for a career high in innings pitched and a career low in ERA. Kelly owns a 2.98 ERA in seven starts for the Rangers, walking just nine batters in 42 1/3 innings for the team.

The Phillies magic number is nine to win the NL East as they go for a sweep of the Mets at home. Clay Holmes takes on Cristopher Sanchez. Holmes does a good job of removing base runners, with 19 taken off with double plays and caught stealing. Sanchez stands 2-4 with a 4.63 career against the Mets, including an 0-2 this year. He tends to walk a lot of batters when he faces New York.

Finally, the Reds and Padres offer the best matchup on the west coast as Andrew Abbott takes on Nick Pivetta. Abbott’s low ERA comes as a result of opponents doing poorly with runners in scoring position this year, hitting .204/.280/.301. Pivetta’s 2025 ERA stands over 1.6 runs lower than his career average. Both his walk and home run rates are way down this season.

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August 30, 2025

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The Brewers try to make it two in a row against the Blue Jays as Quinn Priester takes on Kevin Gausman. Priester, with middling three true outcomes, manages just a .275 opposition BABIP. The Brewers do the little things right, and one of those is defense. Gausman owns a 3.87 ERA. He limits power with a .371 slugging percentage allowed.

Lefties battle in Philadelphia as the Braves send Chris Sale against Cristopher Sanchez. Sale returns from the illjured list with a 2.52 ERA in 89 1/3 innings. He last pitched June 18th. He looked like a Cy Young candidate at the time with 114 K and just 26 walks. Sanchez, with 162 1/3 innings will qualify for the ERA leaderboard and needs 19 2/3 innings this season to set a personal single season high.

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August 25, 2025

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The Mets host the Phillies, Philadelphia leading the Mets by seven games in the NL East. New York owns a 1 1/2 game lead for the third wild card slot. Cristopher Sanchez faces Kodai Senga. Sanchez stands second to Paul Skenes in Enhanced Tom Tango Cy Young Points after Skenes delivered a masterpiece Sunday. We may be over the era in which we weight wins a lot, but Bill James Cy Young Points put Sanchez well ahead of Skenes. (Freddy Peralta is first in that category.) If the two are close, does the tiebreaker come down to more wins on a first place team?

Senga owns a 2.58 ERA in 104 2/3 innings over twenty starts. He walked 50 batters but also induced ten GDPs.

Tarik Skubal is the defacto best pitcher in the game now that Zack Wheeler is done for the season. Skubal cut into Wheeler’s big lead, and now has over a 30 point lead over Nathan Eovaldi and Skenes in the Bill James pitcher rankings. He faces the Athletics and J.T. Ginn. Ginn has not been a tonic for the Athletics staff, posting a 4.95 ERA in 60 innings. He allowed 13 home runs

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August 13, 2025

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The Phillies send Cristopher Sanchez against the Reds as Hunter Greene returns from his injury. Sanchez is now in the thick of the NL Cy Young race after a poor start by Skenes on Tuesday night. Greene tries to continue his impressive control. He owns a K/BB of 5.21 this season versus 3.34 for his career.

The Mariners try to stay hot as they send Logan Gilbert against Trevor Rogers in Baltimore. Gilbert owns a 3.11 ERA over his last seven starts with 51 K in 37 2/3innings. Rogers comes into the game with a 1.44 ERA in 62 1/3 innings. He allowed just 37 hits.

The Guardians also try to stay hot as they host the Marlins. Eury Perez faces Gavin Williams. Perez makes up for a higher BB rate by doing a good job of limiting hits. At 3.17, Williams is posting the lowest ERA of his career and looks like he’ll reach the ERA qualifying level of 162 innings for the first time.

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August 8, 2025

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The AL Cy Young Award is quite tight, with Tarik Skubal of the Tigers and Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox neck and neck. Here are the MLB leaders in ERA. You can see that Skubal leads by 0.06 runs in ERA, and he’s done slightly better in three true outcomes. Tom Tango Enhanced Cy Young Points, which take into account Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP), puts Skubal slightly ahead of Crochet as well.

Lurking just behind them sits Nathan Eovaldi, who is about 0.80 runs better than either of the top two. After pitching a brilliant eight one-hit innings against the Yankees on August 5th, his ERA stands at 1.38, with extremely good three-true outcomes. At the moment, he is five inning short of qualifying for the ERA title.

If this keeps up, voters will need to make a calculation. Does a much better ERA make up for 30 fewer innings. The smaller the sample size, the easier it is to post a low ERA. Or will an historically low number push the vote his way. This one may go down to the wire.

Note that Cristopher Sanchez, who pitches for the Phillies Friday night, moved ahead of his teammate Zack Wheeler. That could prove to be a fun intramural competition to see if either of them can catch Paul Skenes.

August 8, 2025

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The Phillies travel to Texas to take on the Rangers. Cristopher Sanchez battles Merrill Kelly. Sanchez, at seasonal age 28, heads for the best season of his career. His 2.40 ERA comes from a combination of raising his strikeout rate and lowering his home run rate. Batters slug just .316 against him this season. Kelly makes his second start for the Rangers after issuing no walks in 5 2/3 innings in his first start, striking out six.

The tepid Mets take on the red hot Brewers, 31-9 since June 19th a .775 win percentage. In the same time, the Mets are 18-23. Kodai Senga faces Brandon Woodruff. Senga comes into the game with a 2.31 ERA in 89 2/3 innings. He walked 44 batters but allowed just 68 hits, only eight of them homers. Woodruff makes his sixth start of the season, and walked just four batters in 28 1/3 innings, but allowed five homers.

Finally, a battle of legends and first place teams in Los Angeles as Max Scherzer leads the Blue Jays against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers. Both came up in 2008, and Scherzer stands first in Ks in that time, with Kershaw third. Scherzer owns one more win, Kershaw ten more shutouts. Kershaw’s ERA is also 0.66 runs lower.

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July 1, 2025

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The Yankees help celebrate Canada Day in Toronto with an afternoon game. Max Fried takes on Kevin Guasman. Fried owns the second best ERA in the AL this season, 1.92, thanks in part to ranking fourth in both walk rate (1.75 per 9 IP) and home run rate (0.58 per 9 IP). Gausman’s strikeout rate took a tumble in 2024 and stayed low this season. The rise in ERA is situational, with Guasman giving up more power with men on base.

Nick Pivetta leads the Padres against Cristopher Sanchez and the Phillies. Pivetta ran into some trouble lately, but is coming off seven dominant shutout innings against the Nationals. Sanchez was part of an impressive month of June for the Phillies rotation in which they posted the highest average game score for a rotation in the majors. Sanchez finished June with a 1.85 ERA for the month.

The Brewers and Mets both find themselves two games back in their respective divisions. Freddy Peralta takes on Clay Holmes. Watch for the Mets to try to run on Peralta, as opponents successfully stole in nine of ten attempts with him on the mound. Holmes continues to thrive in his first season as a full time starter. He held batters to a .119 BA with runners in scoring position.

Finally, the Guardians send Gavin Williams against the Cubs and Matthew Boyd. Williams strength is inducing poor contact, as opponents own a .286 career BABIP against him. Boyd walked just 21 batters in 91 2/3 innings this season.

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June 26, 2025

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The Phillies and Astros feature another good pitching matchup as Cristopher Sanchez takes on Hunter Brown. Sanchez is well on his way to lowering his season over season ERA for the fourth year in a row. He is down to 2.87 this year from 3.32 in 2024. He is striking out nearly two more batters per nine innings this season which helped lower the batting average against him. Brown leads the AL in ERA at 1.88, 0.04 runs ahead of Max Fried.

Janson Junk tries to take out Hayden Birdsong as the Marlins face the Giants. Junk makes his second start after five long relief appearances. He struck out 25 and walked two in 27 2/3 innings, good for a 2.60 ERA. He deemphasized his fastball this season in favor of a slider and a curve, which I guess makes him a junk baller. 🙂 Birdsong brought both his walk and HR rates down from his rookie season of 2024, helping him drop his ERA by 1.5 runs.

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June 8, 2025

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Cristopher Sanchez leads the Phillies against the Pirates and Paul Skenes. While Sanchez allows a .321 OBP, not terrible but not great, he removes baserunners well with double place. He induced nine GDPs in 46 opportunities this season. Skenes’s 4-6 record belies his 2.05 ERA. After 36 career starts, the Bill James Starting Pitcher Rankings puts him 14th.

The Sunday night game features Hunter Dobbins and the Red Sox against Carlos Rodon of the Yankees. Dobbins limited walks so far in his 44 1/3 MLB innings, but due to a high number of hits, his opposition OBP stands at .323. Rodon comes into the game 8-3 on the season with a 2.49 ERA. In his first two season with New York, Rodon allowed a .314 OBP and a .452 slugging percentage. This season, those are down to .239 and .281.

May 12, 2025

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The Cardinals visit the Phillies with Matthew Liberatore facing Cristopher Sanchez. Liberatore lowered his ERA over 1.3 runs compared to last year as he allowed a .305 slugging percentage, down from .422. Sanchez raised his K rate to 10.61 per nine innings, the highest single season mark of this career.

Paul Skenes visits Queens as the Pirates take on David Peterson and the Mets. Skenes showed wildness in his last two starts, walking eight batters in eleven innings, leading to a 4.09 ERA. Peterson did a good job of stopping the running game so far. The only base stealing attempt against him failed, and he picked off another runner.

Finally, Michael Wacha leads the Royals against the Astros and Ryan Gusto. Wacha held batters to just two home runs in 45 1/3 innings. That 0.40 per 9 IP, fourth best in the AL. The rookie Gusto has a lot going for him with a 2.93 ERA in 27 2/3 innings. He’s striking out over three times as many batters as he walks.

I wonder what beer he drinks?

April 30, 2025

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The Nationals take on the Phillies with Jake Irvin and Cristopher Sanchez on the mound. Irvin gives up some power, but with a .264 OBP allowed, the power doesn’t do much damage. Balls in play against Sanchez this season are finding holes, as he allowed a .338 BABIP in 2025 versus .306 for his career.

The Athletics send their big free agent signing, Luis Severino, to the mound against Nathan Eovaldi of the Rangers. Severino owns a good 3.49, but just a 1-3 record. His strikeout rate is low this season, but so is his BABIP, just .234. Eovaldi owns a 2.21 ERA with just three home runs and three walks allowed in 36 2/3 innings.

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April 22, 2025

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The first place Padres send Nick Pivetta against the first place Tigers and Jack Flaherty. Pivetta owns a 1.57 ERA thanks to outstanding three true outcomes, especially his one home run and five walks allowed in 23 innings. Batters find Flaherty tough to hit as he owns a career .283 BABIP, and this season he’s even tougher with a .240 mark.

The Phillies try to gain on the Mets as Cristopher Sanchez takes on Griffin Canning. Sanchez holds batters to a .297 OBP, and that is effectively lower as he removed five runners by inducing double plays. Canning allowed 31 home runs in 171 2/3 innings in 2024, but gave up just two in 21 innings this season for a 3.43 ERA.

The Dodgers and Cubs meet again with Dustin May battling Shota Imanaga in Chicago. May allowed just seven hits in his 17 innings this season, leaving his ERA at 1.06. This will be Imanaga’s fourth start against the Dodgers in his young career. He owns a 1.80 ERA in 15 innings, his three runs allowed coming on solo home runs.

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April 17, 2025

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The Giants try to take three of four from the Phillies in Philadelphia. Jordan Hicks faces Cristopher Sanchez. Hicks’ 5.87 ERA appears to be more situational than inherent. He allowed a .364/.423/.500 slash line with men on base. It’s tough for batters to reach until someone gets on, then the flood gates open up. Sanchez upped his K rate so far this season, with 19 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings. Four of the six runs he allowed score on the three home runs by the opposition.

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April 6, 2025

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The Dodgers and Phillies play the rubber game of their weekend series with Tyler Glasnow facing Cristopher Sanchez. Glasnow allowed just two hits and three walks in five shutout innings to start his season. He is now 10-6 with a 3.37 ERA in 23 starts with Los Angeles with outstanding three true outcomes. Sanchez greatly reduced his home run rate in 2024 to 0.54 HR per 9 IP. His only run allowed this season in 5 1/3 innings came on a homer, however.

Bryan Woo of the Mariners takes on the surprising Giants, 7-1 so far on the young season. They send Jordan Hicks to the mound. Woo went six innings in his first start of the year, the only run against him coming on a homer. He did walks two after being extremely stingy with free passes in 2024. Hicks pitched six shutout innings in his first start, allowing just one hit.

October 6, 2024

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Luis Serverino and Cristopher Sanchez square off as the Mets and Phillies play game two of their NLDS, New York leading 1-0. Severino phaced the Phillies twice this season, allowing three runs in six inning each time. He gave up three home runs, something that might hurt the Mets chances of winning today. Sanchez gets the game two start due to his better performance at home. Sanchez allowed a .222/.253/.291 slash line at home, .307/.363/.450 on the road. While his home runs allowed were fairly even, he gave up eight doubles at home, twenty six on the road.

Yu Darvish faces Jack Flaherty in game two of the Padres and Dodgers NLDS, Los Angeles up 1-0 in the series. Darvish stands 2-3 with a 3.00 ERA as an opponent at Dodger Stadium in his career. He struck out 51 and walked just 12 in 42 innings. In his one post-season game with the Padres at LA, he got the win but allowed three runs in five innings. Flaherty’s good three-true outcomes have not translated to a great post-season career, but I’d rather have the good process going into this game.

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August 29, 2024

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The 1993 expansion teams play in Colorado as two rookies off to good starts take the mound. Valente Bellozo of the Marlins faces Bradley Blalock of the Rockies.

Athletics rookie J.T. Ginn may provide a tonic for the team as he takes on Reds rookie Julian Aguiar.

The Braves trail the Phillies by five games in the NL East as Atlanta send Charlie Morton against Cristopher Sanchez.

Finally, the Royals send Brady Singer against the Astros and Hunter Brown as the two teams vie for division titles. The Royals trail the Guardians by one game in the AL Central, and the Astros lead the Mariners by 3 1/2 games in the AL West.

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August 11, 2024

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Sunday looks like a pretty good day for offense, given the rather high ERAs in matchups today. The Pirates at the Dodgers looks like one of the better pitching duels with Bailey Falter taking on Tyler Glasnow. Falter holds batters to a .297 OBP this season, but in reality it’s a bit better than that as he induced thirteen double plays in 57 opportunities. Glasnow tries to reach ten wins in consecutive years. His stat line right now is almost identical to his line for the full 2023 season.

To the east in Arizona, Cristopher Sanchez of the Phillies takes on Merrill Kelly. Sanchez does a great job on inducing ground balls, leading him to allow just four home runs in 126 2/3 innings this season. Kelly makes just his fifth start of the season. He brings a 2.19 ERA into the game, having walked just six batters in 24 2/3 innings.

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July 26, 2024

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First place teams fight in Philadelphia as the Guardians visit the Phillies. Ben Lively takes on Cristoper Sanchez. Even though be gives up more balls in the air than on the ground lively induced eight GDPs in 41 opportunities. Sanchez’s much lower home run rate than last season led to him allowed a .345 slugging percentage. Batters who reach base don’t advance easily to do that.

First place teams hassle in Houston as the Dodgers send Gavin Stone against Framber Valdez. Stone is another young pitcher preventing power, with just 27 of the 97 hits against him going for extra bases. Valdez pitched better over the last month. In six starts, he owns a 2.97 ERA and struck out 37 in 36 1/3 innings.

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July 20, 2024

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The Phillies phace the Pirates in Pittsburgh as pitchers Cristopher Sanchez and Luis Ortiz take the mound. Sanchez, seasonal age 27, is peaking at just the right time. He already exceeded his highest season inning total and owns a 2.96 ERA. He allowed just two home runs in 103 1/3 innings. Ortiz’s improvement also comes from limiting the long ball. He allowed 13 homers in 86 2/3 innings in 2023, just three homers in 66 2/3 innings this season.

The Astros now lead the Mariners by .001 points of winning percentage in the AL West. Houston stood ten games back through games of June 18th. Since then the Astros are 18-6, .750, the best record in the majors. The Mariners went 8-16, .333, second lowest winning percentage to the White Sox at 7-18. Framber Valdez takes on George Kirby in the game. Valdez stands 5-3 with a 3.49 ERA in his career against Seattle. He allowed just four home runs in 77 1/3 innings. Kirby stands 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in five starts versus Houston. He has yet to allow a home run to the Astros.

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July 10, 2024

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The Cubs send Shota Imanaga against the Orioles and Corbin Burnes. Imanaga’s control is impressive in his rookie season, walking one batter for every six he strikes out. Burnes owns a bit of a hot streak, having allowed two runs or less in eight of his last ten starts.

The Dodgers continue their series with the Phillies, this time Los Angeles sending a better pitcher to the mound. Gavin Stone takes on Cristopher Sanchez. Stone goes for his tenth win against two losses. While his walk rate is okay, he helps himself by inducing double plays in one out of eight opportunities. Sanchez does even better in that regard. In the last two seasons combined he induced 26 DPs in 101 opportunities.

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July 4, 2024

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The White Sox try to take down the Guardians again as Jared Shuster faces Ben Lively. Shuster returns to a starting tole after 17 relief appearances. He owns a 3.15 ERA despite a rather low K rate and a rather high walk rate. Balls in play against him resulted in just a .257 BABIP. Twelve of the 24 runs score against Lively came off of home runs.

Cristopher Sanchez of the Phillies takes on Jameson Taillon of the Cubs. Sanchez ranks second in ERA in the NL at 2.41, with two of his teammates in the top five. Sanchez leads in HR per 9 IP at 0.10. Taillon’s 3.03 ERA would be the best single season mark of his career. He allowed just 17 walks in 74 1/3 innings.

Corbin Burnes of the Orioles goes for his tenth win of the season with Bryce Miller of the Mariners standing in the way. Burnes owns a 2.28 ERA, second in the AL. As usual, he issues few walks, just 2.03 per 9 IP. Miller owns a 1.99 ERA at home, 6.28 away.

Finally, the Diamondbacks try to gain on the Dodgers with Zac Gallen trying to nick Landon Knack. Gallen continues his excellent three-true outcome numbers this season, improving both his walk and home run rates compared to his career averages. Thirty and one third innings into his career, Knack allowed just 21 hits for a .207 BABIP.

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June 12, 2024

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Framber Valdez battles Logan Webb as the Astros finish their series with the Giants. Valdez saw his strikeout rate fall off by two per nine innings compared to 2023, but he still does a good job limiting hits. There is a very tight race for most innings pitched in the majors. Webb currently ranks fifth, but one through thirteen are separated by just ten innings. It’s possible we’ll see the most pitchers with 200 innings in a few years. The 2019 season was the last with ten or more pitchers reaching 200 innings, with fifteen reaching that mark.

The Phillies send Cristopher Sanchez to face Nick Pivetta and the Red Sox. Sanchez contributes mightily to the Phillies boasting the best rotation in the majors. He owns a 2.71 ERA, and leads the majors with a HR/9 IP rate of 0.14. Pivetta shows both power and control this season his K rate stands at 10.91 and his walk rate at 1.91 both per nine innings pitched.

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May 7, 2024

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Jose Berrios tries to stop the red hot Phillies as the Blue Jays face Cristopher Sanchez. Berrios leads the AL with a 1.44 ERA. Sanchez allowed just one home run in 29 1/3 innings.

The battle of the beltway pits Corbin Burnes of the Orioles against Trevor Williams of the Nationals. Burnes brings a 2.61 ERA into the game, having walked just nine batters in 41 1/3 innings. Williams does him a bit better with a 2.27 ERA. He only struck out 22 batters in 31 2/3 innings, but has not allowed a home run.

The Red Sox visit the Braves with Kutter Crawford and Reynaldo Lopez on the mound, both with sub 2.00 ERAs. Crawford allowed just 30 hits in 40 1/3 innings, holding opponents to a .201 BA. Lopez is at .190, allowing 20 hits in 30 innings.

Finally Colin Rea and Seth Lugo matchup as the Brewers visit the Royals. Rea allowed five home runs in 33 2/3 innings, but with a .292 OBP, only one of those came with men on base. Lugo holds opponents to a .215 BA thanks in part to a .246 BABIP.

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October 20, 2023

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The Astros and Rangers finish the Arlington leg of the ALCS Friday afternoon starting at 5 PM EDT. It’s a rematch of game one as Justin Verlander faces Jordan Montgomery. Verlander stands 1-1 in his two post-season starts in 2023. It’s been bend, don’t break for the veteran great. In 12 2/3 innings he’s walked five, but stuck out eleven and allowed just one home run. That’s good for a 1.42 ERA. Montgomery owns a 2.08 ERA in three starts this post-season. He got roughed up a bit in the ALDS, but pitched a combined 13 1/3 shutout innings in the Wild Card and LCS rounds.

At 8 PM EDT, the Phillies and Diamondbacks play game four of the NLCS. Cristopher Sanchez faces Joe Mantiply. Sanchez makes his first post-season appearance. In his third season in the majors, Sanchez greatly reduced his walks, issuing just sixteen free passes in 99 1/3 innings. That helped him to a 3.44 ERA. Mantiply serves as an opener, pitching three innings in his three starts this season. He allowed three hits and one run in that role. So far in the post-season he allowed three runs, three hits, and three walks in three innings. Not a bad poker hand.

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September 24, 2023

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There are a number of horrid pitching matchups today, and I would not be surprised if Sunday wound up being one the higher scoring days of the season. One good duet comes in a must-win game for the Mariners as they send rookie Bryan Woo against the Rangers and Nathan Eovaldi. Woo did a good job of limiting walks, home runs, and hits in his 80 2/3 innings of work, but gave up fourteen of his 23 extra-base hits with runners on base to account for his 3.90 ERA. Eovaldi owns a 6.75 ERA since returning from the illjured list, giving up fifteen hits and nine walks in 12 innings.

The Mets visit Philadelphia, with the Phillies able to clinch a wild-card berth with victory and a Marlins loss. (Miami holds the tie-breaker between the clubs.) Jose Butto takes on Cristopher Sanchez. Butto allowed just one home run in his 32 innings, more than making up for the nineteen walks he allowed. Sanchez allowed just fifteen walks in his 91 1/3 innings, more than making up for the fifteen home run he allowed.

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July 14, 2023

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The post-break season begins with the Padres sending Yu Darvish against the Phillies and Cristopher Sanchez. Darvish needs to be more Darv as he brings a 4.87 ERA into the game. His walks are up a bit, but it looks like Darvish might have really been hurt by limiting shifts, as his BA allowed is up from .207 in 2022 to .252 this season. Sanchez moved into the full time starter role this season. In five games, he owns a 2.84 ERA, but has yet to put a decision in the win column.

The Guardians visit the Rangers with Aaron Civale taking on Jon Gray. Civale limited walks, hits, and home runs this season, helping him to a 2.56 ERA in nine starts. He does not go deep in games, however. Like Civale, Gray limits hits without huge strikeout numbers.

Brayan Bello and Kyle Hendricks come into a rare Friday night game in Chicago with identical 3.04 ERAs. They both stick to today’s theme of limiting hits without many strikeouts. Part of that comes from not walking batters, but not allowing good contact.

Finally, the Astros make their way to Anaheim to take on the Angels. JP France battles Shohei Ohtani. France is off to a solid start in his rookie season, owning a 3.26 ERA without a lot of strikeouts. Ohtani breaks away from today’s theme with 132 K in 100 1/3 innings. Note that with both his walk and home runs rates up, his ERA has risen a full run from 2022.

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