I feel for Spencer Strider as he has been my favorite Brave for some time now. Doing a bit of a closer look, I wanted to see if there was any performance differences based on who was catching. I was surprised to find that with his 5-11 record, with Murphy catching, his record is 1 win, 7 losses, and a no decision. With Baldwin catching, his record is 4 wins and 3 losses. The last remaining loss came when Leon was catching. The month of June was by far his best month, with from 6 starts he only gave up a home run in one start (well, it was 3 home runs in that one start), and his record for the month of June was 3-3. In the month of June, all three games he won Baldwin was catching. In five starts in July, and three starts in August, he has given up twelve home runs, and in his three August starts, which are his last three starts, he has gone 4.2, 4.0, and 3.0 innings, which gives the appearance of him running out of gas.
In his 17 starts this season, in 89.1 innings, he has given up 92 hits, 53 runs, of which 52 were earned runs, 17 home runs, 36 walks, struck out 102, hit 6 batters, and has thrown 1 wild pitch. His best outing was a win on June 14th, against Colorado, where in 6 innings pitched, he only gave up 3 hits and no runs, and he struck out 13. His worst outing was his last start, where in 3 innings he gave up 10 hits and 7 runs, including 2 home runs, a walk and only two strikeouts, and he left with runners on base.
It is just my opinion, but with all the starters going down, and the Braves being down and almost out, as Spencer was feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders to help his team, he just very well may have convinced himself and the coaching staff that he was ready, when in reality, and with the stats showing it, he wasn't yet ready to jump in. I hope he gets the time now as none of us will find a more dedicated Brave.
I feel for Spencer Strider as he has been my favorite Brave for some time now. Doing a bit of a closer look, I wanted to see if there was any performance differences based on who was catching. I was surprised to find that with his 5-11 record, with Murphy catching, his record is 1 win, 7 losses, and a no decision. With Baldwin catching, his record is 4 wins and 3 losses. The last remaining loss came when Leon was catching. The month of June was by far his best month, with from 6 starts he only gave up a home run in one start (well, it was 3 home runs in that one start), and his record for the month of June was 3-3. In the month of June, all three games he won Baldwin was catching. In five starts in July, and three starts in August, he has given up twelve home runs, and in his three August starts, which are his last three starts, he has gone 4.2, 4.0, and 3.0 innings, which gives the appearance of him running out of gas.
In his 17 starts this season, in 89.1 innings, he has given up 92 hits, 53 runs, of which 52 were earned runs, 17 home runs, 36 walks, struck out 102, hit 6 batters, and has thrown 1 wild pitch. His best outing was a win on June 14th, against Colorado, where in 6 innings pitched, he only gave up 3 hits and no runs, and he struck out 13. His worst outing was his last start, where in 3 innings he gave up 10 hits and 7 runs, including 2 home runs, a walk and only two strikeouts, and he left with runners on base.
It is just my opinion, but with all the starters going down, and the Braves being down and almost out, as Spencer was feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders to help his team, he just very well may have convinced himself and the coaching staff that he was ready, when in reality, and with the stats showing it, he wasn't yet ready to jump in. I hope he gets the time now as none of us will find a more dedicated Brave.