Tyler Glasnow struggled in a big way against Baltimore over the first two innings, allowing six runs but rebounded very well over his last 2.1 innings to finish with seven strikeouts. Despite the damage against him, the Orioles didn't post high exit velocity numbers against him but he was done in by a pair of two-run homers in the first inning. Walks continue to be a bit of an issue for the righty with two more in this game and he now has 12 walks over 21 innings since he returned from the IL. Walks plagued Glasnow at the beginning of his career but has settled into the 7% range in the last few season with Tampa. Considering he seems to be on a pitch count in the neighborhood of 85 pitches, these walks severely cap his upside if he cannot work deeper into games.
Nolan Jones has finally gotten a chance to play everyday for Colorado lately and the results are, well, incredible. For the month of June Jones has a .375/.467/.656 slash line with four homeruns and 11 RBI. Jones never got much of a chance in Cleveland, and didn't in Colorado until this month but he's making the most of it. He went 4-for-4 on Tuesday with his fifth homer over the season. His max exit velo is in the top 10% of the league and his walk rate is a great 11%, but the strikeout concerns are definitely real with them sitting at 33%. His chase rate isn't too terrible at 23%, but the 72% zone contact rate could use some improvement.
TJ Friedl homered Tuesday to push his total to four on the season. Friedl is having a great year for the now surging Reds, slashing .322/.379/.492. Friedl doesn't hit the ball hard at all, but does a terrific job of lifting the ball enough (15 degree launch angle) and limiting strikeouts with an 18% strikeout rate. Oddly enough in terms of expected stats, this is actually the worst xSLG he's posted in his career but yet he's posting the highest slugging percentage of his career. This is also the highest average he's recorded in a single season by over 30 points, as it appears that he's found a good launch angle area for him that's not too high considering his lack of elite batted ball velocity.
Seth Lugo got off to a flying start against the Giants with five strikeouts in the first two innings, but ended with that total and allowing one run and three hits. This was Lugo's first start back off the IL so he was on a pitch limit, but maximizing five innings on that pitch count is great. Lugo's season has had a solid campaign to this point with a 3.86 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 46.2 innings. The strikeout totals for Lugo are slightly impressive considering he isn't generating many whiffs at balls in the zone and he's also not getting whiffs on pitches outside of the zone either. It's not exactly a profile that screams that it's going to continue without an increase in swing and miss.
Eury Perez dominated the Blue Jays Tuesday but didn't factor into the decision after the Marlins couldn't get any runs across the plate to help him. Perez struck out nine batters over six shutout innings, allowing just three hits and not walking any batters. The outing lowered his ERA to just 1.45 as he's now allowed just one run over 22 innings with 26 strikeouts to just four walks. May wasn't bad for him by any means but it included 10 walks over 19 innings with a strikeout per innings and he's now shaved that number by a ton while improving the strikeout rate. Perez is showing why he was arguably the top pitching prospect in the minors before he was called up.
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