October 04, 2021 Morning Edition: Athletics News Roundup

This is your Athletics Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of October 04, 2021.

A Look at Athletics Pitchers Last Week

Frankie Montas

Frankie Montas has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 0.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 10.50 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.235 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .167 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 40.7% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 66.7% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Lou Trivino

Lou Trivino has a record of 1-1 this past week and a 2.45 ERA. In a relief role, he has appeared in 4 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 12.27 strikeouts per 9 innings. When hitters make contact, they are getting hits at a 0.5 rate and this is too high. Hitters are hitting .353 against him this past week.Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 28.2% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 56.3% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Chris Bassitt

Chris Bassitt has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 2.70 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 2.70 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.273 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .250 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 20.0% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 63.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Domingo Acevedo

Domingo Acevedo has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 3.00 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 0.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.2 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .273 against him this past week.He has a chase rate of 54.2% and it happens to be high, which means he has done a great job of fooling hitters into chasing pitches out of strike zone. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are in the strike zone 72.2% of the time.

Sean Manaea

Sean Manaea has a record of 1-0 this past week and a 3.18 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 9.53 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.389 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .292 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 30.6% 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.

James Kaprielian

James Kaprielian has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 6.00 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 10.50 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.294 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .240 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 38.6% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 65.9% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Sergio Romo

Sergio Romo has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 7.36 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 12.27 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.455 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .353 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 38.6% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 42.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 9.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 2 starting appearances this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 3.86 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.28 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .323 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 31.1% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 66.7% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Cole Irvin

Cole Irvin has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 9.00 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 2 starting appearances this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 8.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.32 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .306 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 37.1% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 72.1% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Yusmeiro Petit

Yusmeiro Petit has a record of 0-1 this past week and a 12.00 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 3.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.385 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .357 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 39.4% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 75.0% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.

Sam Moll

Sam Moll has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 13.50 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 3.38 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has yielded a 0.3 BABIP this week. Hitters are hitting .333 against him this past week. Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 18.5% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 68.4% 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…

““To be able to fight like that and come back at the end, we came up short, just like we did this season. Just to be back up was a victory in itself.” There’s no guarantee Davis will be back next season. Davis capped it later in the inning with a towering game-tying solo blast to left for what was his first home run in an A’s uniform since Game 2 of the 2020 American League Division Series, which also came against the Astros. The guys that we control are a lot of our core that’s been together for a few years.” Brown didn’t enter the season as part of that core.”

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