Two times now he has grounded out on the first pitch. Not ideal for the leadoff guy. Gotta try and drive up that pitch count.
Short answer: to some degree. But it's mostly he's -- for now -- a "gives up a bunch of homers" pitcher. Long answer: Here's the list of Gator pitchers with 10+ IP (all 15+ IP). First column is (K+HR+BB)/9. Second column is (2*K+13*HR+3*BB)/9. (-2, 13, and 3 have been fit as the right "weighting factors" to compute ERA from TTO). 21.7 87.8 Grayson Smith 19.5 78.3 Liam Peterson 18.7 53.9 Jac Caglianone 18.5 50.8 Cade Fisher 17.4 60.8 Brandon Neely 17.0 50.8 Luke McNeillie 15.5 56.0 Fisher Jameson 14.7 52.1 Alex Philpott 13.5 40.4 Blake Purnell 11.3 28.9 Ryan Slater
Pitching fine. Once again no hitting. Not even competitive at bats. We catch ball at third and o my 1-0