Bradish looked real solid in person. He did get himself into some jams but got out of em with some huge strikeouts and timely outs. 9ks in 5 innings as he was throwing 97mph sinker, 98mph heater and dropping that curve on the DC squadron.
1st inning runners 2nd and 3rd one out back to back called third strikes.
2nd inning 2nd and 3rd two outs gets Abrams looking.
Struck out the side in the 5th to end his night.
This is where I am. I can’t imagine there’s not an injury or something at play here. Obviously his stuff is not as electric as it used to be. But he was able to put together some good appearances in the early season. His issues right now don’t look like “stuff” is as much of an issue as it is command. And we’re talking awful command. He’s struggling to get the ball close to the zone.
If the problem is the stuff, he needs to be able to make adjustments. He can't blow guys away anymore, he needs to figure out how to get them out some other way.
There’s no one head and shoulders above the rest. Part of me wants to go with Mountcastle who hit that bomb off Hunter Harvey. 2-2 with 2 homers against his old buddy.
I can see the case for Webb who finally put the Nats to bed though.
5/8 7-6 (12) @ Nationals: Nobody really stands out in this game but I will go with Webb for *finally* closing the game after Kimbrel/Akin and Suarez both failed to hold leads. Webb allowed a ghost runner to score on a leadoff hit but looked dominant from there.
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