Zach Britton Today, 2013

[Crazysilver03]

Not a bad start by Britton. Wasn't particularly impressive, but I think I like him more than Freddy Garcia.

Will be interesting to see if Garcia is used out of the bullpen now. Wonder who goes to make room for Gonzo though.

[backwardsk]

Will be interesting to see if Garcia is used out of the bullpen now. Wonder who goes to make room for Gonzo though.

I must be missing something. Won't both britton and Garcia be in the rotation until Chen gets back? Won't they move a position player when Miguel gets back. Quite possibly an ishikawa trade.

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Well, it was a good night for starting pitchers named "Zachary" tonight.

The Mets' Zack Wheeler threw 6 shutout innings against the Braves tonight in his career major league debut.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=330618315

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CLEVELAND INDIANS O (JUNE 24th)

Michael Bourn - CF

Mike Aviles - SS

Jason Kipnis - 2B

Nick Swisher - 1B

Carlos Santana - C

Mark Reynolds - 3B

Michael Brantley - LF

Ryan Raburn - DH

Drew Stubbs - RF

Ubaldo Jimenez - RHP (5-4, 4.66 ERA)

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php

[CA-ORIOLE]

Well, I wasn't very impressed with Britton's stuff in his last start. Hope he's on tonight because CLE can hit and they generally don't swing at balls. On the other hand, I think we'll hit Jimenez.

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ZACH BRITTON O (vs. INDIANS, 6/24)

IP:. 5 - Plus

H:o 6

R:O 3

BB: 3 *

SO: 5

Pitches: 96 (56 Strikes, 40 Balls)

* Britton also had 1 hit batsman.

2013 ERA: 5.51

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PITCHES BY INNING

18 (12 Strikes, 6 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 7 Balls)

15 (81 Strikes, 7 Balls)

18 (91 Strikes, 9 Balls)

13 (51 Strikes, 8 Balls) **

** Britton did not retire any batters before departing in the 6th inning.

[Tx Oriole]

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ZACH BRITTON O (vs. INDIANS, 6/24)

IP:. 5 - Plus

H:o 6

R:O 3

BB: 3 *

SO: 5

Pitches: 96 (56 Strikes, 40 Balls)

* Britton also had 1 hit batsman.

2013 ERA: 5.51

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PITCHES BY INNING

18 (12 Strikes, 6 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 7 Balls)

15 (81 Strikes, 7 Balls)

18 (91 Strikes, 9 Balls)

13 (51 Strikes, 8 Balls) **

** Britton did not retire any batters before departing in the 6th inning.

Hope the O's can score some runs.

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ZACH BRITTON O (vs. INDIANS, 6/24)

IP:. 5 - Plus

H:o 6

R:O 3

BB: 3 *

SO: 5

Pitches: 96 (56 Strikes, 40 Balls)

* Britton also had 1 hit batsman.

2013 ERA: 5.51

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PITCHES BY INNING

18 (12 Strikes, 6 Balls)

13 (10 Strikes, 3 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 7 Balls)

15 (81 Strikes, 7 Balls)

18 (91 Strikes, 9 Balls)

13 (51 Strikes, 8 Balls) **

** Britton did not retire any batters before departing in the 6th inning.

10 baserunners in 5 innings isn't going to cut it. He limited the damage but he needs to do better.

[JLee2027]

Too much nibbling. Gets a quick two strikes on a guy then he wastes pitches and it's 3-2. Not just Britton does this, but it's painful to watch. Then the pitch count gets raised and boom he's done by 5 or 6 innings.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'll take it over Garcia/Arrieta

[jabba72]

Looked untouchable through 5 innings then fell apart and couldnt get an out in the 6th. Very frustrating.

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NEW YORK YANKEES O (JUNE 29th)

Brett Gardner - CF

Jayson Nix - SS

Robinson Cano - 2B

Vernon Wells - DH

Ichiro Suzuki - RF

Zoilo Almonte - LF

David Adams - 3B

Lyle Overbay - 1B

Austin Romine - C

David Phelps - RHP (5-4, 4.01 ERA)

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1 earned run over 5.67 innings.

ZACH BRITTON O (vs. YANKEES, 6/29)

IP:. 5.67

H:o 6

R:O 2

ER:)1

BB: 3

SO: 1

Pitches: 83 (48 Strikes, 35 Balls)

2013 ERA: 4.50

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CHICAGO WHITE SOX O (July 4th)

Alejandro De Aza - CF

Alexei Ramirez - SS

Alex Rios - RF

Dayan Viciedo - DH

Adam Dunn - 1B

Jeff Keppinger - 3B

Casper Wells - LF

Gordon Beckham - 2B

Tyler Flowers - C

Jose Quintanta - LHP (3-2, 3.92 ERA)

http://baseballpress.com/lineup.php

[Brooks The Great]

I'd like to keep Britton in the rotation, and move Hammel to the pen (or trade him).