Dean Kremer 2022

[Moose Milligan]

2 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

No but he did miss a lot of bats last night.  The Ks will come if he misses bats.

The problem is, overall his swingstr% is below average and even if that isn’t updated to include last night, it’s only one start where he was missing bats.  
 

His str% is way up though and that is encouraging as well.

 

That is true, he's not walking nearly as many as he used to.

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That is true, he's not walking nearly as many as he used to.

 

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

That is true, he's not walking nearly as many as he used to.

His str% is almost 66% right now.  He is over 2% higher than league average.

He had been about 60% in his big league starts in the last few years.

 

[Aristotelian]

Any theories as to what he might be doing differently this year?

Looks like velocity is slightly up. BB/9 and HR/9 are down, but so is K/9. Just attacking hitters more and not making mistakes in the zone? 

[sportsfan8703]

9 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Any theories as to what he might be doing differently this year?

Looks like velocity is slightly up. BB/9 and HR/9 are down, but so is K/9. Just attacking hitters more and not making mistakes in the zone? 

Healthy?  Fresh?  It seems like he’s been dealing with nagging injuries since we acquired him. 

[waroriole]

48 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Any theories as to what he might be doing differently this year?

Looks like velocity is slightly up. BB/9 and HR/9 are down, but so is K/9. Just attacking hitters more and not making mistakes in the zone? 

Same as Akin. He seems to trust his stuff and is attacking hitters. 

[Sports Guy]

54 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Any theories as to what he might be doing differently this year?

Looks like velocity is slightly up. BB/9 and HR/9 are down, but so is K/9. Just attacking hitters more and not making mistakes in the zone? 

Well, first of all, its still a SSS, so I don't think we need to judge much yet.

 

That said, the biggest difference is that he is throwing a lot more strikes. 

[jabba72]

1 hour ago, Aristotelian said:

Any theories as to what he might be doing differently this year?

Looks like velocity is slightly up. BB/9 and HR/9 are down, but so is K/9. Just attacking hitters more and not making mistakes in the zone? 

His changeup is as low as 83 MPH when mixed with his 93-95mph fastball really throws the timing off of hitters. I read Kremer credited his changeup this year as the main difference. 

[Aristotelian]

27 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

His changeup is as low as 83 MPH when mixed with his 93-95mph fastball really throws the timing off of hitters. I read Kremer credited his changeup this year as the main difference. 

That's interesting. His CH usage has gone up, 7.5% yo 16%. There was a thread not too long ago about CH usage helping multiple guys on the staff. 

[ChuckS]

14 hours ago, Brooks The Great said:

I don't know, Zimmermann was on a similar hot stretch to start this season, and eventually reverted to a completely abysmal pitcher. Hope Kremer can keep it up, but I wouldn't be surprised if he regresses significantly.

Well Kremer undoubtedly has better stuff. 

[Spy Fox]

That was reminiscent of a classic '21 Lopez or '22 Bradish start. 

4 innings of good results, a pitch or two away from 5 strong, but in the end a stinker. 

[Three Run Homer]

Hyde left him (at least) in one batter too long.  I know Hypde wanted to wait to go Vespi until there was a lefty hitter up, but Kremer was up around 90 pitches and it was clear that he was being hit hard well before Garver's home run.  

[Riggodrill44]

2 hours ago, Spy Fox said:

That was reminiscent of a classic '21 Lopez or '22 Bradish start. 

4 innings of good results, a pitch or two away from 5 strong, but in the end a stinker. 

There’s hopefully something he learns during a start like that.

Stay the course!

[Frobby]

27 minutes ago, Riggodrill44 said:

There’s hopefully something he learns during a start like that.

Stay the course!

That’s what Hyde said.  Wanted him to have a chance to learn something.  

[Aristotelian]

18 minutes ago, Frobby said:

That’s what Hyde said.  Wanted him to have a chance to learn something.  

Hopefully Hyde learned something too 

[rudyrooster]

3 hours ago, Spy Fox said:

That was reminiscent of a classic '21 Lopez or '22 Bradish start. 

4 innings of good results, a pitch or two away from 5 strong, but in the end a stinker. 

He looked to me to be "scuffling" right out of the gate.  Just not sharp.  A better team than the Rangers would probably haved "chased" him in the first couple of innings.  Hopefully just a "blip" on his radar.