Kremer

[BraveOriole]

I wasn’t high on him but credit where it’s due he’s pitching great right now. Three excellent starts in a row against three playoff contenders. Hoping he can keep it up. 

[Bemorewins]

1 hour ago, BraveOriole said:

I wasn’t high on him but credit where it’s due he’s pitching great right now. Three excellent starts in a row against three playoff contenders. Hoping he can keep it up. 

I’m not sure that this start qualifies as “an excellent start”. Maybe decent? He didn’t complete 6 and gave up 3 ER (while admittedly one was an inherited runner scored).

I think he’s a decent back end of the rotation starter, nothing more or less. But he’s definitely not someone that I want anywhere near a postseason start.

[Dunk35]

I wonder if he was a one inning and let it eat kinda guy, could he sit 97-99. He can gas it up when he wants to. 

[bpilktree]

32 minutes ago, Dunk35 said:

I wonder if he was a one inning and let it eat kinda guy, could he sit 97-99. He can gas it up when he wants to. 

The numbers don’t show as good as last year but the stuff seems a notch or two better this season minus the first couple starts.  

[kaj21206]

2 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

I’m not sure that this start qualifies as “an excellent start”. Maybe decent? He didn’t complete 6 and gave up 3 ER (while admittedly one was an inherited runner scored).

 

The second run was because of poor defense.  Varva should have caught the ball ruled a double.  I also thought Hyde should have given him another batter in the sixth as the hit was a seeing eye single at best.  He was very good after the first inning.

[Billy F-Face3]

The more I watch Dean Kremer, the more I am impressed with how well he can manage the length of a game. He keeps some in the tank and pulls out a 97 MPH fast ball when you least expect it deep in the game just to get that last strike that the batter didn't expect.

He knows how to manage his stamina and go deep into a baseball game. He's a very cerebral pitcher and I'm impressed. More so, because he didn't let the 1st batter derail his entire night.  Much younger pitchers may not have been quite as poised to settle in and recover after that lead off home run. But Dean just used it as data input about the pitch he threw, and the moved on to get outs and go deep into the game for the Win.

[Billy F-Face3]

15 minutes ago, kaj21206 said:

The second run was because of poor defense.  Varva should have caught the ball ruled a double.  I also thought Hyde should have given him another batter in the sixth as the hit was a seeing eye single at best.  He was very good after the first inning.

The 3rd run was because of defense too, because Gunnar dived in front of Mateo and Mateo lost the ball in the dirt and it went right under his glove. It would have been an easy out if Gunnar could have trusted Mateo to get it and resisted the instict to dive into the Shortstop's area, or if Mateo could have just kept his eye on it and his glove down.

[Frobby]

10 hours ago, kaj21206 said:

The second run was because of poor defense.  Varva should have caught the ball ruled a double.  I also thought Hyde should have given him another batter in the sixth as the hit was a seeing eye single at best.  He was very good after the first inning.

I agree Vavra should have caught that double in RF, though it was certainly a hard-hit ball.  It was about the same degree of difficulty as the one Santander snowconed on Saturday.  

And I’ll admit it always annoys me when a reliever comes in with two out and a runner on 1B, allows that runner to score, and it’s charged to the starting pitcher.  Those are the scorekeeping rules, but it does make a good outing look worse.   

By the way, here are the bequeathed runners/scored stats for our starters:

Bradish 5/0

Gibson 7/4

Kremer 6/2

Rodriguez 6/5

Wells 3/0

Irvin 2/2

You’d need to know which bases were occupied and how many outs there were to really analyze who got lucky and who got hosed.  Runner on 1st with two out is a lot different than runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out.

  

 

[interloper]

Kremer starting to look a little more like the steady pitcher he was last year. 

Not sure what was up with 5 straight fastballs to Moniak to start the game with the homer, but had he located the 5th fastball better I probably wouldn't mention it. 

Anyway, a good Dean Kremer is an enormous boost for this rotation and I hope he keeps it up. 

[btdart20]

Kremer's statcast page is an enigma.  Tons of blue for the percentile rankings, but tons of red for the pitch movement.  He really struggles against LHB.  Maybe opponents are stacking the lineup as much as possible against him too because the RHB/LHB ratio in 2023 is tighter than in 2022.  

[Moose Milligan]

Only struck out 4 last night.  But he also didn't walk anyone.

His K rate is 6.8 this year so far, a little higher than what he did last year.  I'd like to see that number above 8 before making any proclamations about how he's solidifying himself as a starter for us.  

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Only struck out 4 last night.  But he also didn't walk anyone.

His K rate is 6.8 this year so far, a little higher than what he did last year.  I'd like to see that number above 8 before making any proclamations about how he's solidifying himself as a starter for us.  

Shane Bieber’s is down to 6.9, should this rule him out as a potential trade target in your opinion?

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, DirtyBird said:

Shane Bieber’s is down to 6.9, should this rule him out as a potential trade target in your opinion?

Absolutely.  100%.

 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Only struck out 4 last night.  But he also didn't walk anyone.

His K rate is 6.8 this year so far, a little higher than what he did last year.  I'd like to see that number above 8 before making any proclamations about how he's solidifying himself as a starter for us.  

His .347 wOBA is almost a half-run better than his .394 xwOBA, suggesting he’s been a bit lucky.  My eye test would agree.   But, he’s been better at making good pitches in key spots over his last few starts.  

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, Frobby said:

His .347 wOBA is almost a half-run better than his .394 xwOBA, suggesting he’s been a bit lucky.  My eye test would agree.   But, he’s been better at making good pitches in key spots over his last few starts.  

I agree with that.  He's also avoided the big inning which ties into making some good key pitches in certain spots.