Who Needs Fielders?

Josh Hader pitched an immaculate inning Saturday night:

Hader recorded his first immaculate inning, striking out three straight St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth and finishing a 4-2 Milwaukee win. Hader threw nine straight fastballs. Tyler O’Neill fouled off Hader’s first pitch, the last time any St. Louis hitter made contact. O’Neill, Dexter Fowler and pinch-hitter Yairo Munoz all went down on three pitches.

“He’s throwing at such a high level right now and executing pitches at the top of the zone,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “When he executes those pitches, they’re hard to lay off and they’re hard to hit. It’s challenging. It’s just a different fastball than anybody has in the league.”

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It early, but both Baseball Info Solutions and Trackman have Hader’s velocity up two MPH compared to last year. We’ll see if that hold up as the season progresses.

from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2OA3OXH