Mark Grote
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That's not what happened.
I understood that he had a bad hamstring last year, and he wasn't fully recovered, and that's why the velocity was down.
I understood when Tommy Haddavy explained to you guys early in the season, hey, he's actually on the Mullion Hall show, but we listened to that same sound.
I was like, this is logical and makes all the sense in the world.
Watch what he does when he goes out there.
Even after the first game, you'll remember –
He gives up the three-run homer to Joey Weimer.
I was like, look, he's going to give up home runs.
There just happened to be men on base this time.
And I was like, but usually there's not men on base.
You know why?
Because have you ever heard of this stat?
It's called a whip.
That's walks and hits to innings pitched.
Yes.
He leads the league.
.72.
.72.
That means over the course of four innings, he allows less than three guys on base over the course of the four innings.
That's pretty amazing.