STATiSTICALLY SPEAKING
If Fernando Romero, who starts Sunday against the Angels, can pitch six scoreless innings, he will eclipse Andrew Albers as the Twins rookie who preserved a 0.00 ERA the longest. Twins starters with the most scoreless innings at the start of a career:
PitcherYearInnings
Andrew Albers201317â…“
Fernando Romero201811â…”
Anthony Swarzak200911
Eric Milton19988
In his sixth big-league season, Kyle Gibson has suddenly become a strikeout pitcher, doubling his strikeout output even with no increase in workload. His first seven starts.
YearIPKsSR*K/9
2018 38.2441210.23
201731.121106.03
201638.22295.12
201543.11783.53
201438.01764.03
201336.12084.95
* Swing rate, or percentage of pitches that are swung at and missed.
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