I tend to view WHIP, or walks plus hits per innings pitched, as my preferred method for gauging pitching quality. Baseball can be both easy and difficult to quantify as some statistics carry a lot ...

It also surpassed the fastest pitch Joyce had thrown in MLB, as he hit ... ERA in 10 innings with 10 strikeouts and nine walks. Control remains a pain point for Joyce, whose walks-per-nine innings ...

Leipsic responded with two runs in the bottom of the third when Nick Schroeder started the rally with an infield single, plus ... 5 hits, 6 strikeouts, 2 walks) pitched the first seven innings ...

Blanco built his emergent age-30 season on being exceedingly difficult to hit. The right-hander allowed 6.1 hits per nine innings ... his ERA. Walks also drove up Blanco’s pitch count in some ...