Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Newsletter Excerpt, May 11, 2022 -- "Thinking Inside the Box, Reid Detmers Edition"

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"Come to think of it, a complete game is pretty rare and a complete game with two or fewer strikeouts is a unicorn. Since 2016, just three pitchers have completed a nine-inning game with fewer than three strikeouts: Detmers last night, Brad Keller in 2020, and Ariel Jurado, going eight innings in a road loss in 2019. Over those same five seasons, there have been 21 no-hitters, including 15 solo no-hitters."