2023-09-15 03:01:51
Thanks to his great start to the season, Eduardo Rodríguez established himself as the ace of the Detroit Tigers’ rotation; How is normal, During a long season there are some low starts, like this Wednesday where the left-hander gave up 5 walks in what was his 23rd start, his most since August 2019 when he was with the Boston Red Sox.
Additionally, the Carabobeño scored 4 runs in the 433rd loss against the Cincinnati Reds at Comerica Park. An inability to unlock his pinpoint command was the reason for his struggles in that game, highlighted by that “excess” of walks.
“That happens,” Rodríguez said at the end of that game. “You’re going to have bad games and good games. I’m trying to have good games all the time. When bad games happen, you just turn the page and you keep working, and you take the good out of the bad and you prepare for the next one,” he added in statements taken from the Detroit Free Press.
The Creole so far he has a 3.32 earned run average allowed, with 42 walks (7.6% walks) and 132 strikeouts (23.9% strikeouts) in 135.2 innings. Nevertheless, His performance has not been the same since he returned on July 5 from the injured list.
He missed 36 days (May 29 to July 4) due to a broken pulley in his left index finger. The finger injury affected the pressure he could put on the ball at the end of his throw, just before releasing it.
“He was failing,” said Bengals manager AJ Hinch.; “There were 5 walks and 2 of them scored. He had a lot of difficulty finishing his innings (…) But 5 passports is very unusual for him. I know he had 4 walks in his last outing, 5 on this occasion. “That’s not how he throws”he stressed.
Rodriguez, who He had a 2.13 ERA in 11 starts before that injury., After her, his ERA stands at 4.50 with 26 walks and 65 strikeouts in 68 innings over 12 outings since returning from the disabled list. He has produced 3.4 walks per 9 innings in his last 12 outings compared to 2.1 walks per 9 innings in his first 11 outings.
The problem stems from the lack of consistency in mastering his shots.
“The command was really off on almost all of my pitches,” said the streamer. “The shifter worked, but it bounced around most of the time, so they took advantage of it. So that’s what I saw, that the shifter was off.”he reiterated.
In the duel against the scarlets, E-Rod tried to fix command issues between inputsbut found no solutions, plus there is the fact that he has recorded 15 walks and 17 strikeouts in his last 4 outings.
“I think I made 9 pitches (in the 1st entry), and those pitches were right where I wanted them,” said. “After that was when it really changed to the bad location. That’s what I feel, in general, was the problem. “I tried to fix it during the game, but it wasn’t working.”
The 5-year, $77 million contract he signed with the Tigers in November 2021 allows him to exercise an opt-out clause after this season. The agreement also contains a no-trade clause that covers a handful of teamswhich he opted to use at the deadline last August, blocking a deal that would have sent him to the Los Angeles Dodgers. If he decided to enter free agency, he would leave 3 years and 49 million on the table.
It is still unknown if he has made a decision official about his plans beyond this campaign.
Fuente: Detroit Free Press
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