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Since his return to the majors after being sent down to Triple-A Omaha earlier in the year, Kansas City Royals righty Brady Singer has shown that he can be a very intimidating pitcher when he's [url=https://www.angelsfanshere.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-jersey/fred-lynn-jersey]Fred Lynn Jersey[/url] on his game.He has flashed signs of being an ace or No. 2 guy in a rotation at times while also still having some i sues holding him back in the present.This season, Singer has shown some excellent development in his pitches and to an extent in his statistics. Let's start with some of the i sues that have hurt him this season.Singer's groundball rate has taken a hit this year, going from 50.9% in 2021 to 47.4% in 2022. This shouldn't impact him too much in a vacuum, but he a sinker-slider pitcher so he needs to keep the ball on the ground and avoid giving up too much hard contact.This leads to another i sue for Singer: his HR/9 rate and HR/FB%. This season has seen Singer give up home runs at a career-high rate (1.19), but that [url=https://www.angelsfanshere.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-jersey/shohei-ohtani-jersey]Shohei Ohtani Jersey[/url] is generally about standard for him. The i sue is his HR/FB% being at 15, which is two percent higher than last year. This isn't great, but he limits flyballs (for better or worse) to a 20.1% clip.Singer limiting flyballs is definitely a trend for him early in his career. In his three seasons, he averages a 19.7 FB%. What he doesn't limit, however, is line drives. This year has been Singer's worst in surrendering line drives (26.9%), and that makes sense given the type of contact he gives up.Scroll to ContinueThis season, Singer has been barreled up at a career-high rate (8.8%). He also gives up hard hits at a 40.6% rate, and another i sue with all of these combined is his .312 BABIP. Now a .312 BABIP isn't terrible but with the type of contact given up by Singer, it usually means that when the ball gets hit, it's hit and on a line or the ground. Let's expand to the main i sue for Singer this season (and his career in general).As we all know, Singer has had an i sue developing a third pitch in his career. Why is this an i sue? To be an effective starter, you need at least three pitches in order to avoid being very predictable. This season, Singer has been throwing a changeup more but still [url=https://www.angelsfanshere.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-jersey/j-c-ramirez-jersey]J. C. Ramirez Jersey[/url] hasn't thrown it enough. His current 8.5% rate isn't where it should be.Singer needs to throw the changeup more often because even though it isn't a great pitch movement-wise, it's gotten the job done for him when used. This season, Singer's two best pitches have been his slider (-4 run value) and his changeup (-2). That's really good given the fact that he has only thrown 120 changeups this year. With the negatives out of the way, let's get into the positives.In most of his per-nine (minus HR/9) stats, Singer has shown improvement. His K/9 has raised to 9.33 while his BB/9 is down to 2.18. Adding to this, his BB% is at 5.9 and his K% is at [url=https://www.angelsfanshere.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-jersey/matt-harvey-jersey]Matt Harvey Jersey[/url] 25.4. Another key stat that has improved a lot is Singer's LOB%, as it's at a career-high 76.9%. That's solid for a starter.In terms of ERA and FIP, Singer is putting up career-highs at 3.67 and 3.66, respectively. Taking a step further and looking at ERA+ and FIP-, Singer has been above average in both with an ERA+ of 111 (11% above league average) and a FIP- of 92 (8% above league average). He also has a 1.6 WAR, leading Royals pitching, and is on pace for around a 3 WAR if he can keep this up.Singer is showing a of great things this season and has helped solidify himself as a future piece in the Royals' rotation for years to come. If he could throw his changeup a tad more and keep developing [url=https://www.angelsfanshere.com/los-angeles-angels-of-anaheim-jersey/cody-allen-jersey]Cody Allen Jersey[/url] its movement, Singer has a shot to be one of the best pitchers in the American League for years to come. |
