On that note I am really surprised they didn’t try to stretch out Wright. He could have pitched a start in Pawtucket today and gone 3 or 4. Then been ready to start Friday with Johnson piggybacking.
I’d like to see him and Scott get a lot of work in this month. Scott was absolutlely brilliant against lefties this year in AAA. I know there aren’t a lot of lefties, but it only takes 1 or 2 in a best of 5 to be the difference.
Scott was absolutely brilliant this year in AAA, period. There were quite a few people on this board who gave up on him after just 2 appearances this season, calling last year a fluke or that the league has figured him out. Seemed a bit hasty. I hope he gets some innings too. He saw a huge jump in his K rate this year, although it did coincide with a huge spike in his bb rate too.
Going into 2018:
22.4% career K rate
7.5% career BB rate
This season
31.2% K rate
10.4% BB rate
It's 202 batters faced. That's 18 more strike outs and 6 more walks over his career rate. That seems like too big a number in a sample size of 202 to be just SSS and league trends but maybe it is.
To add context to to what you were saying though:
vs L .143/.260/.159 in 73 PA, .237 BAbip,
1 extra base hit. 1, in 73 PA. Wow.
vs R .242/.331/.352 in 150 PA, .351 BAbip.
He's definitely better vs L.