Roger ebert6/22/2023 ![]() Over the course of his break-out 2022 season, Singer ranked in the 24th percentile for hard-hit rate allowed and 16th percentile for chase rate. I thought as much at first but found that he wasn’t really that great in those avenues last season either. On the surface, one might point to those metrics as a cause for Singer’s early struggles. Opponents are hitting him hard and rarely chasing him out of the zone. ![]() He ranks in the bottom 10th percentile in nearly every major pitching metric, according to Baseball Savant. The 2023 season hasn’t been kind to Singer thus far. Instead, he’s too stubborn to throw his third. In now his fourth season in the major leagues, he should be progressing with a fourth pitch by now. He’s thrown his changeup just 7.1 percent of the time this season. Sure, he changed his slider this season but he’s still essentially a two-pitch starter. He simply can’t keep doing the same thing and be a great pitcher in this league. With all that clarification out of the way, I’m not giving up on Brady Singer the player but I am giving up on the current iteration of Brady Singer, the pitcher. They’re doing their job and I don’t always do great at my job - I’m certainly not always good at this one. Plus, these guys are people just like you and me. Players go through a natural ebb and flow and usually, those sorts of articles are written in emotion and frustration. I don’t like writing articles targeting specific players, or giving up on them. I want this article to be a joke in a year after Brady Singer becomes dominant once again. Let me kick this off by saying I want to be wrong.
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