Blue Jays Pitcher has Stepped Up in a Big Way for His Team

July 18, 2022


Since Hyun Jin Ryu went down with a season-ending injury, Ross Stripling has had to fill in for the starter. He's filled in very nicely too.

Since being slotted into the rotation on June 06, Stripling has been fantastic. The thirty-two year old has started eight games, posting a pristine 2.13 ERA, with 32 strikeouts in 42 innings pitched. He has a 5-3 record in that stretch.

Stripling has only allowed three home runs in those eight games started, with batters hitting just .213/.242/.323 against him. That's pretty good.

He's also given the Blue Jays a fantastic .860 win probability in those games he's started.

Now compare that with Stripling's stats before he took over for Ryu.

In 13 games (five started) before June 06, Stripling posted a 4.22 ERA, with 29 strikeouts in 32 innings. In addition, opponents hit .256/.297/.395 against him in that stretch. Although that's not terrible, it's contrasts greatly to the numbers he's put up since becoming a full-time starter for the Jays. 

The Blue Jays also had .264 win probability in the games Stripling pitched in before June 06. 

Stripling has five pitches he utilizes in his game. The most frequent pitch he throws is his 4-seam fastball (35.1% usage), then his changeup (25.4% usage), his slider (23.3% usage), curveball (10% usage), and his sinker (6.2% usage). Although Stripling doesn't blow pitches by batters, as indicated by his 36th league percentile K%, he mixes up his pitches so well that it keeps batters guessing at the plate. 

He does, however, rank in the 87th percentile league-wide in chase rate. So far, everything's working great for Ross as a starter.


Stripling has appeared to find his role in the Blue Jays pitching staff and, unless things change drastically, we will likely be seeing much more of Ross Stripling starting games for the Blue Jays in the second half. 






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