Tom Brennan - Brooklyn Punch Outs

Tuesday night, the Cyclones won 8-0, with Blade Tidwell going 3.2 innings and fanning 4.  Nice.

Tidwell has 46 Ks and 25 walks in 32 innings this year, for the record.

Then the two Strikeout Freaks came in.

6'9" Jace Beck recorded 7 outs, all by K.  

He now has fanned a stunning 32 batters in 14 innings.  He has also walked 15, just to be fair and balanced. Do the math…47 total Ks and strolls in 14 innings? Nuts.

Then 6'4" Brandon Hardy came in.  

A 2016 31st rounder, the 23 year old 6'4" Hardy righty, who similarly had huge control issues a few years back, which now seem largely resolved, as he had 98 walks in his career coming into 2023, but showed improvement in 2023. Hardy fanned 4 of his 5 outs.  He has fanned 13 in 6 innings while walking just 2 this year, with just one run allowed. Great for him.

So, the latter 2 combined have fanned 44 in 20 IP in 2023. And recorded 11 of their 12 outs last night by the punch-out.   Whew!

In 7.2 innings last night, the Tidwell/Beck/Hardy trio fanned 15. 

The final four outs were by 2 other Clones pitchers - no Ks, but no runs, either.

I love Ks, and all 3 hurlers (fanning the world while refining control) are well worth tracking, as they have fanned 84 in 52 innings this year.

THE FRIENDLY GHOST

Kodai Senga was brilliant last nite vs. the Phillies. Gooden 1985 brilliant. Much needed brilliance. And Nimmo went shagadelic, baby, to rob Nick Castellanos of a home run.