#rookie-pitching

#rookie-pitching

"If I see a new sweeper grip, I almost always pick the ball up and throw it that next day. I can't get it, but I'm relentless. I'll get it one of these days. I'll get it. Or I'll get something else."

Lucchesi allowed five of six hitters to reach in his season debut. He followed up with a pair of scoreless outings but walked at least one batter in all of his appearances.

Allan Castro made waves in the series finale against Columbus, hitting two home runs, including a grand slam, which lifted the WooSox to a win with six RBIs.

Chapman has converted 35 of 37 save opportunities, registering a 1.22 ERA in that span. However, at 38 years old, his fastball velocity has decreased significantly.

"He's 0-for-30. Simple as that. You can say there's a lot of line drives in there, but you get to a place of playing every day for a week and not having any results, and it wears on you. It wears on you mentally as much as anything."

Kremer has been a staple of the Baltimore rotation for years, serving as a solid back-end guy. From 2022 to 2025, he tossed 599 1/3 innings over 109 appearances with a 3.95 earned run average.

After almost two years of rehab, Patrick Sandoval is back. The idea of paying someone fresh off of Tommy John surgery $18 million to rehab has been met with plenty of criticism, but Sandoval's 529 strikeouts in 536 career innings with an ERA just over 4 can provide some stability if healthy.

Trailing 2-0, New Hampshire scored its first eight runs of the second inning without giving up a hit in Tuesday's game in Portland, Maine. In all, the Fisher Cats posted 10 runs in the inning -- nine with two outs -- on just one hit and without the benefit of any errors.