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The Denver Brewers and the K
Let's talk about strikeouts.
Let's talk about the Denver Brewers pitching staff and strikeouts, in particular.
Although the team pitching coach specializes in working with groundball pitchers and the Brewers have some fine groundballers who, in conjunction with a great middle infield, get plenty of double play balls, the real strength of the staff is getting opponents out without them making any fair territory contact at all.
The Brewers have struck out 963 batters this season. The next best in the MGL is Charlotte with 837. The best total in the SJL? Jacksonville at 861. So, not that I need to do the math for you, but that means the Brewers pitching staff has recorded 100 more K's than the next best staff (in this category) in all of the WPK. Likely one of the good reasons the Brewers staff leads the MGL in FIP at 2.45.
Meanwhile, Brewers hitters are pretty good at avoiding the whiff as they rank at 3rd best in the MGL in avoiding being struck out.
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