'Can I keep throwing in the big leagues?' Stop thinking, Peddy 'Korean Top → AL Top 10' closes in the first half of ERA in the two-point range
Jul 11, 2024
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Chicago White Sox Eric Peddy delivered his impressions after pitching seven hits, nine strikeouts and two runs in eight ⅓ innings against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 29 (Korea time). It looks like Pedi has now completely removed that anxiety from her head. This is because he ended the first half with good pitching.
Peddy started the first game of the home doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field on the 11th, giving up four hits and two walks in five innings and blocking them without losing a point. The White Sox won 3-1 and Peddy became the winning pitcher.
Peddy, who won his 19th game of the season and marked 7-3 record, lowered his ERA from 3.13 to 2.99 and ended the first half. The White Sox will enter the All-Star break after three consecutive home games against the Pittsburgh Pirates on the 13th and 15th.
It is the first time in 41 days that Peddy has recaptured a two-point ERA since May 31. He jumped to ninth place in the American League (AL) ERA category. They were tied for 17th in the multiple wins category, tied for 7th in the pitching innings (111 ⅓), 24th in strikeouts (99), 18th in WHIP (1.13), and 14th in the hit rate (0.227). It is a skill that can be included in the AL starting pitcher 'Top 10'.
It can be considered that he plays a one-two punch with Garrett Crochet in the team, and there are reports that both players could be put up for sale on the market through local media ahead of the trade deadline.
The pitch count was 90, and the sinker speed of 23 pitches was up to 94.3 miles and an average of 93.4 miles. The main weapon was 49 cutters, 11 sweepers, and 7 changeups.
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Jose Miranda hit a fly ball to center field, Carlos Santana struck out swinging with a 90.9-mile cutter, and Brooks Lee hit a ground ball to shortstop, respectively.
Peddy, who struck out leadoff hitter Matt Wallner with a cutter in the middle of 89.9 miles in the second inning, struck out Manuel Margot with a fly ball to center field and Christian Vazquez with an 85.1 mile sweeper outside.
Peddy, who passed the third inning with one hit and no run, allowed Wallner to hit the right-handed after two outs in the fourth inning, but ended the inning lightly by catching Margot with a fly to center field. In the fifth inning, when the 0-0 balance continued, he struck out lead Vazquez, caught Castro with a fly to center field, gave up a right-handed hit to Correa, and threw Rannick into the outside strike zone in the seventh pitch of the full count to fill the inning with a rookie strikeout.
Peddy made nine quality starts in the first half, and 12 runs in more than five innings and two runs or fewer. It was one of the least undulating pitchers in the AL. Peddy, who won MVP in KBO last year and wore a white Sox uniform for two years and $15 million in the offseason, is one of the 19 starting pitchers in the AL-record 19 games as of today. The White Sox, who put Fedi's good pitching ahead of them, broke the chain of nine consecutive losses against Minnesota, which had been going on since September 18 last year.
jhno@sportschosun.com
