The Lack of Run Support For Brandon Woodruff Is Disgusting
Brandon Woodruff is one of the best pitchers in baseball. This dude has been absolutely filthy this year. There has not been one game this season that Woodruff has pitched that the Brewers should have lost. This month has been particularly bad for Milwaukee. The games against Kansas City last night, and the game against Philadelphia a few weeks ago are almost carbon copies of themselves. Woodruff should be 4-0 or 2-0 on the season, not 2-2. I know pitcher’s records do not mean much, but still, it’s annoying that Woody gets nothing from this offense. Here are the stats to prove it out.
Brandon Woodruff has the lowest run support per nine innings of MLB's 65 qualifying pitchers: 1.58 RS/9.
If you back it down to minimum 30 innings, only Sonny Gray can claim poorer support. The Reds have scored him 0.59 runs per nine innings on the mound.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) May 19, 2021
The Brewers have scored 3 runs over the last 26 innings in which Brandon Woodruff has been the pitcher of record. (He's only given up 4 runs in that stretch.)
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) May 19, 2021
Do you know how bad this all is? Sometimes, teams do not play as well offensively when their star pitcher is on the mound but still, there’s no excuse for what the Brewers are doing offensively. They need to support their pitcher more often. I’ve seen New York Mets fans deal with this when it comes to Jacob deGrom too. It cannot be this off switch for the team. Brewers continue to be cold as their May is absolutely putrid. They’ll finish up with Kanasas City tonight against Brad Keller who has been one of the worst pitchers in baseball, but I’m unsure you can trust the Crew at this point.
Charlie.