In the fourth, third baseman Sheldon Neuse singled to lead off the inning.
Unfortunately, Báez flailed wildly at back-to-back sliders a foot off the plate away and ultimately struck out to end the threat. That put men on first and second with two outs. Haase singled with one out in the bottom half of the fourth, and after Robbie Grossman popped out, Austin Meadows was theoretically hit on the foot by an errant slider from Adrian Martinez. That would before a bit of a theme in this one, though Faedo struck out Cristian Pache and got Tony Kemp to ground out to keep the game scoreless at that point. In the third, he did give up a one-out walk to Luis Barrera, who stole second and then took third on an errant throw from Eric Haase that tailed away from the bag. He racked up 10 whiffs on the slider, and three more on the changeup, which also looked the best we’ve seen it since his last full season in Erie back in 2019.įaedo pretty well cruised through three innings. Overall, the movement on everything was sharp, and Faedo displayed his ability to shape his slider, adding depth or sweep as he liked to break balls just out of the zone, or drop them right on the corner down and away from right-handed hitters. Overall, the mechanical correction paid dividends on all his pitches, and there were some really good changeups to go with Faedo’s typically nasty slide piece.Īlex Faedo, White Castle Special. As he builds up his arm we may see another tick added there, which would help him. Most importantly, he commanded the heater well and showed solid velocity, averaging 92.8 mph on the four-seamer. Not so against the A’s as he sorted that out, got that riding life back, and drew four whiffs on the fastball. In his first start, his arm slot was dropping just a bit, getting more run than ride on his four-seamer. However, he gave a lot better accounting of his weapons and his command in this start.įaedo racked up a huge number of whiffs against the A’s in this one, 17 in total. The right-hander was still just 20 2⁄ 3 innings into his return from Tommy John when the day began, so it’s worth keeping in mind that he’s probably not at his best yet. We got a much better look at what Faedo is capable of in this one. He did just fine in that one, but largely due to batted ball luck as he recorded just one strikeout. The first look many Tigers fans got at Alex Faedo was in his major league debut last Wednesday in Houston. However, Alex Faedo was really, really good in this one and didn’t deserve a loss as the A’s won 4-1. Things did not go so well in Game 2 of the doubleheader, as the offense reverted to light-hitting mode.
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