Article says he's added it over the past few years, coinciding with his rise in strikeouts:

He stole it from Giolito.

I don't know about you guys, but Swarzak has been awfully impressive to me so far. He might actually be able to net the Sox a prospect at the deadline at this rate.

I don't know about you guys, but Swarzak has been awfully impressive to me so far. He might actually be able to net the Sox a prospect at the deadline at this rate.

 

So far, so good, but 8 good innings is not much to go off of

 

 

This same post was made about Matt Albers at this time last season.

 

Was coming in here to say the same thing.

Albers had a lot of " I don't know how you are doing it but keep it going" Moreso than Swarzak. But when fatigue sets in first we will know.

This same post was made about Matt Albers at this time last season.

 

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v7635...h-with-a-double

I think the difference is that Albers wasn't striking anyone out, and his stuff was mediocre. That hasn't applied to Swarzak (or Kahnle) this year so far.

I think the difference is that Albers wasn't striking anyone out, and his stuff was mediocre. That hasn't applied to Swarzak (or Kahnle) this year so far.

Totally surprised he made the Nats' roster. Pitched last night.

Totally surprised he made the Nats' roster. Pitched last night.

 

I don't think he made the opening day roster. Think he was called up.

This same post was made about Matt Albers at this time last season.

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything as they're clearly different kinds of pitchers. Swarzak's stuff is way better than Albers ever was last year.

Albers may be the Nats best reliever right now. He added another "finished game without a save" stat last night.

I think the difference is that Albers wasn't striking anyone out, and his stuff was mediocre. That hasn't applied to Swarzak (or Kahnle) this year so far.

I dunno, I didn't think so...for the first few months of the season he had a nasty split finger or whatever the hell that s*** was...it would drop right off the table.

I dunno, I didn't think so...for the first few months of the season he had a nasty split finger or whatever the hell that s*** was...it would drop right off the table.

 

It did look like it would work. But he only had a 17% k rate and a low .200 Babip in March/April last year. But he wasn't walking anyone, and he had only a .7 WHIP.

 

Then May came, suddenly all of that contact started finding holes. K% dropped to 14%, still didn't walk people, but BABIP jumped to .350 and it stayed around that level rest of year (though May was particularly hilarious line of .365/.396/.711 against him)

Swarzak, meanwhile is k'ing 33% of batters faced. He'll certainly regress but I think he may be looking at a pretty good year if he stays healthy.

It did look like it would work. But he only had a 17% k rate and a low .200 Babip in March/April last year. But he wasn't walking anyone, and he had only a .7 WHIP.

 

Then May came, suddenly all of that contact started finding holes. K% dropped to 14%, still didn't walk people, but BABIP jumped to .350 and it stayed around that level rest of year (though May was particularly hilarious line of .365/.396/.711 against him)

It was that damn Texas game! Ruined the entire season!

It was that damn Texas game! Ruined the entire season!

 

That game was like watching RBI baseball where all of our pitchers were fatigued and just throwing lobs down the middle and getting crushed. I bet Leury could have gotten outs more successfully.