Jeremy Affeldt looked ridiculously good last evening getting a rare two inning save (Brain Wilson was unavailable) striking out five giving the Giants 16 total strikeouts on the night.
It is a moment like this that you just have to marvel at the talent that the Giants have accumulated in their bullpen. Affeldt is on most nights the 4th option out of the bullpen and showed tonight that when he has control of his pitches he unhittable. A tip of the hat to Brian Sabean for assembling this group.
I am not sure exactly what changed but Affeldt has regained a feel for the strike zone. In the first two months of the year he was wild and not exactly effectively wild, he was walking 4+ batters per nine innings. Since June started however he has been a completely different pitcher.
Here is a rundown of his excellent stretch that he has put together for June:
2.05 FIP
1.42 xFIP
0.68 ERA
11.48 K/9
5.67 K/BB
While this is just a very small stretch of innings there is a lot that is encoura...
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