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Cruz scored twice on the night, and Buxton homered, too. The Twins even managed four runs for only the second time in nine games. The last time the Twins started the season 7-15, in fact, was in 2016, a dismal season that resulted in Terry Ryan's firing as general manager and the hiring of Derek Falvey to run the team. Only in 2012, when they opened 6-16, have the Twins started the season worse than this one. Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda is surrendering too many home runs and looks nothing like the pitcher who finished third in 2016 NL Rookie of the Year voting.
Even if they do go for hits, they’re likely singles. You can pitch around a single, but I’ve yet to hear of an instance of someone pitching around a home run. You’ll notice that Maeda missed his east-west location on each of these pitches, and he just doesn’t have the type of fastball that can afford to be in the spots these three were. That, more than anything, has hurt Maeda this year. He has been up in the zone too frequently, and hitters haven’t missed when he has served them a cookie.
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The tag by Ellis appeared to reach Cory Spangenberg a moment after Spangenberg touched the plate. A 2.35 earned-run average in the Cactus League allayed some concern. Maeda impressed Dodgers officials and rival evaluators with his ability to utilize his changeup and curveball. His slider earned raves in Japan, but he will require more than one off-speed offering to thrive in the majors.
Over the league-wide home-run surge of the last two seasons, just two pitchers—Jaime Garcia and Francisco Liriano—put up an HR/FB ratio higher than 18%. Maeda could be terrible the rest of the season, and his HR/FB ratio would still likely fall a few percentage points. The saucy, uni-testicular catcher continued his red-hot return. In the second inning he doubled in Donaldson.
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When Jorge Alcala finally relieved him, the young righthander forced in another run by beaning Jordan Luplow with a 99-mph fastball. Kenta Maeda surrendered six extra-base hits, including three mammoth home runs, and then the Twins' embattled bullpen somehow made things worse. The baseball drifted and drifted toward the left-field corner, its flight awakening the Dodgers dugout. Kenta Maeda sprinted out of the batter’s box but slowed as he approached second base. With one swing, he launched his team’s first home run of the season and created the year’s first moment of unbridled joy.
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Clayton Kershaw thrust his arms skyward and howled. The Padres are the first team in history to be shut out of its first three games. When he has driven the ball down and below the zone, he has produced good results. Thanks to Statcast, we can highlight plate appearance results by location. Here’s what Maeda’s chart looks like this season.
He had two home runs in Japan, and he won a steak dinner from Roberts with a home run during batting practice. Maeda showed some early jitters, but the Padres could not capitalize. He hung a first-inning curveball to former Dodger Matt Kemp. Crawford caught the ball on the warning track. While Maeda warmed up, Ellis said “you could tell he was anxious, excited.” The atmosphere at Petco Park was hardly raucous.
On July 25, 2020, Maeda made his Twins debut. On August 12, he earned his 50th MLB career win. Now that we have the what, we can turn to the why. Maeda is up in the zone much more often than he was last year. The following zone profiles from Brooks Baseball show how location has been an issue for Maeda this season.
But the Twins actually led the AL with a 42 percent hard-hit rate entering Tuesday, and their average exit velocity of 89.7 mph was second only to the Blue Jays. But the results haven’t followed -- just ask Kirilloff, who entered the game 1-for-18 but was hitting the ball well enough for a .293 expected batting average and an expected slugging percentage of .608, per Statcast. The starting rotation has actually been quite effective this season, ranking second in the American League with a 3.72 ERA entering Tuesday. Maeda, the club’s Opening Day starter, hasn’t shared that success as he’s worked through mechanical adjustments. And though Maeda felt good about that work, Cleveland’s batters still tagged his mistakes for three home runs -- one by Ramírez and two from Franmil Reyes. "It's not just the wins and losses, it's the way these games have played out that has made them especially tough to stomach," Baldelli said.
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