Brock Stewart was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Minnesota Twins, where he had a 2.38 ERA before the trade. In his initial appearances with the Dodgers, he allowed runs in two of three outings. He expressed frustration at falling behind in counts early, which negatively impacted his performance. While facing left-handed hitters, he struggled significantly, with a high batting average against. Stewart's issues primarily arose from not effectively closing out innings after getting ahead in the count.
Stewart had a 2.38 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 41 strikeouts in 34 innings with the Twins before being traded to the Dodgers, but struggled initially.
"The approach is just to get ahead and compete in the strike zone, and I think I got behind some guys. That's not a very good recipe for success" - Stewart.
Stewart's splits skew heavily toward right-handed batters, with left-handers hitting .349/.423/.540 in 14.2 innings pitched this season.
His biggest issue was failing to put away the first two batters of the inning after getting ahead in the count, including an 0-2 pitch.
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