5-21-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X
It only took one run to get the win yesterday but the Bucs are hoping they can get more than that against the starter in the finale today, Brady Singer, who enters with a rough 5.01 ERA through his first 9 starts to the season.
Singer has been struggling a bit in his first season with the Reds, coming over from Kansas City in exchange for Jonathan India this past offseason as he has allowed 3 or more runs in 6 of his 9 starts so far on the year.
Many of us felt that Singer would struggle after leaving the pitcher-friendly confines of Kaufman Stadium to arrive at the exact opposite with Great American Ballpark – and, well… he definitely has some serious home/away splits.
The ERA might be boosted a bit due to a game earlier this month when he allowed 7 runs in 2.1 innings at Houston but the fact still remains that he’s had significantly worse outings away from the home run haven.
Additionally, Singer has some SERIOUS struggles pitching out of the stretch as opponents are batting over 100 points higher against him with a runner on first base and 150 points higher if there’s a man on second or third.
We have covered Singer previously as the Pirates faced him on April 11th this year and weren’t able to get a big hit to break through, scoring 3 runs off 2 hits and 3 walks through 5 innings of work.
The 6’5 righty gets a lot of extension with his long levers but hasn’t managed to successfully execute with much else with below average marks across the board.
Singer works mostly with a low-90s sinker and low-80s slider loading the middle of the zone with the heat and dropping the breaking ball down and into the left-handed hitter’s batting box – which can be a problem.
The hard stuff will be what Bucs bats want to key in on today. In three games this month, opponents are batting .375 against Singer’s fastballs and slugging .700 over 34 batted ball events.
Look to drive the heaters and take walks when possible as he only has one outing this season without issuing a free pass but need to get those baserunners in bunches and find a way to execute some crooked numbers.
If they can break this sub-5 run streak of offensive ineptitude, they should be in a great position moving forward given how strong the pitching corps has performed.
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