Trevor Bauer threw his first career shutout on Sunday. It’s a nice milestone, and an increasingly rare occurrence. There have been 15 this year, just 19 all of last year, far and away the lowest number ever in a single season. Prior to 1991 there had never been fewer than 107 in a season. So good for Trevor.
He also pitched a bit outside the box, at least for him. While he doesn’t throw any pitch the majority of the time, it’s usually a fastball/slider/curve mix with something else tossed in. On Sunday though, he got a bit weird with the cutter.