Let’s start with one of the best stories of the Major League Baseball season so far involving a Colorado Rockies reliever and his road to redemption.
Of course, there was a lot of joy surrounding Daniel Bard’s return to the mound for the first time in 2,646 days and earning his first win since May 29, 2012. However, one of the biggest reasons why Bard was successful in his return was his penchant for throwing strikes.
The first number to know from the weekend is 20.
According to Baseball-Reference.com, Bard was just one of seven Rockies pitchers since the start of the 2017 season to throw 80 percent of his pitches for strikes (minimum 20 pitches).