Thanks to a weird bounce in the outfield, Astros‘ starting pitcher Mike Fiers surrendered his 29th home run of the season. There is so much to unpack in this one sentence.
First, Mike Fiers simply has had a home run problem. Then, he didn’t. Now he does again.
In Fiers’ first nine starts, he allowed 18 home runs. The next seven starts? Zero home runs allowed. The following starts after that homer-free stretch? 12 home runs. Fiers has had one start out of his last eight in which he didn’t allow a home run: July 21st in Baltimore.