If you were to guess which pitcher had the most swings and misses in a start this season, who would your first guess be? Jacob deGrom? Gerrit Cole? Those would be great guesses. But they’d be wrong.
The correct answer would be Patrick Sandoval. On Sunday, he had 32 whiffs, the most in baseball this season and the most by an Angels pitcher since pitch-tracking began in 2008. Unfortunately, his solid performance wasn’t enough as the Angels fell to the Mariners, 9-5.
On the afternoon, Sandoval struck out 10, which not only is a season-high for him but also the most of his career.