Joey Lucchesi had himself a terrific outing his last time out for the San Diego Padres, going five strong innings, allowing just one hit, striking out seven and walking three against the same Colorado Rockies team he’ll be facing tonight.
After two starts this season (9.2 innings), the 24-year-old left-hander has an earned-run average of 2.79, a 1.14 WHIP and eight strikeouts.
As per fangraphs.com, he’s been using his fastball 64.8% of the time so far, then his changeup (27%), and mixes in his curve on occasion, lately as a strikeout pitch.
Lucchesi’s been getting hitters to swing and miss at pitches outside of the strike zone (O-Swing %) 33.