Spencer Schwellenbach Takes Mound as Braves Face Blue Jays

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00:00One of the bright spots for a struggling season to begin for Atlanta,

00:04Spencer Schwellenbach.

00:05He is on the bump today against the Jays with the Braves,

00:08an ever so slight favorite, but basically a pick-em.

00:11What is your prediction for what we see in Toronto?

00:1438 degrees up in the sixth tonight.

00:16Good thing they got a dome there, so that's not going to factor in.

00:19Neither will the windy conditions at about 17 to 18 miles an hour

00:21if that roof was open, but it's not.

00:24But understand this, Spencer Schwellenbach on the early season

00:26of Major League Baseball has been nothing short of fantastic.

00:29Take a look at his walk rate, 2.9%.

00:31K rate, 28%.

00:33Iso power number against 0.60 and a weighted on base percentage of 1.80.

00:38Ground ball percentage, 58%.

00:40Absolutely spectacular.

00:41Now let's take a look at some of those analytical numbers.

00:4320 innings pitched so far in this early season for Schwellenbach.

00:46You look at the ERA, which again, isn't an analytical number.

00:49It's just a baseline for people that say, you know what?

00:51Can you mix that analytics in with some regular numbers we understand?

00:540.45 ERA.

00:56How does that translate to his XFIP number?

00:572.46, spectacular.

01:00Take a look at that lineup tonight for the Toronto Blue Jays

01:02and just the ISO power numbers.

01:04And you say, what's isolated power mean?

01:06Extra base hits that these guys can hit.

01:09165, 170 is the normal average number in Major League Baseball.

01:13Against right-handed pitching to start this Major League Baseball season

01:16for Toronto, Bichette, 0.91.

01:18Vlade Jr., 0.62.

01:20Santander, 0.87.

01:22Kirk, 0.28.

01:24Wagner, 0.27.

01:25Clement, 0.

01:260.48 for Nathan Lukes.

01:28Roden, 0.59.

01:29The only guy positive in the middle of that lineup is Andres Jimenez at a 275 number.

01:34So you're telling me one guy is positive with ISO power number out of nine at-bats

01:38against a kid that's absolutely cruising early season?

01:41I don't even need to see the opposite side with Gaussman.

01:44I'm not looking towards the Toronto Blue Jays, only towards the Braves for me.