Tampa Bay Rays nearer Pete Fairbanks entered Wednesday’s sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Angels with a 4-3 lead, in search of a save.
When all was mentioned and completed, nonetheless, he left the inning having relinquished the lead: the sport was now 5-4 in favor of the Angels because the groups headed to the underside of the ninth.
It’s not frequent to observe Fairbanks wrestle: he had a 2.58 ERA in 2023 and a 1.13 mark the yr earlier than.
This yr, nonetheless, he’s nonetheless looking for the very best model of himself.
His ERA after the outing, by which he allowed three hits and two earned runs in an inning of labor, is now 9.00.
If you wish to learn the way badly Fairbanks struggled on Wednesday, hear it from the pitcher himself.
He was each harsh and hilarious, if that’s potential.
“Pete Fairbanks on his outing tonight: ‘I believed it usually sucked. I didn’t suppose it was a particular suck, I believed it was like an all-encompassing kind of suck,’” Talkin’ Baseball tweeted, with a clip of the interview.
Pete Fairbanks on his outing tonight:
“I believed it usually sucked. I didn’t suppose it was a particular suck, I believed it was like an all-encompassing kind of suck.”
An all-encompassing kind of suck: that’s positively an all-time line.
It just about sums up what the sport felt like for Fairbanks, who additionally walked two hitters along with the three hits conceded.
He additionally didn’t strike out anybody, which is extraordinarily unusual for a hurler with 239 profession strikeouts in simply 166.2 frames.
Maybe he isn’t 100% bodily, or perhaps he’s simply making an attempt to get right into a groove with arm or his mechanics.
In any case, it is best to count on him to appropriate the course if he’s absolutely wholesome.
He’s too good to not.