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Mitch Stetter, Sooper-LOOGY

Here's the full list of guys Stetter has struck out in the past week: At some point you have to think Stetter will start assuming a bigger role in the Brewers' bullpen hierarchy. He's been death on lefties, allowing a ridiculous 390 OPS in 45 at-bats (.089/.212/.178) but he's been more than effective against righties as well, allowing just a 661 OPS (.206/.308/.353). That performance against RH is actually worse than what he did last season, when his 648 OPS against was completely fueled by his shaky control (.170/.371/.277 in 47 at-bats). His fluky save in his last outing might end up being not so fluky.

Heck, if I'm managing the Brewers, I start giving him and Mark DiFelice (who's even more insanely effective against righties than Stetter is against lefties) crash courses in playing the outfield, so I can swap them back and forth on the mound as needed over a two or three inning stretch...

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By: herbilk
On: 6/23/2009 11:20:00 AM		 It was very obvious from the day Stetter came up in 2008 that he was a much better loogy option than Brian Shouse, especially since Stetter can get a right-handed hitter out once in a while and Shouse could not. Of course, Shouse was the veteran and was being paid more so it took until the end of the year before super genius Ned Yost started using Stetter before Shouse.

The problem with Stetter has always been control. His slider sweeps so far across the strike zone that it can be hard to throw for strikes. When he's on, though, that pitch can be unhittable to a left-handed hitter. In the month of June he's struck out 13 in 6.1 innings with no walks and one hit allowed. He's struck out the last 11 batters that he's faced.

Unfortunately, the Brewers only carry one lefty in the bullpen, so if you use Stetter for a setup role then you don't have another lefty for loogy situations. The outfield/pitcher platoon with DiFelice is both funny and interesting.
 

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