Twins' Taj Bradley's 'lethal weapon' places him in rare category with Dodgers World Series MVP
This is a good sign for the surging Twins.
Twins' Taj Bradley's 'lethal weapon' places him in rare category with Dodgers World Series MVP originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's hard to have a better start to the season than Taj Bradley's with the Minnesota Twins .
Through four starts, the right-hander is 3-0 with a 1. 25 ERA, striking out 29 batters while walking eight. Bradley, a former fifth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Rays , struggled to find consistency with the AL East club and was traded to the Twins last summer.
Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller is buying Bradley's hot start to the year, noting that his average fastball velocity is up from 96. 3 mph to 97. 7 mph, and his splitter has been nearly unhittable.
"And that amped up four seamer has turned Bradley's splitter into a lethal weapon, responsible for 36 percent of his strikeouts," Miller wrote Monday. " Per FanGraphs , only Yoshinobu Yamamoto's splitter has been worth more runs above average than Bradley's. More : Red Sox never close on Astros’ Isaac Paredes trade Four starts are a small sample size, but Bradley could be a key piece for the Twins roster that could surprise a lot of people.