There may not be more of a hot-cold pitcher in baseball than Ben Brown, who now has seven outings of two or fewer earned runs allowed and seven of five earned runs or more this season. The latest of those came last night, when he was recalled to serve as the bulk man behind opener Ryan Brasier. Brown allowed six earned on seven hits, two of which cleared the outfield wall, over just four innings of work.
The big righty’s Baseball Savant page illustrates the disparity in his performance all too clearly, with almost everything either well above or well below the 50th percentile.