The frustrating part for Nick Lodolo in his past couple of starts is he knew he was close to pitching deeper into games and more success, but one or two batters kept derailing his outings.
His teammates, ones who left at the trade deadline and ones who remain, all rave about his potential. Not many left-handed starting pitchers spin curveballs with the same type of horizontal movement. That mixes well his mid-90s fastball and changeup.
When Lodolo puts it all together, well, it looks a lot like he did Wednesday against the Philadelphia Phillies.