If the Seattle Mariners had called up Brandon Williamson in 2021 and he’d posted 5.2 IP of 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 6 K ball, nobody would have batted an eye. As he blistered his way through High-A and AA hitters that year to the tune of a 3.39 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 153/33 K/BB across 98.1 total IP.
Since coming to the Cincinnati Reds it has been a vastly different story across AA-AAA. The strikeouts have dried up this year (7.1 K/9 for Louisville) while the walks have jumped (5.3 BB/9), and those two sure do seem to go hand in hand - when opponents know you’re struggling to find the zone, they won’t swing nearly as freely.