{"id":75060,"date":"2024-05-30T23:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=75060"},"modified":"2024-05-30T23:45:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T03:45:40","slug":"braxton-garrett-dominant-two-recent-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/30\/braxton-garrett-dominant-two-recent-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins Left-Handed Pitcher Excels in Pair of Recent Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Marlins have found a spark in May, putting up a 12-13 record thanks to improved pitching, specifically from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garrebr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braxton Garrett<\/a> in two recent starts. H<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e is not the only contributor though, as guys like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/weathry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Weathers<\/a> and potential <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/30\/luzardo-likely-to-be-traded\/\" target=\"_self\">trade candidate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/luzarje01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jes\u00fas Luzardo<\/a> have also begun to step up in May. Notably, Garrett has pitched a pair of gems recently for the Marlins. One was a shutout against the reigning National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks. The other came on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, where he went five innings giving up only one run. If he keeps this up he could be a consistent starting pitcher for the injury-stricken Marlins rotation.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Braxton Garrett had a solid start tonight, earns the win against the Padres:<\/p>\n<p>5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 63.6% Strike Rate on 88 pitches<\/p>\n<p>Bullpen: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dferrel15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@dferrel15<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QacuqPMPQ3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QacuqPMPQ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Playbook Sports (@PlaybookSN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaybookSN\/status\/1795957441974120771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Marlins Lefty Braxton Garrett Dominates in Recent Starts<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Marlins drafted Braxton Garrett in 2016. He made his major-league debut in 2020, where he pitched in only 7 2\/3 innings and gave up five earned runs. Garrett\u2019s breakthrough came in 2023, when he posted a 9-7 record with a 3.66 ERA and a 1.146 WHIP. The lefty had an impressive 5.38 K\/BB ratio, which ranked third in the National League and sixth in the majors, and he held <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opponents to one earned run or less in 16 starts in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the start of the 2024 season, Garrett encountered left shoulder soreness. This injury sidelined him for the first month of the season. The lefty was reinstated on May 9 and made his first start on May 12 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Unfortunately, he struggled in his first two outings, giving up a total of 11 runs with a 10.24 ERA\u00a0 in 9 2\/3 innings pitched.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> After this, Garrett quickly turned things around and pitched his first-ever shutout against the Diamondbacks, only allowing four hits and no walks. The following start came on Wednesday against the Padres. Garrett went five solid innings, allowing one run on six hits and no walks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Braxton Garrett needed only 95 pitches to go the distance and get the shutout in Arizona. \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessBlaylock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JessBlaylock<\/a> to talk about his career night. \ud83c\udf99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1gL0UceTLS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1gL0UceTLS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bally Sports Florida &amp; Bally Sports Sun (@BallySportsFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallySportsFL\/status\/1794215121394315417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garrett&#8217;s performance in the coming months will be crucial for his future, as he is set to become a free agent following this season. However, amid a rebuilding phase, Miami could see his consistent pitching as a valuable trade asset. Garrett\u2019s next game comes against the Tampa Bay Rays. Let&#8217;s see if he can have another solid outing for the Marlins and get them back toward their 2023 glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Marlins have found a spark in May, putting up a 12-13 record thanks to improved pitching, specifically from Braxton Garrett in two recent starts. He is not the only contributor though, as guys like Ryan Weathers and potential trade candidate Jes\u00fas Luzardo have also begun to step up in May. Notably, Garrett has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5056,"featured_media":75111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1071,35],"tags":[326,4188,3425,71,2009,93],"class_list":["post-75060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marlins","category-mlb","category-news","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-braxton-garrett","tag-jesus-luzardo","tag-miami-marlins","tag-ryan-weathers","tag-san-diego-padres"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}