Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran returns to the mound Monday against the Nationals after picking up his first win of the season in his last start against the Rockies.
"I'll tell you one thing he did really, really well was every time we scored a run, he got a shutdown inning and got us back into the dugout so we could keep swinging the bats. That's nice to see," manager Fredi Gonzalez said after Teheran's win, per MLB.com.
Teheran also relied on throwing his fastball against the Rockies. According to FanGraphs.com, Teheran's fastball accounted for 72.2 percent of his pitches thrown in Tuesday's win, which was up from 67.2 percent in his first three starts. Teheran has also been less reliant on his curveball in his last two starts. Teheran has thrown it 5.2 percent of the time in his last two starts, which was a decrease from 8.2 in his first two starts.
Also, Teheran has been better at stranding runners in his last two starts. Teheran had a 65.2 percent strand rate in his first two starts, as opposed to a 87.3 percent strand rate in his last two outings.