Here's the full list of guys Stetter has struck out in the past week:
- Todd Helton (twice)
- Brad Hawpe (twice)
- Ian Stewart
- Carlos Gonzalez
- Jim Thome
- Shin-Soo Choo (twice)
- Jhonny Peralta
- Ben Francisco
At some point you have to think Stetter will start assuming a bigger role in the Brewers' bullpen hierarchy. He's been death on lefties, allowing a ridiculous 390 OPS in 45 at-bats (.089/.212/.178) but he's been more than effective against righties as well, allowing just a 661 OPS (.206/.308/.353). That performance against RH is actually worse than what he did last season, when his 648 OPS against was completely fueled by his shaky control (.170/.371/.277 in 47 at-bats). His fluky save in his last outing might end up being not so fluky.
Heck, if I'm managing the Brewers, I start giving him and Mark DiFelice (who's even more insanely effective against righties than Stetter is against lefties) crash courses in playing the outfield, so I can swap them back and forth on the mound as needed over a two or three inning stretch...