Scott Baker isn’t necessarily known as a control pitcher, but his performance on June 30 against the Kansas City Royals left much to be desired. While expecting him to be on top of his game may have been too much to expect considering his recent string of four consecutive quality starts, an outing this wild wasn’t expected. Take a look at the pitch location, courtesy of BrooksBaseball.net:

That’s a lot of green dots, isn’t it? Baker’s vertical and horizontal break was roughly the same across the board compared to his excellent start on June 9, so that probably wasn’t a problem. He relied more on his fastball than in previous starts and less on his slider, at least according to the Gameday Algorithim. Also, according to this chart and this chart, Baker’s curveball didn’t break as much as it did on June 9.

What does this mean? Simply this: Baker didn’t have his best stuff. Is this a serious problem? Absolutely not.

When Scott Baker takes the mound again you can fully expected him to be back on his A-game and back to his regular self.