2022 Stats
W-L
2-3
ERA
3.47
WHIP
1.02
K
74
SV
3
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Bush recorded the Rangers' first save of 2022, but tallied just three all season as he wound up in a flexible role between Texas and Milwaukee. The 36-year-old pitched in a career-high 65 games, serving as an opener six times while also factoring into the late innings with 18 holds. He tallied a career-high 74 strikeouts across 59.2 innings to post a 30% strikeout rate for the first time in his career. The right-hander's velocity returned, as he averaged 97.3 mph on his 4-seam fastball, which was 2.2 mph jump from 2021. He also ditched his slider, relying on a curveball and cutter as his secondaries. Bush figures to be part of the Brewers' late-inning equation again in 2023 and may even be next in line for saves behind Devin Williams. He's a solid target in leagues that count holds. Read Past Outlooks
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Cleared for spring debut
Bush is scheduled to make his spring debut Wednesday in the Brewers' exhibition game against the Great Britain team, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Bush ended the past season on the injured list with a non-COVID-19-related illness, but the ailment wasn't anything that affected his preparation heading into spring training. Instead, the Brewers seem to have been using their Cactus League games to date to get an extended look at some of the relievers who are less locked into the Opening Day roster than Bush, who projects to serve as one of the top setup men for closer Devin Williams. After coming over from the Rangers in an Aug. 1 trade last season, Bush turned in a 4.30 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 29:8 K:BB in 23 innings while gathering two saves and nine holds. He became arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter, ultimately striking an agreement with the Brewers on a one-year, $1.85 million contract in November, per Robert Murray of FanSided.com.
Bush ended the past season on the injured list with a non-COVID-19-related illness, but the ailment wasn't anything that affected his preparation heading into spring training. Instead, the Brewers seem to have been using their Cactus League games to date to get an extended look at some of the relievers who are less locked into the Opening Day roster than Bush, who projects to serve as one of the top setup men for closer Devin Williams. After coming over from the Rangers in an Aug. 1 trade last season, Bush turned in a 4.30 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 29:8 K:BB in 23 innings while gathering two saves and nine holds. He became arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter, ultimately striking an agreement with the Brewers on a one-year, $1.85 million contract in November, per Robert Murray of FanSided.com.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
15
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-9%
BAA vs LHP
2022
-3%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .188 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 5 | |||
Since 2020vs Right | .207 | 48 | 7 | 31 | 9 | |||
2022vs Left | .200 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 5 | |||
2022vs Right | .194 | 46 | 7 | 27 | 6 | |||
2021vs Left | .000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
2021vs Right | .364 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
2020vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2020
-2%
ERA at Home
2022
-2%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2020Home | 3.65 | 0.95 | 37.0 | 11.4 | 2.2 | ||||
Since 2020Away | 3.71 | 1.16 | 26.2 | 10.8 | 3.4 | ||||
2022Home | 3.44 | 0.94 | 34.0 | 11.6 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Away | 3.51 | 1.13 | 25.2 | 10.5 | 3.2 | ||||
2021Home | 6.00 | 1.00 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||||
2021Away | 9.00 | 2.00 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 9.0 | ||||
2020Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Matt Bush compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.11K/9
11.2BB/9
2.7HR/9
1.7Fastball
97.3 mphERA
3.47WHIP
1.02BABIP
.253GB/FB
0.95Left On Base
65.8%Exit Velocity
83.3 mphBarrels/BBE
4.4%Spin Rate
2517 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.2%Swinging Strike
12.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Bush will reportedly enter the year in the mix for saves in the Rangers' bullpen. The 36-year-old righty has a career 3.45 ERA, but his ERA has steadily climbed in each of his four MLB seasons. He sits in the mid-90s with his fastball but does not generate a high amount of groundballs (career 40.5 GB%). Additionally, he has just 11 career saves, so Greg Holland and Joe Barlow have the experience edge and Spencer Patton has him beat in terms of recent track record. Bush would need to be added to the 40-man roster, which could be a factor when deciding which player becomes the closer.
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Placed on injured list
Bush was placed on the injured list Tuesday with a non-COVID illness, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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Likely available Sunday
Bush (groin) is expected to be available out of the bullpen Sunday against the Yankees, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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Unlikely to require IL stint
Bush (groin) visited with team doctors Wednesday and isn't expected to require a trip to the injured list, Sophia Minnaert of Bally Sports Wisconsin reports.
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Departs with groin issue
Bush was removed from Tuesday's game against the Cardinals with right groin discomfort, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.
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To serve as opener
Bush will open Tuesday's game against the Cardinals, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
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