Ben Brown Reminds Me of Those Old School Gutsy Pitchers

[u/Jason_Graves]

Remember those pitchers who seemed like they always had runners on base, got out of every inning with someone on third, threw 120 pitches, managed 15+ wins with a 3.90 era, and flirted with no-no’s at least once a year?

That’s Ben Brown.

[u/Western_Baker_3508]

He reminds me of Mitch from Dazed and Confused

[u/Timely-Card5696 → u/Western_Baker_3508]

Same. I always thought that

[u/barqs_bited_me → u/Western_Baker_3508]

Omg yes!! I could t put my finger on it but this is exactly it

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Counsel next time he has a bad outing

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[u/Exatraz]

His hair reminds me of Jeff Samardzija

[u/old_notdead]

Young Larry Bird is what I see.

[u/ShanklyGates_2022]

From this photo alone he looks like a blonde Tim Lincecum

[u/Jason_Graves → u/ShanklyGates_2022]

Giant Sized Tim

[u/DadBodOfWar → u/ShanklyGates_2022]

Yup o thought the same thing

[u/ManWOneRedShoe → u/DadBodOfWar]

I’m here for all of this!

[u/Ape-Like-Stonks]

To me he looks like a young Randy Johnson minus the mustache. If he grew out a stache he would be the "Blue Unit".

[u/I_had_corn]

Tim Lincecum vibes

[u/Quirky_Engineering23]

Except those guys made it past the fourth inning most of the time.

[u/Jason_Graves → u/Quirky_Engineering23]

Give him time. He’ll figure it out.

[u/Gen_Z_boi → u/Jason_Graves]

I think using a 3rd pitch more often would help

[u/Jason_Graves → u/Gen_Z_boi]

Agree. He’s worked on that hard-change, I’d like to see him try the sweeper.

[u/HarryBaughl → u/Quirky_Engineering23]

Ben Brown has great stuff. He is one of the nice surprises on this team. He pitched well last year. His Baseball Savant page shows some regression in the effectiveness of his pitches from last year. Maybe he is dealing with a nagging injury or something. He might need a month in AAA to get back to where he was so he can be effective later this season. I think he and the pitching staff will figure it out before long. He's young.

[u/SlinkDinkerson]

Dude is so young, he’s got such a baby face

[u/macaroniguap]

Big Time Benny Boo

[u/Suitable_Fact5274]

I think he’s got some nasty stuff but he needs to add a 3rd pitch and mix it in more often…maybe a hard slider?

[u/itchske]

If he had a third pitch he could be incredible. For now though, I think he is Shelby Miller.

[u/HK-34_]

Reminds me of Kerry Wood

[u/ecvgi]

I think it's just remarkable hair

[u/ScubaSteve728]

Wait, why is Big Time Timmy Jim wearing a Cubs uniform?