Record: 68-70, 33-30 2nd half, 4th in IL West (7.5 GB) It was an interesting week for the Gwinnett pitching staff, where command woes tended to plague the starting pitching and the team had a handful of blow up games from the pitching staff. That said there were some solid results even from those who struggled with their command, some a continuation of trends and some a reversal of them. For Ian Anderson they are still chugging along with the same approach, introducing a bit more horizontal shape to all of his pitches and switching his main breaking ball to a slider. That slider still accounts for less than 20% of his pitches in most starts, but in limited utilization has become another weapon to throw at hitters that has run a whiff rate above 40% since the start of August. The Braves have managed to stretch Anderson out to 100 pitches and he has gone 90+ in his last five starts, though it seems there is starting to be some wear and tear building up. After settling back into an average fastball velo over 93 mph Anderson has experienced a dip over his past two games, averaging 91.9 mph on 8/28 and 92.4 mph in his past start, with his command also taking somewhat of a hit. It appears to be fatigue more than anything else, which isn’t entirely surprising since it’s been a couple of years since he pitch significant innings.