Overview
- The Angels right-hander worked five scoreless innings Wednesday against Toronto, moving to 37.2 innings with a 0.24 ERA and 43 strikeouts.
- He has allowed one run all season, a solo home run by Atlanta’s Drake Baldwin on April 6.
- Contact quality has crashed, with a 30.9% hard-hit rate and average exit velocity near 87 mph after 91.4 mph last year.
- He cut sinker usage from 49.1% to 31.3% and raised four-seam fastball use from 8.6% to 23.8%, lifting whiff rates on the sinker and knuckle-curve.
- Sportsbooks shortened his AL Cy Young odds from about +6500 to +1000, though analysts warn small-sample gains may ebb as fly balls meet warmer weather.