Dylan Bundy, Baltimore Orioles
The 2018 season was horrendous in every possible way for the Orioles. Unfortunately, Baltimore’s 26-year-old leader of the rotation couldn’t escape those bad feelings. Bundy had two really good months, but the rest was rather unsettling. Check out his monthly ERA and wOBA allowed throughout last season.
While it was nice to see his strikeout rate (24.5%) bump up a couple percentage points while his walk rate (7.2%) remained the same, his homers allowed per nine innings skyrocketed. Bundy’s 2.15 mark was the highest all qualified starting pitchers by a substantial margin — Jakob Junis had the second-worst number at 1.63.
A lot of the damage came on his slider and changeup, too. After allowing just 14 combined homers between those two pitches in 2016 and 2017, those offerings yielded 17 long balls alone this past year. He appears to be around for the long haul with regard to Baltimore’s rebuild — at least for now — so it’ll be important to get him back on track this spring.
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