Kenta Maeda, Los Angeles Dodgers
May Stats: 4-0 record, 30.9% strikeout rate, 4.6% walk rate, 2.73 ERA, 3.19 SIERA, and 0.8 fWAR in 29.2 innings
Hyun-Jin Ryu is getting a lot of attention thus far in 2019, but he’s not the only one pitching well for the Dodgers. Maeda’s season-long strikeout rate is down more than four percentage points from last season, but he’s controlling contact much better.
In 2018, he allowed an 18.4% soft-hit rate and 38.4% hard-hit rate. Those numbers are currently at 25.6% and 29.8%, respectively. His slider usage is continuing to go up (30.4% rate), but his changeup usage has jumped eight percentage points to 23.2%. It’s pretty good, too.
https://twitter.com/AugustineMLB/status/1134790455542112257
This pitch alone has led to a 32.3% strikeout rate, 18.9% swinging-strike rate, and 30 wRC+.
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