First 5 starts: 3–0 W/L, 34 IP, 3.176 ERA, 1.058 WHIP, 6.088 H/9, 3.441 BB/9, 6.088 K/9, 1.769 K/BB, 60% strikes, opponents were hitting .193/.278/.319 with 3 HR
Previous 5 starts: 2–1 W/L, 27 IP, 7.333 ERA, 1.814 WHIP, 11.666 H/9, 4.66 BB/9, 4.666 K/9, 1.000 K/BB, 60% strikes, opponents hitting .307/.397/.509 with 5 HR.
Looking at these—as bad as it may sound—I honestly kinda hope he’s injured. It’s good that Ricky doesn’t follow this blog (as far as I know), because if he did, he’d be very mad at me for saying that. But at least being injured would be a reasonable “excuse” as to why he is performing so poorly.
