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2-1 with a 2.08 ERA since the All-Star break — 6-2, 2.57 ERA on the season. The Giants left him unprotected and the Jays committed highway robbery.
📊 2.57 ERA with a 2.65 FIP and 2.95 xERA
📊 163 ERA+ (63% better than league average) and 2.4 WAR as a rookie
📊 53.8% ground-ball rate (90th percentile)
📊 23.9% strikeout rate vs just a 6.3% walk rate
📊 0.48 HR/9
📊 Sinker-heavy arsenal (45% usage) that touches 99.4 mph
All he did was show up to spring touching the upper 90s, beat out veterans for a bullpen spot, and win his MLB debut in extras on Opening weekend.
And the underlying numbers say it's no fluke:
Rewind to last December: the Jays used a Rule 5 pick on a 25-year-old the Giants left unprotected. His resume?
- Walk-on at Missouri
- 4th-round pick in 2022
- 14 & 2/3 minor-league innings
- Back surgery that wiped out 2023
- Tommy John that ended 2024 & 2025 regular season
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