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Jason Hammel has been revived. After a lackluster second half of 2015, Hammel has gotten off to a fantastic start in 2016. Through four starts this season, Hammel is 3-0 with a 0.75 ERA, striking out 22 batters in 24 innings. As of Saturday evening, Hammel’s ERA is third best in the entire MLB.
To put things into perspective, what Hammel is doing should come as a pleasant surprise, but also should have been expected. Before getting traded to the Oakland Athletics in 2014, Hammel went 8-5 with a 2.