Bleed Cubbie Blue · Nov 3, 2020
Should the Cubs re-sign Andrew Chafin?
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Oh, you wanted a full article. All right, I’ll give you one. Andrew Chafin is a lefthander who will turn 31 next June. He had a finger injury that limited his effectiveness in 2020, though he had been reasonably competent for the Diamondbacks the previous three seasons. Even so, he was never more than a 1 bWAR pitcher and seriously, you can find guys like that just about anywhere, and guys who throw harder than Chafin.
Even with the injury, Chafin’s fastball velocity, per Fangraphs, didn’t go down much this year. It’s been pretty consistent around 93.5 miles per hour for the last three or four seasons.