Mike Clevinger hasn’t been himself this year.
He hasn’t been bad, per se, he still holds a 3.24 earned run average over three starts, and his fastball velocity is still in the mid-90’s with the ability to get a bit higher at times. By his own admission, though, he’s not been comfortable with the injured knee, and hasn’t been as effective. His strikeout rate is 22.1% this year almost 12% lower than his 2019 campaign, while his walk rate has nearly doubled to 14.7%, and he’s getting barrelled up 9.5% of the time, substantially higher than the 5.