Following a breakout 2018 season that saw him make both the NLDS and NLCS roster, Caleb Ferguson has suffered through a mediocre 2019. And that’s being charitable.
His ERA sits at 5.13 in 40.1 innings and his FIP is even worse at 5.25. There’s no real way to spin his season as a whole as a step in the right direction. Yet somehow he’s now a real candidate to make the 2019 playoff roster.
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On July 20, Ferguson had a 6.65 ERA in 23 innings, but he was lucky to only have had it that bad, as he was allowing batters a .