It’s been a couple of months now since we saw the complete meltdown of Aroldis Chapman. In June, and even little spurts throughout since, he had imploded to the point where he almost lost his job. I’m still not totally convinced that had Jonathan Loasiga stayed healthy, he may have passed Chapman on the depth chart.
HOWEVER, since July 6 and the string of blown saves, Chapman has actually been pretty dominant again. Since blowing the July 4 outing against the mets, the “Cuban missile” is sporting a 1.90 ERA, is 12/12 in save opportunities, has surrendered just 13 hits, and has a 42/16 K:BB ratio.