Former All-Star Sean Doolittle is coming off the worst season in his career by far. His 8.28 FIP dwarfed his already XXL 5.87 ERA, and his walk, homer, hit and strikeout rates were all career-worsts. Chalking up his awful rate stats entirely to small sample size variance would bely some real slippage, granted he pitched only 7 2⁄3 innings across 11 outings in 2020. Doolittle’s bright red flag, again, is his drop in velocity that could only be expedited if he started throwing with his other arm.
Since 2018, Doolittle has lost 3.