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You can make a pretty strong case that the trade that netted Austin Nola and Dan Altavilla wasn’t about this particular reliever. And you might be right.
But that shouldn’t stop us from giving Austin Adams his due, especially after this year’s ZiPS projections came out. To say they were eye-popping puts things pretty mildly. Here’s what they had to say about the Padres right-hander.
Although it conservatively projects him for 41 1/3 innings, Adams ranks fifth in K/9 rate (14.4) and 11th in ERA (3.05), despite a lofty BB/9 rate (5.