Next on our run of 2021 San Francisco Giants player reviews is right-handed pitcher Johnny Cueto.
2021 review
22 games, 114.2 innings, 4.08 ERA, 4.05 FIP, 1.369 WHIP, 98 strikeouts, 30 walks, 1.5 fWAR, 0.8 rWAR
Johnny Cueto has always been easy for me to believe in.
Perhaps it’s the former success: he’s a multiple-time All-Star who once finished runner-up in Cy Young voting to Clayton Kershaw in a year where Kershaw won MVP.
Maybe it’s the entertainment value: his shimmies, shakes, and wry smiles while on the mound make it clear that he’s a special pitcher; it’s only natural for your brain to take leaps to have the results match.