What has Changed for Miles Mikolas

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY SportsMiles Mikolas has now been stateside for the last two years and when made his return to the MLB last year and looked like a completely different pitcher, pitching himself to a 2.83 ERA and 3.28 FIP. By the end of the season he had posted 4.2 WAR and was an anchor of the Cardinals rotation as he tossed over 200 innings and average over 6 innings per start. However, that has changed this season as he has lost a lot of the dominance that he demonstrated last year.

Mikolas is still a control artist and he has even slightly improved his K-BB%. However, despite this, he has seen his ERA rise to 4.29, while his FIP has also risen to 4.26. This is largely due to a spike in…