Alex Colome has had a tough beginning to the 2018 season. Coming into Sunday he had a 7.88 ERA and 5.53 FIP over 8.0 innings while blowing two saves and feeling like every other outing was on the brink of disaster.
Colome had faced 42 batters and struck out six (14.3%) and walked six (14.3%). He threw 53 fastballs (10.0% whiff rate) and 108 cutters (19.44% whiff rate). The fastball was getting more whiffs than usual, as he’d posted an average 4.89% whiff rate in 2017. His cutter also was getting a few more whiffs than his above average 16.