On the HE CAN NO LONGER PUT BATTERS AWAY argument
K/9 2021
APR 16.07
MAY 14.40
JUN 14.73
JUL 7.88
AUG 16.88
BB/9 2021
APR 1.93
MAY 1.80
JUN 3.27
JUL 2.25
AUG 5.06
BABIP
APR 190
MAY 313
JUN 364
JUL 167
AUG 571
It's not that he can't put hitters away. He's striking out guys at a higher clip now. The problem is that he's putting too many runners on via BB and is giving up a lot of hard contact. His AUG WHIP of 2.44 is twice as high as any other month this year. Part of it is due to just baseball lol random and that his numbers are now trending back to career norms. This year, he had career highs in XBA, XSLG, XWOBA, K%, BB%, XERA. He wasn't going to keep up that pace. If he's can start locating his curveball a bit better again, he'll turn it around.
Saying "Barnes has been lousy this summer" is just false. He's been great. He's just sucked since August 1.