Yes, his last 5 starts were not long, except 1:
IP ER
2.0 1
0.2 6
3.2 0
7.0 3
4.1 1
but only one was bad.
Remember, this guy has barely pitched since 2015, and didn't start pitching in 2020 until late July.
He's kind of a hard guy to figure out what he can do and for how long.
He was a very fine pitcher from 2014-2017, although he did not pitch much in '16 & '17 (3.06 ERA, 123 ERA+, 1.15 WHIP, 3.25 FIP)
We paid him $10M on the hopes he can return to that form. I think he's going to get a chance to show he can. It may not be 8 straight starts out of the gate, but unless he gets hurt, he's getting a longer look than 4 starts.