Since he served his suspension, Workman has pitched 28.1 innings, and allowed 7 HRs and 13 walks with 20 Ks. In his 34.1 innings before the suspension, he had a 12/28 BB/K ratio with only 2 HRs allowed.
He's taken the loss in every one of the 6 games that he's appeared in since, as his ERA has risen from 2.88 to 4.45. And he's actually been worse than that shows, as he has allowed 5 unearned runs since he's been back as well. He's allowed at least 4 runs in every start since he's been back, and couldn't get through the sixth inning in three of the least 4.
He has looked rattled and uncomfortable to me recently, and seems to not be paying much attention to baserunners. He seemed completely unflappable and focused last year as a rookie in the pennant race and postseason, but not so much lately.
Did the suspension mess him up somehow? He seemed to be pretty locked in before that, but then has been bad since he came back. Or is this just a slump, a young pitcher struggling as they all do? Or was he just lucky last year and the beginning of this year and he's just not that good?
Should he be considered likely to be in next year's rotation? Is he more likely a middle reliever going forward? What's the deal?
He's taken the loss in every one of the 6 games that he's appeared in since, as his ERA has risen from 2.88 to 4.45. And he's actually been worse than that shows, as he has allowed 5 unearned runs since he's been back as well. He's allowed at least 4 runs in every start since he's been back, and couldn't get through the sixth inning in three of the least 4.
He has looked rattled and uncomfortable to me recently, and seems to not be paying much attention to baserunners. He seemed completely unflappable and focused last year as a rookie in the pennant race and postseason, but not so much lately.
Did the suspension mess him up somehow? He seemed to be pretty locked in before that, but then has been bad since he came back. Or is this just a slump, a young pitcher struggling as they all do? Or was he just lucky last year and the beginning of this year and he's just not that good?
Should he be considered likely to be in next year's rotation? Is he more likely a middle reliever going forward? What's the deal?