One story was as good as expected, and one story was worse than expected.
His first story was a successful bounce back story.
It started at the beginning of the season and ended on 26 July when the White Sox traded him. A long time player for the White Sox (since December 2016), his pitching was well above average every season, except 2018 and 2022.
In this story, he bounced back from 2022. His ERA improved from 4.90 to 3.70. His BA, OBP, SLG, and wOBA all improved.
Two warning flags were his expected SLG (xSLG) got worse (from .