Mike Foltynewicz has had two straight phenomenal starts. It’s too soon to say that he’s figured it all out, but he has been nothing short of extraordinary in May. Here are his last two starts:
He has not walked a man since the second inning on May 2. His last two starts, he’s thrown 70% strikes — league average is 63.4% — while sitting at 95-96 with his hard stuff and 83 with offspeed. And he’s done it for this miserable offense, which gave him nothing until the sixth inning, meaning that he had to endure the indignity of being forced to swap zeroes with Dillon Gee before the offense finally broke through with a three-spot in the sixth.