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Jake Odorizzi has since apologized for his frustrations, but his recent production still hasn’t earned the Astros’ trust.
I’m not going to convince you that Jake Odorizzi is having a good season for the Houston Astros, I don’t even believe that myself. But I am going to tell you he’s improved since I last wrote about him the first week of August.
Back then his average exit velocity was in the 15th percentile, hard hit % in the 14th percentile and chase rate in the 18% percentile, meaning all three were in the bottom 20% of MLB.