After a down year in 2016, Dallas Keuchel is off to a tremendous start. Can he keep it up?
It's probably tempting to say "Dallas Keuchel is back."
After two straight seasons with an ERA under 3.00, the southpaw disappointed with a 4.55 ERA in 2016. But through four starts this year, his ERA is down to just 0.96.
As impressive as his first 28 innings of 2017 have been, they have featured A-list stars of Small Sample Size Theater, like a .194 BABIP and 99.0% strand rate. We probably shouldn’t get too excited about his ERA just yet (though it has been backed up by a 3.