Understatement of the year, but Hunter Brown didn’t have the best start to his 2024 season. In his first six starts through April 30, he allowed 25 earned runs in only 23 innings. He allowed three-plus runs in four of those six starts, including a rather disastrous nine-run performance in less than an inning against the Royals. While his peripherals at the time — 5.73 FIP and 4.35 xFIP — indicated that some of his issues were likely due to a higher BABIP (.444), those still weren’t quality numbers. Brown was a demotion candidate entering May and if the Astros rotation didn’t suffer a rash of injuries, well, I think he would’ve spent part of the season in Sugar Land.
Delving Deeper Into Hunter Brown’s Adjustments
