He’s given up an outrageous 21 home runs in 53.2 innings, which works out to 3.55 every nine innings. He’s issuing 3.9 walks per nine and a career high 10.2 hits per nine. The only metric that looks good is his career high 9.2 K/9.
What appears to be happening to me is that teams are looking for his high fastball and swinging as hard as they can at the modest offering. Thus, they’re either crushing it, striking out, or walking. Young has become a three true outcomes pitcher, but not in a good way.
The problem is, who can take his place?