KC Royals ace Johnny Cueto recent troubles are all over the media. He has a 9.45 ERA in four straight losses. According to Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger, who looked up Cueto’s Bill James game scores, it’s the worst four game stretch of his seven-year career.
Kansas City Star blogger Lee Judge believes Cueto’s trouble stems from a mechanical failure. Fangraphs.com analyst Jeff Sullivan thinks Johnny Cueto is suffering from a protracted case of “shit happens” after examining his heat maps and failing to find anything seriously off. While Same Mellinger contends the key to Cueto’s problem is falling behind in counts.