Craig Brown evaluates the Carlos Estévez signing.
The question that must be asked is, was the 2024 season an outlier for Estévez? Can he, at 32 years old, replicate the successes of last year?
Some of it looks sustainable to me. In the last two seasons, Estévez has been generally working ahead in the count, offering a first-pitch strike roughly 65 percent of the time. That’s the highest rate of his career. Likewise, he’s also improved his swinging strike rate to above 12 percent. That’s served to help him slice his walk rate.