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2019 Marlins Season Preview: Wei-Yin Chen

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Wei-Yin Chen enters 2019 as the highest-paid Marlin at $20 million this season and has two years remaining on the five-year, $80 million deal he signed prior to the 2016 campaign. The 33-year-old lefty is coming off one of the weirder seasons in recent memory as Chen’s 2018 saw a Jekyll and Hyde difference in his home and away splits.

How did he get here? Signed five-year, $80 million contract prior to 2016

2018 MLB Stats: 4.79 ERA, 4.43 FIP, 1.34 WHIP, 111 K in 133.3 IP

2019 ZiPS Projection: 4.