Aroldis Chapman’s first full season with the Yankees was pretty uneven. In the first season of his five-year, $86M contract — the largest reliever contract in history, that is — he spent about a month on the disabled list and lost the closer’s job in August. Chapman rebounded with a dominant September and an excellent postseason, so things worked out there.
This season Chapman has been worth every single penny. He’s posted a 1.21 ERA (1.20 FIP) with 44.8% strikeouts and 11.2% walks in 29.2 innings, which are numbers on par with (or even better than) his Reds days.