It’s fair to say that the 2022 season hasn’t gone the way Jonathan Loáisiga or the Yankees would have wanted, at least in general. He has, before Wednesday’s game, an elevated 5.29 ERA in 32.1 frames filled with inconsistency, control issues, and a problematic shoulder injury that sidelined him for around two months.
This is a far cry of the 2.17-ERA pitcher he was in 2021 across 70.2 innings, if we judge him by the raw numbers. That hurler finished with a 2.4-fWAR season last year, and looked like one of the best and most consistent relievers in the American League.