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Explaining Johnny Cueto's disastrous second half

The Giants signed Johnny Cueto yesterday to a lotta years/$Lotta deal, unless he decides in 2017 he'd prefer a less years/$Still Lotta deal. Either way, and discounting the possibility of some Orioles-like tomfoolery with his physical, he's a Giant, so we can turn our attention from asking "He makes HOW much?" to asking "In the second half, he was HOW bad?" It's a charmed life, caring about sports.

Here's a quick rundown of what happened to Cueto post-trade: he got fewer strikeouts, walked slightly fewer batters, gave up more hits, gave up more home runs, and gave up more runs.