Johnny Cueto’s 2018 season was ended after just nine starts due to Tommy John surgery. During that too-brief run, Cueto pitched quite well and was a lone bright spot in a season already mired with an injury carousel that would never stop turning.
It’s hard to fully evaluate his 2019 season, as he only pitched four games. You could look at his 5.06 ERA, but that’s a very small sample size. He could dumb it down to simply say that he had two very good starts before two very not-so-good starts.
In his first two games, he went five innings each in which he allowed no earned runs and only gave up four hits, with three walks and six strike outs.