Farhan Zaidi’s second major acquisition of the offseason is another versatile left-handed pitcher in Drew Pomeranz. Pomeranz is coming off the worst season of his career in 2018. He struggled and posted a career high 6.08 ERA, 136 ERA-, .344 BABIP, 7.90 DRA, 176 DRA- ; his second highest ERA- 136, 5.43 FIP, and career lows of 37.1 GB% and fWAR -0.3. In addition to that, he also saw a decrease in velocity of his two primary pitches in his fastball and curveball.
For a majority of the 2018 season, Drew Pomeranz was bothered by arm and neck injuries which could offer some explanation to why he struggled to be effective.