Here’s a paragraph I wrote about Bryan Woo last spring:
Among the 199 pitchers who faced at least 100 right-handed batters, Woo was third by wOBA. Third! But against lefties, he was 143rd out of 154. That just won’t work, and he needs an answer if he wants to be more than a back-end starter.
The answer I was expecting in 2024 was the answer anyone would have expected: leaning hard into developing an offspeed pitch or breaking ball. I was particularly into the idea that he might fashion a change up modeled after Luis Castillo’s once dominant cambio.