Before last season, Austin Adams wasn’t a name that jumped off the page. For starters, his name is Austin Adams. Not exactly the type of name that’ll make you do a double take. Another reason is that he’d only pitched six innings thorough 2018, and he’d walked 11 hitters over that span. He looked like a player destined for a career in Triple-A, until he wasn’t. Well, Taylor Williams’ name is similarly ordinary, but it looks like he’s tracking Adams’ career progression pretty closely.
First, a comparison, by K-BB%:
Adams, 2019: 28.