Carlos Martinez, the newly-extended St. Louis Cardinals ace, is off to an 0-3 start in his first four games on the season with an impressive 12.31 k/9 to go along with his 1.19 HR/9 and 4.37 BB/9. This translates to eleven walks, thirty-one strikeouts, and twenty-three hits in 22.2 innings.
That shows a high level of fairly frustrating inconsistency. Take his eleven strikeout and eight walk outing against the Yankees. Or his last start against the Brewers, where he gave up two home runs and two walks.
This is not a call to worry about Martinez.