Rays closer Alex Colomé hasn’t been very good this year. He’s only pitched four innings so far, and all sorts of crazy things happen in four innings, so the numbers themselves aren’t really a reason to be concerned. Still, Rays fans are concerned, because while Colomé was absolutely one of the best relief pitchers in baseball back in 2016, in 2017 he was just good enough. The results so far in 2018 fit neatly into a worrying trend.
This is the start of a three part series to investigate what happened to Alex Colomé. Why was his 2017 worse than his 2016?