Patrick Corbin put together a solid-enough outing in his 2022 debut, holding the New York Mets to five hits, two walks, and two earned runs in 4 1⁄3 innings pitched, but in his second start of the season this past week in Atlanta, the Washington Nationals’ left-hander looked more like the pitcher who struggled in each of the past two seasons, after a big run in D.C. in the first campaign of his 6-year/$140M deal in 2019.
Corbin tossed a scoreless, 20-pitch first against the Braves, working around a walk, but it all fell apart quickly as he gave up four hits, a walk, and three runs in the second and five hits, a walk, and three more runs in the third, before he was lifted, having thrown 83 pitches to the 20 batters he faced in 2 2⁄3 rough innings.