Two outstanding starts have put the former Cy Young Award winner back among the most intriguing pitchers on the trade market. His underlying numbers, however, continue to tell a different story.
The Blue Jays right-hander still has the arsenal to dominate hitters. The problem is that when he misses, he's allowing the kind of contact that completely changes the course of a game.
Toronto rarely strikes out compared to the rest of Major League Baseball, but a lack of quality contact and power has turned one of the game’s best contact teams into one of its least productive offenses.