Spotlight: Tanner Bibee

An "UP: sub-3.00 ERA, 200 K" from the Baseball Forecaster, just his age-26 season, minimal injury history, and two-plus years of good stats and skills? What wasn't to like about Tanner Bibee entering 2025? 

Well, it's been a somewhat stomach-churning start for Bibee, who gave up 13 ER in his first four starts, and has seen his ERA rise to a career-high level in 2025. Let's scan the skills through our traditional Facts/Flukes lens:

Season	IP	ERA/xERA	WHIP	H%/S%	GB%/FB%	Ball%	BB%	K%	SwK%	HR/F	BPX
2023	148	2.98/4.34	1.2	31%/78%	36%/41%	36%	8%	24%	11.5%	7%	107
2024	173	3.47/3.78	1.12	31%/73%	34%/44%	33%	6%	26%	12.8%	10%	143
2025	80	3.79/4.22	1.21	30%/76%	42%/40%	37%	7%	19%	9.2%	14%	94

Some worrisome signs from several indicators:

• Bibee's drop in strikeout rate is alarming, as his K%...

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