FACTS/FLUKES: Godley, Carpenter, Bell, J. Garcia, A. Gonzalez

Walks have plagued Godley … Zack Godley (RHP, ARI) exceeded expectations in 2017, posting a 3.37 ERA in 155 IP. Things haven’t gone quite as well in 2018, as he owns a 3.83 ERA through 40 IP. What happened?

Year   IP   ERA  xERA  Ctl  Dom  Cmd  Ball%  FpK  SwK  GB/LD/FB  H%/S% hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ===  =====  ===  ===  ========  ===== ====  ===
2015*  61  4.10  3.90  4.1  6.5  1.6  38.2%  58%  12%  46/22/32  27/72  13%   50
2016* 157  5.49  5.48  3.0  6.6  2.2  37.6%  55%  12%  54/18/28  34/67  19%   41
2017  155  3.37  3.33  3.1  9.6  3.1  38.2%  61%  14%  55/19/26  29/73  15%  122 
2018   40  3.83  3.98  4.1  8.3  2.1  41.0%  57%  11%  53/23/23  33/75  11%   72
*Includes MLEs

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