ERA 7.26 Shock, Dodgers Slave Contract Reexamined

The Dodgers were also concerned about the durability of the young Maeda. I didn't want to make a loss-making contract. Maeda, who wanted to join the Dodgers, actively accepted the contract and made it. And the Dodgers traded Maeda to the Minnesota Twins ahead of the 2020 season.

Maeda played 175 ⅔ innings, 134 ⅓ innings, 125 ⅓ innings, and 153 ⅔ innings, respectively, over the past four years for the Dodgers. However, he crashed out of Minnesota like a lie. Excluding the 2020 season due to shortened seasons, he slowed down to six wins, five losses and an ERA of 4.66 in 21 games in 2021. Finally, he decided to get Tommy John surgery during the season. He blew the entire 2022 season.

He returned to the team in the 2023 season, but was not in his normal condition, taking two months off due to pain in his triceps. He only had six wins and eight losses with an ERA of 4.23 in 21 games in the 2023 season. He finally ended his slave contract and signed a two-year, 24-million-dollar contract with Detroit this season. However, he is nervous at the same time as he started. He rested for a while due to a viral disease in mid-May. After returning, he will not be able to find normal pace. He has two wins and five losses and an ERA of 7.26 in 16 games.

After winning the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 25 (Korea time) with four hits, one strikeout and no run in five innings, he failed to accumulate wins in eight consecutive games. In June, he had two losses and an ERA of 4.74 in five games, and in two games in July, he allowed nine hits, three strikeouts, and nine runs in three ⅔ innings against his second home Minnesota on the 21.32.5th.

At a home game against the Cleveland Guardians of the 2024 Major League Baseball held at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, the U.S. on Sunday, he started the game and allowed seven hits (two homers), two strikeouts, one walk and six runs in 2.2 innings. It was fortunate that he avoided defeat due to the slugging game.

However, his pitching was not very good. He hit a solo shot off Angel Martinez while using a splitter in the first inning, and Josh Nair threw a 91-mile four-center shot to left-center field. Neither of them made a good start, but they got off to a bad start.

In the third inning, he walked leadoff hitter Stephen Kwan and threw a foul ball to check him. Consequently, he threw a 91.2 mile four-center field to Jose Ramirez with one out and runners on the second base, before giving up a critical hit. Andres Jimenez allowed a two-run double as his 79.6-mile sweeper went into the middle. Then he couldn't hold it anymore.

According to Statcast, Maeda's splitter has a hit rate of 0.186 this season. Sliders are 0.316, four-seam 0.360, sweeper and two-seam 0.273 and 0.263, which are not very low. The vertical movement of the splitter comes out 3.6 inches more than the league average, but other pitches show little different features.

After all, did the Dodgers in the past offer such contracts with so many options knowing that Maeda would become like this in the future? Since joining the Dodgers, the Dodgers has continued to decline. He is currently the most experienced pitcher among Asian Major League players, and his performance is almost impossible to raise. Detroit seems to be in trouble

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