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Originally Posted by sbfinley
Way too early to make assumptions. Nothing from his abbreviated 2024 season or his limited spring training appearances suggests an issue with control. IMO yesterday’s start is probably more of an outlier than an expectation. I’ve read the Dodgers spent some time this spring tweaking his mechanics and most of his misses Saturday were to his arm side so I wonder if he was trying to over adjust. Anywho… I think he’ll be fine.
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Two games mean nothing in baseball. And maybe he was just nervous/too amped up from his first US start. His strikeout to walk ratio in Japan was off the charts. I suspect at least in that respect he will settle down. Whether he's truly Cy Young material, we'll have to wait a while to know.