2023-04-25 07:00:00
The 2023 MLB season has been an opportunity for Cuban Aroldis Chapman to show that he still has a lot to contribute, even when he seemed to be on the decline after his time with the New York Yankees. In his role as a reliever for the Kansas City Royals, he’s putting in the brilliant performance fans have come to expect from him in 2022.
He has only one run allowed in nine innings of performance, going 0-1 and one save so far. His ERA is 1.00, striking out 16 batters, walking three and still without allowing his first home run of the season.
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— Royals Daily (@RoyalsDaily_) April 23, 2023
The contrast is more than remarkable compared to his last campaign in New York, since in addition to leaving a very high ERA of 4.46, he was the protagonist of all kinds of controversies and only threw 36 innings as a reliever. The relationship between the Cuban and the Yankees ended when he refused to appear with the team for the start of the postseason.
At 35, he seems rejuvenated and is throwing again consistently above 100mph, but we will have to wait and see if his performance is sustainable or if, on the contrary, he shows again the irregularity that ended up making him lose his role as the Closer for the Big Apple team.
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