He is just not getting to his power this year. He has 1 HR and 3 doubles and I'm pretty sure 2 of those weren't even well-struck. His EV is 85 and his LA is 4.4... in AAA. 31% hard-hit. Nothing like the guy he was last year. Something is still not right.
He still had a 3.1` FIP last year. 2 Cubs RP last year topped that and one of them was traded for Cowles and Jack Neely. No freaking data pointed to his K% dropping by 60% from his career rate.
But the question is what the horsefeathers happened? Last year he dropped off but he was still good and we would be happy with that version.
He must be tipping pitches. There is no way his K% should drop by 90%.
I'm legit thinking they will score 1000 runs this year. When you see how many we banked against that April schedule it's not much of a stretch to fathom.
PCA hit his first HR 16 Games ago.
I think he's just done taking walks, trying to be selective. When he does that his production falls off a cliff. I guess you just live with the approach if he's gonna give you 150 XBH, which he's been on a pace for for the last 2 weeks lol