2024 Common Season Statistics
3.9 fWAR, 30 GS, 173.2 IP, 2.95 ERA, 1.192 WHIP, 201 Ok, 63 BB, 17 HR, 7 HBP
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Positives From This Season
The place ought to we begin? Going into the 12 months, Michael King was the 2024 Seth Lugo. Positive, we knew he was gifted coming in however what have been the Padres going to get from him? It seems they acquired their greatest common season starter.
Profitable a Juan Soto commerce if you’re the workforce buying and selling him away is tough to do however relying on if the Yankees win the entire thing or not, we may argue A.J. Preller gained it. Not solely did King make 30 begins however he ended up attending to the 180 inning mark he set for himself at first of the season when he threw 7 shutout innings in Sport 1 of the Wild Card vs. the Braves.
Sure, the Dodgers postseason begin wasn’t nice however his 2024 season as a complete was clearly a hit and it seems like he discovered himself a house in San Diego. Is an extension coming this winter?
Negatives From This Season
As talked about above, his second and sadly last postseason begin was a 5 ER efficiency in Sport 3—though the Padres have been capable of win that recreation due to a six-run second inning from the offense.
After permitting the grand slam to Teoscar Hernandez, King didn’t enable any extra runs (which was essential since they gained by one run).
The one different unfavourable I can consider was when he gave up 13 house runs in his first 12 appearances within the common season however that’s being choosy. He completed the season after these 12 appearances with a 2.26 ERA and simply 4 homers allowed in his last 19 begins earlier than the postseason.
