With a 4.9 SwStr%, Samardzija’s four-seamer generated half the whiffs it did in 2017 and its K% (25.0% in 2017, 4.8% in 2018) and BB% (6.8% in 2017, 28.6% in 2018) pretty much reversed themselves, possibly due to injury. Hopefully, with regained health, the pitch can return to form in 2019.