Averaging 94.7 mph, Britton’s sinker is down more than 2 mph in velocity since his perfect save streak in 2016. It still notched a 30.3% O-Swing rate, but a more than 15% jump in O-Contact led to his first SwStr% below 10% since 2013. Britton had his highest walk rate of his career on the pitch and lowest strikeout rate since 2013, leading to a -0.9% K-BB rate. Britton will likely need to repeat his career-best .221 BABIP to recreate anything near the 14.8 pVAL it earned.
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Blurb written by Alexander Chase