"Picked in the seventh round of the 2019 draft, Davis Daniel beat the odds by even making it to the major leagues. Beginning his career with the Los Angeles Angels, he sped through the minors in 2021 after everyone spent the 2020 season doing whatever it was that they were doing in the minors. He was striking out a ton, not walking a ton, and looked like a steal."
"If you saw this, what would you think? That's Daniel in 2024. He clearly avoids walks, and he's able to get some weird swings. In 30ish innings (all starts), he struck out a little more than 20 percent of batters faced, and he limited walks to a teeny 4.5 percent rate. His 4.16 FIP perfectly matched his xFIP, which was much better than his 6.23 ERA. As you can see above, Statcast was less of a believer, but it wasn't exactly saying he was awful."
Davis Daniel, a seventh-round pick in 2019, advanced rapidly through the minors and earned a major league call. He missed most of 2023 with a shoulder injury but returned to debut that year and delivered a more stable 2024. In 2024 he made roughly 30 starts, generating strong control with a 4.5 percent walk rate and a strikeout rate just over 20 percent. His 4.16 FIP matched his xFIP and contrasted with a 6.23 ERA, suggesting some bad luck. The Atlanta Braves acquired him for minimal cost as rotation depth and a potential fifth starter entering 2025.
Read at Battery Power
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]