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Kenta Maeda 2024 Player Outlook: Strong Second Half Warranting 2024 Investment
10 months agoDetroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda enters his first season in the Motor City after inking a two-year, $24 million deal with the club after appearing in three seasons with the rival Minnesota Twins. The veteran's 2022 season was wiped out due to Tommy John surgery and struggled to a 5.18 ERA in the first half of the 2023 campaign while dealing with a triceps injury. However, the 2020 AL Cy Young runner-up returned to form in the season's second half, working to a 3.79 ERA in 71 1/3 second-half frames, posting an attractive 21.3% K-BB% in that time. The right-hander has long put forth stronger underlying metrics relative to his surface ERA figures but showed he can still be a fantasy asset after returning from his triceps injury. At a 253.06 ADP, Maeda is offering fair value for a pitcher with excellent control, a healthy strikeout count, and safe run-prevention methods.
