Bartolo Colon’s time in the Braves’ rotation may be nearing an end

May 26 2017 by Talking Chop

 

The Bartolo Colon experiment in Atlanta has not gone well so far, and the Braves may be considering a change.

After taking another beating on Thursday, Colon’s ERA ballooned to 6.96 through 53 innings and 10 starts. His FIP is a more tolerable 4.80 — not a great mark by any means, but it does indicate he’s been a tad unlucky so far. Bartolo’s strikeout rate (14.4%) and walk rate (5.9%) are the worst he’s had in 5+ years. His K-BB ratio is 8.4% after three seasons of it being...

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