What in the heck has gotten into Jeff Samardzija?

May 26 2017 by McCovey Chronicles

 

Jeff Samardzija walked one batter in May and struck out 44. That’s outstanding.

Jeff Samardzija has always had one of the more unusual career paths in baseball. He could have been a first-rounder in football, and NFL teams were still calling his agent until 2013. He chose baseball, though, even though his college stats were completely unremarkable (4.33 ERA his junior year, with a 5.62 K/9). He was moved aggressively by the Cubs for no discernable reason, debuting in the majors the...

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