With a disclaimer that I haven't actually SEEN Gil pitch this year, I must say I'm rather skeptical.
If he did indeed add a new pitch or suddenly master a two-seamer then I could see this as being a legitimate step up; however, I feel I've seen this episode before. In fact, we saw 1/2 a season of great pitching from Meche a few years ago.
Based on you description, I'd expect his BB's to increase some and his LOB% to regress back towards normalcy. Still, I think the previous factors mentioned (less pressure, big deal, smaller market) could be postive factors for Meche.
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