Kenta Maeda: Dodgers Era vs. Twins Era
We compare Kenta Maeda's pitching profile between his Dodgers and Twins tenures.
With the Dodgers, Maeda served as a slider-first starter with bullpen-style deployment.
After moving to the Twins, he settled into a full starter role and finished 2nd in 2020 AL Cy Young voting.
Across both eras, his slider's batting average against was extremely low — an elite offering by MLB standards.
Despite surgery and time off, he returned with his strikeout rates intact.