| SwStr% | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Shields | 10.6 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
| Kazmir | 12.1 | 11.8 | 6.2 |
| Garza | 8.7* | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Sonny | 9.2* | 7.3 | 7 |
| Niemann | 6.7* | 5.7 |
Smallish sample sizes are noted with asterisks
I'm not entirely sure whether the smallish bumps really matter much (Shields, Garza, and Sonnanstine) but Kazmir is ridiculously lower. Here's an incomplete list of pitchers getting more whiffs than Kaz so far:
Glen Perkins
Chan Ho Park
Scott Feldman
Kyle Lohse
Jason Marquis
Nick Blackburn
Jeff Karsens
Joe Saunders
Bartolo Colon
Andy Pettitte
Trevor Cahill
Zach Duke
Add this with the velocity issues, and Kazmir's red flag just got more vibrant. I don't know if he's hurt and I won't speculate as such, but this is bad, and I don't know if there's anything good to come from it.