TYLER EATON
KETTERING ROYALS

Eaton becomes the second Royals player to win the Most Improved Player award. Despite similar numbers in innings pitched (35 in 2019 and 33 in 2018) and strikeouts (33 in 2019 and 32 in 2018), Tyler dramatically improved his ERA from a 9.00 to a 2.06 this season. He cut down on his walks (13 to 2) and logged more complete games (1 to 4), finishing with a 4-1 record in leading the Royals to a franchise-tying best 17-win regular season. Offensively, Eaton batted a career-high .464 while besting all of his previous offensive statistical marks.