Zack Britton’s plummeting strikeout rate is only a problem if it turns into one

The only thing better than being proven right in print is being swiftly proved wrong in person. So of course when I went to interview Zack Britton about his lack of strikeouts on Tuesday, he got the last two Rays he faced to whiff on his sinker/slider mix.

Britton, who has pitched to an outstanding...