Sugano makes the jump to Major League Baseball for the first time in what’ll be his age-35 season. He’s one of Japan’s most accomplished pitchers. The 6’1″ right-hander spent 12 years with the Yomiuri Giants in his home country. He posted a 2.43 earned run average in more than...
Round 2 —Gerrit Cole:Taking an elite pitcher on a winning team is never a bad idea. Cole racks up Wins and K’s, and he sets the foundation for the rest of my staff. The next pitchers available I thought were a tier down, and while Manoah will probably join this tier one day, I...
Davis has a world of upside and should be a powerful asset for the Bulldogs in 2025. Davis is a 6-foot-5, 185-pounder who had some bright spots during his two years with Alabama. Last season, he tallied a 5.61 ERA in 33.2 innings of work along with 38 strikeouts and 17 walk...
Both pitchers are set to miss the start of 2024 -- Buehler is being brought along slowly after undergoing the second Tommy John surgery of his career in 2022, while Cole is dealing with a right elbow ailment -- but could provide ace-level production when they are back. Then there's ...
Bobby Miller is my favorite of the second-year pitchers who could make big leaps in 2024. For starters, he has a 99 mph fastball with good Induced Vertical Break (IVB) which had just average swinging strike rates but I think could perform even better if he gets it up in t...
Darvish became one of the greatest pitchers in NPB history during his seven seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters. In 2012, a year before Ohtani would make his debut for the Fighters, Darvish made the jump to MLB after the Rangers made a record $51.7 million posting bid. Texas signed the ...
Its 99th percentile PLV isn’t rooted in its whiffability but its immense zone rate, along with a low 32% ICR that enabled Manning to get through more games than his currently pedestrian four-seamer would dictate for other pitchers. Sadly, the curve and change do little to affect the ...
Sean Manaea and the New York Mets finalized a $75 million, three-year contract Friday night that keeps one of the team's best pitchers last season at the front of a remodeled rotation. Manaea emerged as New York's top starter in 2024 during his first season with the club, going 12-6...
Starting pitchers have the most dramatic impact on the total. Let’s take Walker Buehler as an example. During the 2021 MLB season, the Dodgers ace was among the MLB leaders with a sparkling 2.47 ERA, and surrendered more than three runs just four times in 33 starts. Walker’s impressive...
Pitchers only spend 11 seconds between pitches when issuing intentional walks. Otherwise, the game moves most quickly following called strikes. Balls in the dirt result in a loss of 10 seconds as compared to regular balls. Fouls with the runner going result in a loss of 10 seconds as compared...