Teams may enter a season with an idea of who their top five starters are, but rotation depth is imperative during the course of a 162-game marathon. In 2022, 239 hurlers made at least five starts, an average of roughly eight pitchers per team, and there’s value in being able to hand...
If Burnes’ dominant Opening Day start for the Orioles is any indication, the right-hander is poised to continue his run as one of MLB’s best pitchers following an offseason trade from Milwaukee to Baltimore. Over the past four seasons for the Brewers, Burnes posted a 2.86 ERA with a ...
He prefers to think, and prefers his pitchers think, on the scale of the batter, not the era. “Baseball’s a game where everybody’s always adapting and changing and finding new things,” Katz said. But whatever adjustments and counter-adjustments come along, they’ll pay little mind to...
Starting Pitchers (26-50) 2 of 6 Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Roy Oswalt (Phi) 7.75 Ricky Romero (Tor) 7.75 Josh Beckett (Bos) 7.75 Johan Santana (NYM) 7.75 Tim Hudson (Atl) 7.75 Max Scherzer (Det) 7.5 Matt Garza (Chc) 7.5 Clay Buchholz (Bos) 7.5 ...
30. Christy Mathewson, New York Giants Credit: Jerry Carino / USA TODAY NETWORK Christy Mathewson made his MLB debut as a 19-year-old in July 1900. Those lucky enough to witness him were seeing the start of a teenager blossom into becoming one of the best pitchers in MLB history. Mathe...
s even less fleshed out. If you play as any of the pitchers, for example, the opposing batters only get announced by the last name. The stadiums, too, feel kind of lifeless and lacking in personality, and most of the moments are short and inconsequential. While the inclusion of these ...
There isn’t a simple answer to the question, how long is an MLB game? Baseball is played without a clock. If both pitchers go three-up and three-down, an inning can last for just a few moments. If both teams pile up the runs, it can last far longer. The longest MLB inning occu...
And not just any expert.The best.The man with the most wins of any living person, who pitched more than 5,000 innings over 23 years without a single arm injury and who went on the injured list just once—for 10 games in 2002 with a sore back. You want to know why pitchers are br...
In every respect, McClanahan should be a household name and mentioned among the best pitchers in the sport, and hopefully that will start to be the case shortly. 6 of 30 Chicago White Sox: Dylan Cease, SP Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports Similarly to McClanahan, the only reason Dylan...
However, the MLB 100 is, unfortunately, not built to give due credit to pitchers whose careers began — or took place entirely — before 1901, when we first have access to full game logs. Take Cy Young as an example. Spoiler alert: He checks in at No. 15 in the MLB 100 even though...