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MLB vote going on right now : Nominated Post
Originally posted on 06/23/2020:
1) Manfred must go.
His ideas are beyond ludicrous.
They make no sense.'
2) In a 60 game season teams that have a strong front three rotation starters will dominate.
Pay attention to teams with ace starters that eat up innings.
Nats for instance, you can work Max, Stras, Corbin every fifth day in a sprint like 60 game season.
You can work your horses in a short season, you can't send out your studs every fifth day in a full 162 game schedule.
Long story short if you got starting pitching your'e in the hunt, if you don't you won't compete.
Pitching wins, always has, always will.
Here's a list of last season innings eaters.
I moved some of the key free agents to their 2020 teams.
The Phils may challenge the Nats now with a dependable Wheeler in the three spot of the rotation.
Teams like my Royals will get buried because their staff ace (Keller or Junis) will get shelled.
Name
Team
GS
IP
K/9
BB/9
ERA
WAR
Marcus Stroman
- - -
32
184.1
7.76
2.83
3.22
3.9
Homer Bailey
- - -
31
163.1
8.21
2.92
4.57
2.9
Tanner Roark
- - -
31
165.1
8.6
2.78
4.35
1.9
Mike Leake
- - -
32
197
5.8
1.23
4.29
1
Zack Greinke
Astros
33
208.2
8.07
1.29
2.93
5.4
Justin Verlander
Astros
34
223
12.11
1.7
2.58
6.4
Wade Miley
Astros
33
167.1
7.53
3.28
3.98
2
Brett Anderson
Athletics
31
176
4.6
2.51
3.89
2
Mike Fiers
Athletics
33
184.2
6.14
2.58
3.9
1.7
Mike Soroka
Braves
29
174.2
7.32
2.11
2.68
4
Max Fried
Braves
30
165.2
9.4
2.55
4.02
3
Julio Teheran
Braves
33
174.2
8.35
4.28
3.81
1.6
Jack Flaherty
Cardinals
33
196.1
10.59
2.52
2.75
4.7
Miles Mikolas
Cardinals
32
184
7.04
1.57
4.16
2.5
Adam Wainwright
Cardinals
31
171.2
8.02
3.36
4.19
2.2
Dakota Hudson
Cardinals
32
174.2
7.01
4.43
3.35
1
Kyle Hendricks
Cubs
30
177
7.63
1.63
3.46
4.1
Jose Quintana
Cubs
31
171
8
2.42
4.68
3.5
Jon Lester
Cubs
31
171.2
8.65
2.73
4.46
2.8
Yu Darvish
Cubs
31
178.2
11.54
2.82
3.98
2.6
Robbie Ray
Diamondbacks
33
174.1
12.13
4.34
4.34
2.4
Merrill Kelly
Diamondbacks
32
183.1
7.76
2.8
4.42
2
Madison Bumgarner
Diamondbacks
34
207.2
8.8
1.86
3.9
3.2
Walker Buehler
Dodgers
30
182.1
10.61
1.83
3.26
5
Hyun-Jin Ryu
Dodgers
29
182.2
8.03
1.18
2.32
4.8
Clayton Kershaw
Dodgers
28
178.1
9.54
2.07
3.03
3.4
Jeff Samardzija
Giants
32
181.1
6.95
2.43
3.52
1.5
Shane Bieber
Indians
33
214.1
10.88
1.68
3.28
5.6
Marco Gonzales
Mariners
34
203
6.52
2.48
3.99
3.7
Sandy Alcantara
Marlins
32
197.1
6.89
3.69
3.88
2.3
Jacob deGrom
Mets
32
204
11.25
1.94
2.43
7
Noah Syndergaard
Mets
32
197.2
9.2
2.28
4.28
4.4
Max Scherzer
Nationals
27
172.1
12.69
1.72
2.92
6.5
Stephen Strasburg
Nationals
33
209
10.81
2.41
3.32
5.7
Patrick Corbin
Nationals
33
202
10.6
3.12
3.25
4.8
Anibal Sanchez
Nationals
30
166
7.27
3.14
3.85
2.5
Joey Lucchesi
Padres
30
163.2
8.69
3.08
4.18
2.1
Zack Wheeler
Phillies
31
195.1
8.98
2.3
3.96
4.7
Aaron Nola
Phillies
34
202.1
10.19
3.56
3.87
3.4
Zach Eflin
Phillies
28
163.1
7.11
2.64
4.13
1.5
Joe Musgrove
Pirates
31
170.1
8.3
2.06
4.44
3.3
Lance Lynn
Rangers
33
208.1
10.63
2.55
3.67
6.8
Mike Minor
Rangers
32
208.1
8.64
2.94
3.59
4.1
Charlie Morton
Rays
33
194.2
11.1
2.64
3.05
6.1
Eduardo Rodriguez
Red Sox
34
203.1
9.43
3.32
3.81
3.7
Rick Porcello
Red Sox
32
174.1
7.38
2.32
5.52
1.8
Trevor Bauer
Reds
34
213
10.69
3.46
4.48
3.3
Sonny Gray
Reds
31
175.1
10.52
3.49
2.87
4.4
Luis Castillo
Reds
32
190.2
10.67
3.73
3.4
4.1
Anthony DeSclafani
Reds
31
166.2
9.02
2.65
3.89
2.4
German Marquez
Rockies
28
174
9.05
1.81
4.76
3.4
Brad Keller
Royals
28
165.1
6.64
3.81
4.19
2.2
Jakob Junis
Royals
31
175.1
8.42
2.98
5.24
1.5
Matthew Boyd
Tigers
32
185.1
11.56
2.43
4.56
3.3
Jose Berrios
Twins
32
200.1
8.76
2.29
3.68
4.4
Martin Perez
Twins
29
165.1
7.35
3.65
5.12
1.9
Lucas Giolito
White Sox
29
176.2
11.62
2.9
3.41
5.1
Reynaldo Lopez
White Sox
33
184
8.27
3.18
5.38
2.3
Ivan Nova
White Sox
34
187
5.49
2.26
4.72
2
Gerrit Cole
Yankees
33
212.1
13.82
2.03
2.5
7.4
Masahiro Tanaka
Yankees
31
182
7.37
1.98
4.45
3.3