Ray’s Rundown 10/5: 2023 MLB Pitching Review
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 10/5: Pitching Ray Flowers spends some time talking about pitching in the modern game. Workloads have gone down, so he will hit on that topic for a moment. Then, he targets wins. Why are we still using wins in fantasy baseball? How did saves play out in 2023 compared to…
Ray Flowers spends some time talking about pitching in the modern game. Workloads have gone down, so he will hit on that topic for a moment. Then, he targets wins. Why are we still using wins in fantasy baseball? How did saves play out in 2023 compared to the recent past? Finally, some talk about Ray’s 2023 MLB Breakout Pitcher of the Year.
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INNINGS PITCHED
| 200 IP | 180 IP | 170 IP | 160 IP | |
| 2021 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 39 |
| 2022 | 8 | 27 | 39 | 39 |
| 2023 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 45 |
WINS
20 – Spencer Strider
17 – Zac Gallen
16 – Chris Bassitt, Zach Eflin, Justin Steele
15 – Kyle Gibson, Taijuan Walker, Gerritt Cole
Logan Webb led baseball with 216 innings… and won 11 games.
Sony Gray was 4th in fWAR and won eight games.
SAVES
| 30 Saves | 20 Saves | 10 Saves | |
| 2021 | 9 | 19 | 39 |
| 2022 | 10 | 18 | 35 |
| 2023 | 12 | 23 | 38 |
The only pitcher in baseball with 30 saves in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 is Josh Hader.
BREAKOUT PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Finally, my 2023 MLB Breakout Pitcher of the Year call from March was… Justin Steele.
When I wrote the article his ADP was 295th overall and 104th at pitcher.
Razzball Player Rater had him 10th.
He went 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP and 176 punchouts in 173.1 innings.
Likely top-5 NL Cy Young?
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