Ray’s Rundown 10/5: 2023 MLB Pitching Review

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 4^th 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 295^th overall and 104^th at pitcher.

Razzball Player Rater had him 10^th.

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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