Ray’s Rundown 8/12: Rookies & Hurler Workloads
Elite Fantasy Network · Ray’s Rundown 8/12: Rookies & Hurler Workloads Ray Flowers talked about rookies this week in his August update of the first year players. In this podcast he will discuss the plight of the youngsters in more detail (here is a link to the article). He will also discuss a series of hurlers…
Ray Flowers talked about rookies this week in his August update of the first year players. In this podcast he will discuss the plight of the youngsters in more detail (here is a link to the article). He will also discuss a series of hurlers who are running up against potential workload issues down the stretch this season.
| NAME | 2022 IP | 2023 IP |
| Jesus Luzardo | 112 | 130.1 |
| Sonny Gray | 122.2 | 130.1 |
| Zach Eflin | 77.2 | 129.1 |
| Baily Ober | 72.2 | 126.1 |
| J.P. Sears | 117.2 | 125.2 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 110.1 | 125.0 |
| Yusei Kikuchi | 105.2 | 122.1 |
| Freddy Peralta | 83.1 | 122.0 |
| Justin Steele | 119.0 | 121.0 |
| MacKenzie Gore | 87.0 | 117.0 |
| Grayson Rodriguez | 75.2 | 115.1 |
| Eury Perez | 77.0 | 94.2 |
| Seth Lugo | 65.0 | 92.1 |
| Kenta Maeda | Zero | 79.0 |
| Spencer Strider | 134 | 132.1 |
| Shohei Ohtani | 166.0 | 130.2 |
| Blake Snell | 137.0 | 124.0 |
| Hunter Brown | 126.1 | 123.1 |
| Braxton Garrett | 125.0 | 117.0 |
| Gavin Williams | 115 | 110 |
| Kutter Crawford | 101.2 | 88.1 |
*Minors/Majors innings but no postseason.
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