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It also means goodbye to matchups between one team with, say, 29 players on the roster and one with 36. That (probably) means goodbye to September games where teams use 12 pitchers in one night. (The new protocol was announced before the 2020 season, but there were, you know, just a few things that made last year different than expected.) Instead of rosters expanding from 25 men to as many as 40, like they previously did, they’ll go from 26 to just 28.

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But it’s still worth taking note: This is the first full season under the new rules for September rosters. But with this much competition right behind him, and a few starts left from each, anything can happen. He leads the majors with 182 2/3 innings and 6.1 WAR (Baseball Reference's version), and ranks second in the NL in expected ERA (2.76), FIP (2.69) and FanGraphs' WAR (6.0)-behind Burnes in the latter three stats.Īlso not included is Jacob deGrom, who through 15 games was having the greatest pitching season ever before a right forearm/elbow injury sidelined him for the last two months. Scherzer leads in WHIP (0.88).Īnd this group of six doesn't even include Philadelphia's Zack Wheeler, whose recent skid has bumped his ERA to 3.01. Burnes has the lowest walk rate (4.8%) and the highest strikeout rate (34.6%). Still, it’s not hard to sketch out the basics of an argument for almost any of those other five guys. Buehler has the best case for the award as September begins of these six pitchers, he leads in innings pitched (176), ERA and ERA+ (193). The others are Corbin Burnes (2.27), Brandon Woodruff (2.35), Kevin Gausman (2.49), Max Scherzer (2.51), and Wade Miley (2.74). Yet he’s one of the league's six qualified starters with an ERA under 2.75.įor now at least, Walker Buehler is the favorite to win the NL Cy Young award amid a loaded field of pitchers. Sure, there’s a clear favorite in Walker Buehler, with his 2.05 ERA. But a two-man race is nowhere near as compelling as what's going on in the NL. While Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has gained some breathing room with White Sox righthander Lance Lynn’s recent trip to the Injured List, there’s still Toronto's Robbie Ray, probably a bit too close for comfort to Cole. This isn’t to say that there won’t be any intrigue for the AL Cy Young award. It’s even more so that yes seems like a valid answer to any (or all!) of them. Will he be the first player to record 50 home runs and 25 steals? Can he lower his ERA to start with a 2? Can he boost his OPS back above 1.000? It’s wild enough that we can ask these questions at all in September. But there is room to wonder about just how incredible his year will end up being. (The other two are Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey, Jr., incredible company for any hitter, let alone one who’s also his staff's ace.) There’s almost no question that he’ll be the AL MVP.

He’s just the third player in history to reach 40 homers and 20 steals by September. He has a 3.00 ERA in more than 100 innings. Ohtani’s season has been an exercise in doing things we previously thought were impossible. Raj Mehta/USA TODAY Sports Just how remarkable will Shohei Ohtani’s final stat line be? Remember, he's also one of baseball's best pitchers. Shohei Ohtani admires his 40th home run, which he hit in the eighth inning against the Tigers at Comerica Park on Aug.

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