Pitchers can win the MVP, sure, but those occasions are rare. Every year, though, a pitcher wins the Cy Young in both the American League and National League. Here is every NL Cy Young winner of the new millennium.
A sinker is not as sexy as a good curveball or a knee-buckling slider. Heck, it’s nowhere near as attractive as a fading changeup. You could make an argument that sinkerballers are perhaps the most boring kind of pitchers because sinkers don’t usually generate too many swings and misses.
This is the second part of the starting pitcher portion of this series. In the first part covering pitchers ranked 6-10 I gave detailed explanations of the stats highlighted and why they were the ones chosen.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have secured their 10th consecutive playoff appearance and now look to move closer to clinching the National League West when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night at Phoenix.
Zac Gallen etched his name in Arizona Diamondbacks history Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, when he struck out Colorado Rockies first baseman C.J. Cron on a breaking ball in the dirt to end the bottom of the first inning.
Zac Gallen will look to continue his torrid pitching when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night in Phoenix. Gallen is looking for his fifth straight scoreless effort.