Man, name a starting pitcher and there’s a 50% chance he’s hurt!
It’s been a brutal Spring – Tommy J’s, ACLs, dead arms, demotions, sports betting on Twitter… It never ends! It feels like we’re just another few injury-plagued Springs away from having pitching machines on the mound. Would spell a devastating end to Krispie Young, that’s for sure!
So as we’ll update every Monday through the season, below is an update to my first edition of the Top 100 SP Ranks, which you can find through the magic of clickity-click. Standard in-season-esque green for risers, red for fallers, additional notes at the end, and my principle is usually to not rank pitchers in the bullpen unless it’s highly anticipated they will join the rotation in the immediate future. So Sayonara Cingrani! Sounds like an episode title of The Sopranos… Here’s my updated Top 100 SP:
Please, blog, may I have some more?