We pause to remember some of the outstanding pitchings we witnessed in 2022 as the MLB season of 2023 gets closer and closer. We can predict what the MLB pitching this season might look like by looking back on last year.
Looking at the top five starting lineups for the 2023 season around the league is what we’ll be doing today.
MLB’s most dangerous arms going into 2023
3. New York Yankees:
People occasionally overlook the Yankees pitching staff’s significant contribution to their 99-win season, despite the fact that their hitters are among the best in the league. The Yankees now appear to have a very strong pitching staff thanks to the purchase of Carlos Rodon.
With the San Francisco Giants last year, Rodon made 31 starts and had an ERA of 2.88. The southpaw was given a 6-year, $162 million deal by the Yankees. Gerrit Cole, who had a 3.29 ERA in 2022, will be Gerrit Cole’s backup. In the fourth year of a nine-year deal with the Yankees, Cole is eligible to receive a salary of $36 million.
2. Houston Astros
The Houston Astros seem to be in terrific shape when it comes to pitching, even without Justin Verlander. The team’s starters’ ERA was 2.95 last season, which was the lowest in the AL. The MLB World Series champions from 2022 may return in that direction.
In 2023, Framber Valdez will direct the rotation. Over 197 innings pitched, Valdez had a 3.20 earned run average. A career-low ERA of 2.54 was posted by Cristian Javier during his breakout season. In the MLB season of 2023, beware of the Astros’ pitching.
1. New York Mets
You can acquire talent if you invest money. With Justin Verlander’s contract, the New York Mets have surpassed their own Max Scherzer to hold the record for the highest-paid pitcher in MLB history, breaking a tie with him. Verlander is the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner.
In 2023, the two men will cause a $86 million salary loss. But if both stay healthy and are able to throw like they did when they were teammates with the Detroit Tigers in the early 2010s, the Mets might be on track to win 110 games. In order to add more talent to the rotation, the squad has also signed a multi-year contract with Japanese NPB player Kodai Senga.
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