Zack Wheeler didn’t win a Cy Younger Award in the course of the previous 5 seasons, although he got here awfully shut.
Wheeler completed second within the balloting for the Nationwide League’s prime pitching award in 2021 and once more in 2024. He additionally acquired votes in 2020 and 2023.
Irrespective of. Wheeler nonetheless ranks as the most effective righthanded beginning pitcher of the half-decade, regardless of the shortage of official recognition.
That assertion may be supported in a few methods.
The primary is to notice that Wheeler of the Philadelphia Phillies and Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees tied for essentially the most wins (59) by any righty between 2020 and 2024. However Wheeler had a transparent edge over Cole in five-year earned run common: 2.94 vs. 3.12.
The second is to make use of total base worth (OBV), which stacks every pitcher’s output in opposition to the efficiency degree of a median main leaguer.
Wheeler allowed opposing batters to succeed in 1,315 bases within the five-year span, encompassing hits, walks, hit batters, stolen bases, and sacrifices. If a median pitcher had matched Wheeler’s workload of 829.1 innings, he would have surrendered 1,704 bases.
Wheeler’s complete was 389 bases under common, which is sweet information for any pitcher. Meaning his OBV for 2020-2024 was plus-389.
At the moment’s rankings deal with righthanded pitchers who labored no less than 500 innings in the course of the five-year span. (The statistics that I analyzed included any aid appearances they may have made.)
Wheeler leads the OBV standings, adopted by Corbin Burnes, who went plus-375 for the Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles. Third place belongs to Cole at plus-281.
Look under for the the half-decade’s prime 10 righthanded beginning pitchers. Every is adopted by parenthetical stats for 2020-2024 — innings pitched, wins, losses, and earned run common — capped by his total base worth.
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1. Zack Wheeler (IP 829.1, W-L 59-32, ERA 2.94) — OBV +389
2. Corbin Burnes (IP 816.2, W-L 52-31, ERA 2.88) — OBV +375
3. Gerrit Cole (IP 759.0, W-L 59-28, ERA 3.12) — OBV +281
4. Logan Webb (IP 815.2, W-L 53-39, ERA 3.33) — OBV +264
5. Zac Gallen (IP 735.1, W-L 50-31, ERA 3.34) — OBV +216
6. Sandy Alcantara (IP 661.0, W-L 33-38, ERA 3.13) — OBV +215
7. Shane Bieber (IP 514.0, W-L 36-19, ERA 2.91) — OBV +212
8. Max Scherzer (IP 588.0, W-L 46-23, ERA 3.02) — OBV +201
9. Aaron Nola (IP 850.0, W-L 51-44, ERA 3.90) — OBV +193
10. Logan Gilbert (IP 704.1, W-L 41-30, ERA 3.60) — OBV +179
