NL West: Could Ryne Nelson miss out in ARI?
Mar 6 2025
Could two veteran pitchers with large contracts push the Diamondbacks two best young starters to Triple-A to open the season? Thirty-one-year-old LHP Eduardo Rodriguez and thirty-two-year-old LHP Jordan Montgomery will earn $20 million and $22.5 million, respectively, this season. Both missed time and did not pitch well when they were on the mound, while twenty-six-year-old RHP Brandon Pfaadt and twenty-six-year-old Ryne Nelson both pitched very well last year.
Pfaadt made 32 starts and pitched to a 4.71 ERA and 1.24 WHIP with an 18% K-BB%. While the 4.71 ERA isn’t pretty, he had an xERA of just 3.76, largely due to a very high 34% H% and a very low 64% S%. He looks primed to take another step this season.
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