re: DAT 10/23: Rangers (Scherzer) vs Astros (Javier) | 703CT

Lance is going to play a factor I know everyone is disappointed about his injury history and game 3 of the World Series, but his last 36 regular season big league starts he's pitched to right around a 3 ERA with 235 strikeouts in 210 innings pitched.

His breaking ball run value graded out in the 100th percentile in 2021 and he was effective last year when he got back.

Would I pencil him for being available for 180 innings? Of course not but he's a good big league pitcher when he's available and I really hope he is because he has that dog in him on the mound.

That said they should still look to add a MOR arm to lengthen the rotation because of the reasons above. Maybe no one develops into the ace but having 5+ reliable big league average arms will go a long way.