The major leagues are preparing to usher in the winter meeting this week. Many free agents have recently signed contracts and confirmed new clubs. This year’s season has made a great leap forward. The Baltimore Orioles, who have a 51.2% winning percentage, have been cultivated on the farm and gradually have great potential. They are expected to challenge to return to contention, and they are also sure to sign experienced veteran Kyle Gibson to add a boost to the rotation.
Kyle Gibson just turned 35 in October this year. Except for the rookie season and the shrinking season in 2020, in the 10 seasons of his career (2013-2022), only 2016 has no double-digit wins, which can be said to be quite stable. , reliable contributors.
Gibson, who was traded from the Texas Rangers to the Philadelphia Phillies in the middle of last year, scored 10 wins and 8 losses this year, with an ERA of 5.05 (ERA+ 81). Looking back, he was selected by the Philadelphia when he graduated from high school (No. 36 rounds), following going to college to improve his status, he was named in the first round of the Minnesota Twins in 2009 and set foot on the career hall. His fate with the Philadelphians in the past has finally reached another level following his boarding in the World Series this year.
Gibson is not a flashy star pitcher (although he did make All-Star games), but he has quietly accumulated his achievements: at least 29 starts in each year since 2014 (his first full season). Serving (excluding the shrinking season), 1453 innings have been thrown since 2014, the fifth most in the major leagues during the same period, second only to Max Scherzer (1663 innings), Zack Greinke (1577.1 innings), Gerrit Cole (1532.2 innings) and Madison Bumgarner (1457.1 innings), the greatest virtue of “health”.
Gibson’s strikeout rate is low (career K% is only 18.6%), relying on two seams to make ground balls, so his performance is closely related to his infield partner, his career ground ball rate is 50.9%, and his roll-to-fly ratio exceeds every year 1. Although the ground ball rate this year is 45.9%, which is a new low in a single season, it is not easy for hitters to hit strong shots from him. The unsatisfactory book results are mainly caused by the big crash at the end of the season. The 6 games in September started with an ERA of 9.73 , 47 hits in 28.2 innings, like a serving machine (the most tragic game was once morest the Giants, who lost 7 runs in 1.2 innings), the situation gap was greatly affected by the hand feeling of the day, and the timing of ball control was not effective, which reminded people of “dice”.
However, the Phillies’ team is weak on defense and belongs to the late class, and the pitch following the Orioles’ remodeling and fine-tuning is more friendly to pitchers. These are good news for Gibson. With a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and an ERA of 4.13, although he did not board at the Oriole Stadium this year, the benefit remains to be seen, but from an objective point of view, Gibson has a good chance of reaching the milestone of 100 wins in his career next year (currently 89 wins), and even challenging for the playoffs First win in his career (only played as a backup in 3 games, and the playoff win has not yet been “opened”).
The Orioles did not implement the option of 32-year-old Jordan Lyles, and added Gibson to make the overall pitching power not retreat but improve: Lyles’ FIP this year is 4.40, and Gibson’s is 4.28. For the 2022 season, Gibson’s fWAR can rank In the front class of all pitchers in the Orioles, in addition, Gibson’s personality traits are kind and kind, and he can act as a mentor to the young pitching group and share experience. On the other hand, Gibson and Zach Eflin (signed by the Tampa Bay Rays with the largest FA signing in team history) left the Phillies, leaving the Phillies with a vacancy in their rotation. The news came out that they were interested in Jameson Taillon. After all, they missed the World Series championship this year How the Philadelphians will make moves to save the precarious rotation lineup is worth watching.
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