Astros or Mets? Yankees or Dodgers? WillLaws ranks the rotations for the potential playoff teams ⬇️
, allowing just one home run in 54⅔ innings en route to a 2.13 ERA. He actually leads all Cardinals starters with 3.7 fWAR this year, but you wonder how long his crafty method of inducing soft contact will hold up. Wainwright, meanwhile, has not looked like himself in September, as he’s dealt with some fatigue and mechanical issues. This is another soft-tossing staff, as no projected playoff starter has an average fastball velocity above Mikolas’s 93.6-mph heater.
, seems like the most likely choice despite carrying the second-worst ERA since the All-Star break among 63 qualified starters.The Brewers’ rotation has been far from a disaster, but it also hasn’t matched the exploits of last year’s three-headed monster of Burnes, Woodruff and Peralta. Not a single starter possesses an ERA under 3.00 after all three of those guys did in 2021.