The Cy Young Award winners are struggling at the beginning of this season. The injury or slump is deepening.
From 2017 to last year, we looked into the current identities of 10 Cy Young Award winners in both leagues.
New York Mets Justin Verlander (2019, 2022) and Seattle Mariners Robbie Ray (2021) are on the injured list. Milwaukee Brewers Corbin Burns (2021), Texas Rangers Jacob deGrom (2018, 2019) and Mets Max Scherzer (2013, 2016, 2017) are ‘day-to-day’ due to injuries. state.
Miami Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara (2022), San Diego Padres’ Blake Snell (2018), and Boston Red Sox’s Corey Kluber (2017) keep their rotation, but they’re too sluggish. Trevor Bauer (2020) was kicked out of the major leagues. The only Cy Young Award pitcher to do his part is the Cleveland Guardians’ Shane Bieber (2020).메이저놀이터
First of all, deGrom and Burns suffered injuries while pitching on the 18th (Korean time).
DeGrom pitched in an away game against the Kansas City Royals that day, complaining of pain in his right wrist after the 4th inning and voluntarily pitched. He was pitching perfect, giving up no hits, no hits and no runs in 4 innings.
The Texas club announced that it was “for player protection,” and deGrom said, “It was a little bad from the warm-up. I thought it would be okay, but the pain got worse as the game progressed.” I just want to go,” he said.
He said that he was not worried about his next appearance, but his recent injury history is so spectacular that he needs to carefully look at his condition. After enduring a long rehabilitation with elbow and shoulder injuries since July 2021, when he was with the New York Mets, deGrom returned in August of last year and showed off his strength by recording 5 wins and 4 losses and an average ERA of 3.08 in 11 games. And after confidently opting out, he signed a five-year, $185 million free agent deal with Texas.
On the same day, Burns took the mound against Seattle and won his second win of the season by pitching well with 3 hits and 2 runs in 5⅓ innings. However, in the bottom of the 6th inning, he voluntarily gave a signal to the dugout after handling Julio Rodriguez with a floating ball to center fielder. He felt an abnormality in his left pectoral muscle. Burns explained, “It hurts little by little, and then it’s a pain that gets tighter. It’s a condition where you shouldn’t throw more.” he was protecting himself.
Scherzer canceled a game against the Oakland Athletics on the 17th due to pain in his right back, more precisely below the shoulder blade. This is an injury he suffered once in 2019, when he was a member of Washington. He decided to pitch once before the 20th LA Dodgers. Scherzer went 11-5 with a 2.29 ERA in 23 games despite being on the injured list twice due to oblique muscle injuries last year.
Last year’s AL winner Verlander moved to the Mets and spent the season on the disabled list with a muscle injury in his right arm. On March 27, the last appearance of his exhibition game, against Miami, pain was discovered. He is currently in the bullpen pitching phase, but is expected to return early next month if he makes a minor league rehab pitch.
After giving up 4 hits and 5 runs in 3⅓ innings against Cleveland on the 1st, Ray was placed on the injured list the next day with a right arm flexor injury. He underwent a checkup on the 18th, the results are expected soon. He is expected to be able to start rehabilitation training based on the diagnosis.
Alcantara is struggling early in the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.84 earned run average in 4 games. After a shutout against the Minnesota Twins on the 5th, he allowed 9 runs with 10 hits in 4 innings against Philadelphia on the 11th, and against Arizona on the 17th, he allowed 5 runs with 7 hits in 6 innings. He is not like a Sai video pitcher. Although he is spraying his best 100.1 mph fastball, there is also an analysis that the drop of his main weapon, the changeup, has become flat.
Snell will start against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 19th, and in the past three games, he has thrown 13 innings and gone 2 losses with a 6.92 ERA. Kluber will pitch against Minnesota on the 20th. He had 3 losses and an earned run average of 6.92 in the preceding 3 games.
Bauer was kicked out of the major leagues for violating rules regarding domestic violence and sexual assault and is currently preparing for his first-team debut with the NPB Yokohama Baystars. He pitched in the second team game on the 16th and made a good pitch with 4 hits and 6 strikeouts in 4 innings with a fastball of up to 155 km. He is expected to be able to rise to the first team after playing in one more second team game.
At least, Cleveland Indians’ Shane Bieber is fighting well if he maintains the top rotation this season. He recorded one win in four games and an earned run average of 2.88.
