A stable majority of all pitchers within the main leagues are right-handed, and the identical is true of those that perform on the very highest stage.

Robbie Ray (American League in 2021) was the one lefty to win a Cy Younger Award between 2019 and 2022. The opposite seven honorees over these 4 seasons had been righties.

Amongst them was Corbin Burnes, the Milwaukee Brewers starter who earned Cy Younger honors within the Nationwide League in 2021. Burnes ranks as the perfect right-handed starter in baseball as we speak, in accordance with my evaluation of knowledge from the previous three years.

Burnes was the one righty to begin at the least 50 video games over the 2020-2022 span whereas limiting opponents to a batting common (BA) under .200 and a ratio of fewer than .500 bases per out (BPO). His charges for the three-year interval had been a BA of .195 and a BPO of .495.

As we speak’s rankings embrace all 135 right-handed starters who made 35 or extra begins from 2020 by way of 2022. Click on right here for an evidence of my 10-part score system. (The system takes every starter’s total physique of labor into consideration, even his uncommon appearances in aid.)

This story is the newest installment in an ongoing rundown of the highest gamers at every place. Observe these hyperlinks to see the standings for catchers, first basemen, second basemen, shortstops, third basemen, left fielders, heart fielders, proper fielders, designated hitters, and left-handed starters.

The highest participant in any given class — on this case, Burnes — is assigned a rating of 1,000 factors. The tailender in every group is scored at zero. All the relaxation are slotted in accordance with their relative performances.

Burnes is adopted in as we speak’s rankings of the perfect right-handed beginning pitchers by Max Scherzer of the New York Mets (966 factors), Jacob deGrom of the Texas Rangers (956), Zack Wheeler of the Philadelphia Phillies (924 factors), and Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees (909).

Statistical breakdowns for these leaders will be discovered under, adopted by the names of the subsequent 10 righty starters.

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• Rating: 1,000 factors

• WAR: 11.4 complete, 5.32 per 200 IP

• Averages: 2.62 ERA, .195 BA, .301 SLG, .495 BPO

• Strikeouts: 565 complete, 11.9 per 9 IP

• Totals: 70 GS, 27 W

• Notes: Burnes not solely gained the Cy Younger Award in 2021, however he additionally completed among the many prime seven vote-getters in each different seasons of the three-year span. He led all Nationwide League pitchers in earned run common (2.43) in 2021 and in video games began (33) and strikeouts (243) in 2022.

• Rating: 966 factors

• WAR: 13.4 complete, 6.84 per 200 IP

• Averages: 2.62 ERA, .207 BA, .344 SLG, .531 BPO

• Strikeouts: 501 complete, 11.5 per 9 IP

• Totals: 65 GS, 31 W

• Notes: Scherzer has three Cy Younger trophies to his credit score, although the newest got here in 2017. He spun a 15-4 file for the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021, then he normal a 2.29 ERA for the New York Mets final season.

• Rating: 956 factors

• WAR: 8.6 complete, 7.67 per 200 IP

• Averages: 2.05 ERA, .161 BA, .291 SLG, .436 BPO

• Strikeouts: 352 complete, 14.1 per 9 IP

• Totals: 38 GS, 16 W

• Notes: No one comes near deGrom’s skill to lock down a 3rd strike. He whiffed 14.1 batters per 9 innings in 2020-2022, leaving runner-up Burnes (11.9) within the mud. The issue, in fact, is accidents. DeGrom managed to begin solely 38 video games the previous three years.

• Rating: 924 factors

• WAR: 15.3 complete, 7.00 per 200 IP

• Averages: 2.82 ERA, .224 BA, .336 SLG, .523 BPO

• Strikeouts: 463 complete, 9.5 per 9 IP

• Totals: 69 GS, 30 W

• Notes: Wheeler barely missed the Cy Younger Award in 2021, ending second to Burnes within the Nationwide League’s voting. The Phillies ace led the NL that season in innings pitched (213.1) and strikeouts (247). He adopted up in 2022 with a 12-7 file and a 2.82 ERA.

• Rating: 909 factors

• WAR: 10.4 complete, 4.57 per 200 IP

• Averages: 3.28 ERA, .213 BA, .385 SLG, .578 BPO

• Strikeouts: 594 complete, 11.7 per 9 IP

• Totals: 75 GS, 36 W

• Notes: No right-handed starter piled up extra strikeouts between 2020 and 2022 than Cole’s 594. Nor did anyone exceed his three-year complete of 36 wins. His finest particular person season throughout that span was 2021, when he went 16-8 with a 3.23 ERA.