The article analyzes the Diamondbacks' 2024 performance, focusing on their struggles with the starting pitching rotation. Despite leading the league in runs scored, their 27th ranked ERA significantly hampered their playoff aspirations.
Will Paul Skenes surpass his incredible rookie numbers in 2025? We dig into that and more stats that will define the year ahead. It's the second part of our post-Christmas key stat extravaganza. Of course, the number that sticks out in the National League is the $765 million the Mets gave The Diamondbacks led the majors in runs scored but missed the playoffs because their rotation ranked 27th in the majors in ERA .
It was especially disappointing because Arizona had signed as free agents, only to see them go a combined 11-12 with a 5.87 ERA in 31 starts. By the end of the season, Montgomery had been moved to the bullpen and owner Ken Kendrick called signing him'a horrible decision' and blamed himself for pushing Montgomery on the front office.For now, Montgomery remains on the team, as his $22.5 million salary will make him difficult to trade. Rodriguez is on the books for $20 million -- for three more years. They should also get a full season out of , who made only 13 starts in 2024 after his strong 2023 season. So, the rotation should be better in 2025, right? We'll see. Montgomery and Rodriguez were both somewhat risky signings due to average-ish strikeout rates even before their 2024 struggles. Montgomery's K-rate dipped from 21.4% in 2023 to just 15.6%. Rodriguez dropped from 23% to 21%, well below his career high of 27.4% in 2021. Overall, the Diamondbacks ranked 24th in the majors in rotation strikeout rate. With their offense, they don't need the rotation to be great to make the playoffs -- but they do need it to be a lot better to compete with the Dodgers at the top of the division. The Braves scored 243 fewer runs than 2023 -- and won 15 fewer games. It's certainly not a surprise the Braves weren't able to repeat their historic offensive performance from 2023, but it was shocking to see them drop from first in the majors in runs scored (41 more runs than any other team) all the way to 15th. A season-ending knee injury for 2023 MVP, but he is coming off
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