Michael King, Tarik Skubal and Cole Ragans dominated to power their teams to victory.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I was honestly shocked to learn how historically significant Michael King’s start was.
Skubal, the likely AL Cy Young winner, followed up his tremendous regular season with a fantastic first career postseason start. He went six innings and allowed just four hits while striking out six and walking one in Detroit’s Game 1 win over the Houston Astros. His fastball topped out at 99.8 mph, the fastest of any starting pitcher on Tuesday.
Ragans has been excellent all year. His FIP of 3.00 is the lowest of any Kansas City starter and he finished fifth in the majors with 223 strikeouts. Ragans, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha and Brady Singer formed one of the best pitching rotations in MLB this year. As a group, Royals starters ranked second with an ERA of 3.55.
The best performance of the day, though, was by King, who struck out 12 and allowed five hits in seven innings as the Padres blanked the Atlanta Braves, 4–0. King was the centerpiece of San Diego’s return in the trade that sent Juan Soto to the New York Yankees. And while it’d be impossible to replicate the value that a future Hall of Famer like Soto provides, King exceeded expectations this season and had a career year.
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