Why Nationals vs. Astros could be the greatest pitching matchup in history WorldSeries
Houston went 58-19 in games started by one of Cole, Verlander or Greinke this season, a winning percentage of .753.
At $73 million, the Astros trio came second and this World Series will feature four of the seven pitchers that have ever penned contracts worth north of $175 million. Strasburg has pitched 24 percent of the innings—up from 15 percent in the regular season—while Scherzer has pitched 22 percent of postseason innings, compared with 12 percent during the regular season.
Strasburg, Scherzer and Corbin have pitched 22, 20 and 13.1 innings so far in the postseason, while Verlander, Cole and Greinke have pitched 24.1, 22.2 and 14.
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