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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Any active pitchers beyond the big three, Cole and Sale who should be considered? DeGrom, already on the list. The traditional stats for all the rest are so unimpressive. Is Fried still a possibility at age 31 and less than 100 wins? Nola who is now awful? Wheeler? Or is the day of the starting pitcher just over?
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Fried is a sneaky candidate. He is probably only about half way from where he would need to be to warrant entry into the Hall, and he doesn't rack up a lot of K's, so his dominance is not as visceral. But he has an interesting case.
His career ERA+ is 141. That's tied for 19th of all-time for pitchers with 1000+ innings. And among the people ahead of him are:
- 3 relievers
- 4 Negro League pitchers
- 4 deadball era pitchers
The remaining 7 pitchers are: Clayton Kershaw, Pedro Martinez, Jacob DeGrom, Lefty Grove, Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens and Brandon Webb.
Webb played too briefly to warrant HOF consideration and DeGrom is a question mark. The rest are arguably the most dominant pitchers in baseball history. And for 1000+ innings to this point, Fried has matched that.