Going by the results, the right-handed starting pitching was a really difficult category, with any number of entirely viable candidates. On the other hand, that also makes it kinda tough to argue with the results, since there’s a perfectly good case for the eventual winners. Will the same apply to the penultimate category, the left-handed starting pitchers? For a good chunk of what I said in the right-handers introduction applies here too. Pitchers now pitch fewer innings, but with far greater dominance, than they did in the early days of the major leagues. However, looking at the left-handed leaders by bWAR, I’m not seeing quite the same skew towards the pre-integration era.
The All-Time MLB Team, left-handed starting pitchers: nominations open
