It’s been a wild ride for Garrett Whitlock over the past few seasons. He went from a relatively unknown Rule-5 draft pick, to super-reliever, to starter, to the IL, to reliever, to starter, to the IL, to reliever, and so on. Did you get all that?
Every iteration of Whitlock has been more or less the same. He throws a ton of strikes, uses the same three pitches, and works at a blistering pace. Yet, each time he returns from injury, there’s a slight tweak to the repertoire in an attempt to replicate that 2021 form. While his stats don’t offer a ton of reassurance, there are some signs that he may be inching closer to the pitcher he was when he burst on the scene.