Hunter Gaddis transitioned from struggling back-of-the-rotation starter to elite backend reliever in 2024. What’s in store for the bearded fireman in 2025?
Imagine going from a 5.26 FIP to a 2.82 FIP, from a 5.14/3 K/BB/9 to a 7.96/1.89 K/BB/9 and a 4.50 ERA to 1.97 ERA from one season to the next. That’s what becoming a bullpen arm can for a son of a gun, as Hunter Gaddis found out last season. Among pitchers with at least 70 innings throw, Gaddis’s slider was the 7th most valuable in major league baseball at +12.5 runs and his changeup was the 22nd most valuable in major league baseball at +4.