Ross Stripling has undoubtedly been one of the best stories of the 2018 baseball season. The consistency provided to an otherwise damaged rotation has been invaluable to a team that dug itself a big hole to climb out of early on.
Even when he was coming out of the bullpen in April, Stripling was ahead of the game. The right-hander made 11 appearances as a reliever over the first 31 games of the season and gave up only one run in 15 1⁄3 innings. Stripling stood out in a group that had an ERA near 5.