When the staff sign-ups go out for series like the season previews, I like to try to snag the more interesting, season-defining storylines — Aaron Judge’s follow-up to 2022, for example. I signed up to preview Frankie Montas before he was announced to be missing almost the entire year, and so while that’s become a season-defining storyline, I’m not quite sure how to preview the concept of nothingness.
2022 Statistics: 27 GS, 144.2 IP, 4.05 ERA, 3.78 FIP, 23.4 K%, 7.1 BB%, 2.0 fWAR
2023 ZiPS Projections: 5 GS, 31.0 IP, 3.