The No. 1 overall pick back in 2011, Gerrit Cole had a promising start to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A down year in 2016 led to another flop in 2017. He was shipped off to the Houston Astros and he’s been lights out ever since. Cole enjoyed a career season in 2018 (15-5 with a 2.88 ERA and 276 Ks over 200.1 innings) then he took it to another level in 2019.
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He led the American League in ERA (2.50), strikeouts (326), and Ks/9 (13.