Will Tom Glavine amd Randy Johnson be the last 300 game winners?

Question

I just don't see any of the active pitchers close or even on pace to it.

Answer 1

No. There will be another.

Pedro Martinez is the heir-apparent, depending on how strongly he comes back from his injury and surgery. If we get half of the Pedro of old, he'll have a good chance at 300.

After Martinez, however, no one active is worth predicting, not even Santana, because no one is halfway there with enough time to make it feasible, let along plausible.

But that said -- there, still, will be another. We don't know his name today -- he might not yet be playing, even in Little League; he might not yet be born. But there will be another. History has a tendency to toss up one or two every 20-25 years, on average.

Answer 2

They will be last for a while. Until baseball changes the way it manages it's pitchers I think you'll see decline in overall wins by starting pitchers. There's been a significant decline in the amount of starts, innings pitched and wins by starting pitchers over the last 30 years.

There's just a few of the old dogs left, like Maddux, Glavine, Johnson and Clemens. These guys work hard to stay in shape and have competitive nearly every year of their career. They seem to do things the old way, their way. Not like starting pitchers of today.

Now a days, so many pitchers are getting hurt and/or having their innings cut back. Rarely do I see starting pitchers make it past the 7th innings or make it a full season. Compare that to many of the elite pitchers of 70's which would finish the season 20+ wins with 18+ CG's consintantly.

Answer 3

Smoltzy and possibly Moose.

After these guys, no. The reason being they are the last of the breed of pitchers who were in four man rotations for a portion of their careers. Four man rotations gave a starter 40 starts. Five man rotations give a starter around 33 starts. So even if a pitcher has a great seasons, he will still come up short. Dont forget, in order to win 300 games, a pitcher has to AVERAGE 20 games over 15 years. You hardly see anyone win 20 anymore because of the lower number of starts and the way bullpens are used.

250 is tne new 300.

EDIT: Someone mentioned Santana, who at 28 has 84 wins. Put this in perspective. In eight years he will be 36...old by some standards. If he wins 20 per year for the next eight years, he will have 164 wins. If he pitches five more years after that, he would have to win almost 30 per year to break 300.

Pitching records are going to become less impressive in the future because of the way pitchers are used in today's game.

Answer 4

No, there will be somebody that wins 300 again someday after Glavine does it...it might just be 10 years from now, and who knows who it will be. Glavine, Clemens, Johnson, and Maddux are all five-man rotation guys that lasted a long time, and there will be somebody that has staying power like those guys did. I thought Mussina was in good shape, and he still has an outside chance if he stays healthy and stays with a good team (like the Yankees) that gives him run support. A guy like Peavy could do it since he came up at a young age. Roy Oswalt wins 15-20 every year. There will be somebody....it just might not happen for a long time.

Answer 5

i think of Glavine will definetely be final 3 hundred-pastime winner for a protracted time. Johnson has 284, yet he merely had back surgical technique and could probable could pitch 2 seasons to get sixteen wins. each and every pitcher who has two hundred wins different than Pedro Martinez and Mussina are over 40. If Pedro did no longer have those injuries, he surely could have gained 3 hundred. interior the destiny, you need to have a guy like Roy Oswalt, Dontrelle Willis, CC Sabathia, or Justin Verlander attain 3 hundred wins. it fairly is merely based on the fact that they don't seem to be getting injured. There could be a glass who isn't even interior the substantial leagues suitable now who wins 3 hundred video games. You in no way know...

Answer 6

Mike Mussina, at 242, is a maybe. He might hang around long enough to get to 300 wins- may not be as a Yankee, but someone will take a chance on him the next four years, and if he wins 12-15 games in that span, he could.

Now if Bartolo Colon did not have pereptual arm problems, he could find a way to 300 being he scored 146 in ten seasons.

Dontrelle Willis may be another possible, although with the intensity he pitches at, he may not be able to get in the twenty seasons required to do it.

Answer 7

Only two current pitchers have even a chance to reach 300. They are Mark Buehrle (99 wins) who is already 28 years old, but is a lefty who will always be in demand. A key to his chances will be where he ends up next year as a free agent. The other is 25-year old Dontrell Willis (65 wins). Age is on his side, but being on a so-so team isn't. He would have an excellent chance if he went to a good team.

Answer 8

i think that CC Sabathia can win 300 games. he is currently at 90. he is he turns 27 next month and has the potential of getting win 100 this season. he averages 13.5 wins a season and at this pace he will have to pitch another 14 years putting him at 41. he is one of the best pitchers in the AL this year and as a left handed pitcher teams will want him on their teams for long years to come.

Answer 9

I think Mussina has a chance... if he can stay healthy. I think Johan Santana has a good shot too. He's 28 with 84 wins already. I would say of all the younger pitchers (in their 20's), he has the best chance of anyone.

Answer 10

that's funny because 2 years ago a few hall of famers said the same..oh look at that now we are about to have 2 more!

and the same guy said glavine wasn't gonna get to 3 hun.

i say smoltz makes it (remember he did miss 3 years as a closer) and so he's still going strong.