By the eye test, the standard stats or the sabermetrics, Colorado boasts a trio of strikeout artists.
Jon Gray has held this label for a while, ever since howling to a club-record 16 Ks against the Padres in a Coors Field stuff-of-legends outing two Septembers ago.
But fellow right-handers German Marquez and Adam Ottavino each joined him this season and a dive into the numbers reveals just how tough it’s been to put the ball in play against each pitcher. All three have career-best marks in whiff percentage this season, as Ottavino (33.3), Gray (30.0) and Marquez (26.