Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images Rating: 2.28
Age: 34
2021 Stats: 18G, 16.1 IP, 6.61 ERA, 7.95 FIP, 1.776 WHIP, 16:13 K/BB, 66 ERA+
2021 Earnings: $238,704 (via Spotrac)
2022 Status: released by the Diamondbacks in August 2021, now a free agent.
Introduction
Buchter, a Pennsylvania native, was drafted a long time ago: the Nationals picked him in the 33rd round of the 2005 draft. A radical article (we’ll get to that) in May of this year stated that only 42 players that were ever drafted in the 33rd round of the MLB draft have reached the majors. He had the odds against him from the beginning, but he beat those when he reached the MLB at 27 years of age, in 2014, when he threw an inning for the…
