Voting Overview
Last year, James started off his review of Merrill Kelly by saying 2022 was “far and away the best season of Merrill Kelly’s career.” That was the truth, which makes it even more impressive that by essentially every metric, Kelly improved this season over last.
It didn’t look like it was going to be that way at the start, however. He had an unusual spring training, as he spent most of the month with Team USA at the World Baseball Classic. He pitched twice in the tournament, with mixed results.