Major League Baseball has seen 74 different pitchers log at least 250 combined IP since the start of the 2022 regular season, in which time only Framber Valdez (60.5%), Logan Webb (59.5%), and Alex Cobb (59.4%) have posted higher rates of inducing grounders than Marcus Stroman (54.4%). None of Valdez, Webb, or Cobb is a free agent at the moment, and that’s precisely why I’m writing today about Stroman and his potential fit with the Cincinnati Reds this winter.
Pitchers who induce a lot of grounders typically don’t give up nearly as many homers as their counterparts who work in the fly-ball realm.