Based on ZiPS projections, Zach Plesac is expected to finish 2021 with the following stats:
27 GS, 148.7 IP, 7.99 K/9, 2.66 BB/9, 1.39 HR/9, 4.48 ERA, 4.46 FIP, 2.3 fWAR
Read what our writers think, then vote in the poll below and drop your own opinions in the comments and on the Let’s Go Tribe Discord.
Matt Lyons’s Prediction: OVER
Call this one another close over. I do believe that Zach Plesac and the Cleveland pitching machine have unlocked something that will help him outperform conservative projections, but I don’t think he’s exactly the next Shane Bieber.