The pitching supply just isn’t meeting demand in Major League Baseball. While this might be the case most, if not all, of the time, things seem worse heading into 2024.
The Rockies really need starting pitching, as Purple Row’s Evan Lang detailed on Thursday, but they are far from the only ones.
At the end of November, USA Today’s Gabe Lacques estimated there were 41 open rotation spots around Major League Baseball, while only 19 of the top 89 free agents going into 2024 were starting pitchers. Things have changed over the last month, especially with teams signing international players and free agents, but the pool remains too shallow for everyone to be able to swim.