Back in 2020, Brandon Woodruff and Shane Bieber were two of the best starting pitchers in the league, as the former led the league in starts during the pandemic season (13) and the latter won the AL Cy Young Award.
Fast-forward five years, and neither pitcher has retained their place atop the MLB pitching hierarchy. That's mostly due to injury -- Woodruff missed all of 2024 with a shoulder injury, while Bieber missed a year and a half following Tommy John surgery -- but both returned in 2025 and generally impressed, as the Milwaukee Brewers' starter accrued a 3.