40 in 40: Chris Flexen

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesI don’t want to beat around the bush. Mikey Ajeto did a sterling scouting report on Chris Flexen at the time of his signing which you can read right here. Here’s the Cliffs Notes: after struggling with the Mets for a few years, Flexen dominated the Korean Baseball Organization in 2020 with some adjustments to his arsenal that made him an archetypal modern pitcher, working four-seams high and a near 12-6 curve low, as well as a solid hard slider and fading changeup.

Here’s what that looked like when Flexen was on his game in full:

If you watch that clip to its completion, you’ll see Flexen roaring with pride and joy, exulting the crowd and his teammates to…