Sometimes I hesitate to write about Logan Gilbert because I don’t want to be the guy who only ever writes about Logan Gilbert. (I have no such hesitation about writing about Gabe Speier because he needs more public recognition.) But as I mentioned on Saturday’s episode of Meet at the Mitt, I recently discovered that Gilbert’s having an historic season, so people need to know.
This year, 17.7% of Gilbert’s pitches have gotten swinging strikes, which is the most dominant outcome a pitcher can achieve. Dating back to 2002 (as far back as the FanGraphs data set goes for this), there have been 4,137 player-seasons in which a starter has pitched at least 50 innings.