Castillo regroups forces and recovers the top

Dominican Luis Castillo returns to first place in the ranking of Latino pitchers, backed by an undefeated record (5-0) in his last seven outings and a leading role in the great moment that the Seattle Mariners are experiencing.

1: Luis Castillo
Statistics 2023

The Dominican once again occupies the first place in the ranking of Latino pitchers for the season, a position he has occupied several times in 2023. “La Piedra” allowed one run and struck out 15 in 14 innings in his last two starts and leads 5 – 0 , 2.93 with 45 strikeouts in the last seven. In the American League, Castillo (11-7, 3.01) is first in starts (27) and WHIP (1.00); second in ERA, batting average allowed (.209) and innings (164.1); third in strikeouts (181) and seventh in quality starts (15).

2: Pablo Lopez
Statistics 2023

The Venezuelan right-hander had his first bad start in almost two months and fell to second place in the ranking. The Minnesota Twins horse, who had three scoreless starts before giving up five runs against Texas, has a 2.14 ERA in 42.0 innings. On the season, López (9-6, 3.69) leads Latino pitchers with 3.6 fWAR and is second in the American League in strikeouts (191), fourth in innings (157.2), eighth in batting order (.234) and batting ninth. order (.234). he is whip (1.13).

3: Framber Valdez
Statistics 2023

The Dominican, who has one no-hitter this season, pitched seven no-hitter innings in his last outing, against the Detroit Tigers, snapping a losing streak in which he won 15 runs in 20.0 innings. Valdez (9-9, 3.40) is third in innings (161.2), fourth in quality outings (16), fifth in average allowed (.229), seventh in WHIP (1.11) and eighth in strikeouts (159). He has transferred 43 batters in 25 starts.

4: Felix Bautista
Statistics 2023

The Dominican entered the disabled list with an elbow injury that jeopardizes his return to boxing for the remainder of a season in which he has been the best reliever in the majors. Bautista (8-2, 1.48, 33 saves and 110 strikeouts in 61.0 innings) is looking to join the small group of relievers with 40 or more saves, 100 or more strikeouts and an ERA under 2.00 in a season. “El Gato” leads MLB relievers in WAR (2.8), strikeouts and K per 9IL (16.23).