2025 In a Discarded-on-the-Dugout-Floor Nutshell

Whitlock returned to the bullpen this year and morphed into one of the most trustworthy and dependable relief pitchers the team has seen in years. As the designated setup man for Aroldis Chapman, he nearly always provided clean innings and allowed Chapman, in his very dominant season, to shut games down.

The Good

We got a healthy Whitlock the entire year, and as a result the “good” was nearly everything. A few weeks ago, I saw someone complain online that they hate seeing Baseball Savant graphics without “nuance”. Well here’s some nuance for ya: RED EQUALS GOOD!! And as we can see there is plenty of red on Whitlock’s Savant page:

Most impressively, Whitlock was almost always able to have clean outings, even if he got himself into jams, a

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