Clayton Kershaw’s Race to 3,000 Strikeouts: Is the Era of Dominant Pitching Coming to an End?
But again, the list of pitchers piling up strikeouts in their 20s is conspicuously absent.
The 29-year-old Dylan Cease is the under-30 leader with 1,133 career Ks, but he likely will need a decade of good health to get close. By comparison, Kershaw had 2,120 strikeouts entering his age-30 season.
There are some young, promising arms that might emerge in the future — think Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal — but the trends aren’t pointing in the right direction.
It seems like every few days, another star pitcher goes down to Tommy John elbow surgery or a similar procedure, leaving them out of action for at least a year.
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