Zac Gallen

Gallen turned in another solid but not ace-level season. His career 26.6 percent strikeout rate is very good, but not elite. Last year, it was a career low of 25.1 percent. After two years of declining walk rates, Gallen's 8.7 percent clip was a smidge worse than average. Yielding only 13 homers in 148 frames kept Gallen's ERA in check, but if the 2025 baseball is livelier than the 2024 version, Gallen's ratios could suffer, unless he returns to a lower walk rate. Gallen's velocity was in sync with past seasons, so it's a matter of throwing more strikes. In 2023, 64.5 percent of his pitches were strikes, compared to only 61.9 percent last season. There was a time when Gallen fanned 28 percent of batters and was a back end SP1. He's now a solid SP3, with SP2 upside if he can throw more pitches in the zone. Read Past Outlooks