BRAZOS DE ORO / GOLDEN ARMS

If we place ourselves in the center of the diamond? the place where everything starts in baseball during a game? the place that gives rise to the famous question that we all ask ourselves when we refer to a particular game, who will open the game today? that player who is in charge of taking the reins of a game and whose responsibility is to keep the opponent under control to give his team the opportunity to stay in the game in order to achieve victories, in that pitcher of serpentines in which everyone trusts, and is the one who has control of the events due to his pitches, is the number 1 position, which is elemental in this sport, where everything is born in a game of the glove, the bat and the ball.
DESDE EL MONTÍCULO EN 2023 / FROM THE MOUND IN 2023

In this position, or in the position which should be the number one among the starting pitchers, is perhaps a pitchert which for many is not that it should not be here, if not that there are others whose performance is better than his, for very obvious reasons, but Corbin Burnes meets other characteristics that are not very common, and that are worth analyzing and emphasizing and for which he leads the list of the main starting pitchers for this 2023, and in the rotation of the Milwaukee Brewers he will be the main card, so that in this opportunity they do not lose the advantage of last season when they were displaced in an incredible way by the St. Louis Cardinals.
When we see his numbers, at first glance we can see that they are not the best, many are carried away by the win-loss record for him was 12-8, but with a very good effectiveness of 2. 94 in 33 starts, but it should be noted that many of his performances were not supported by his teammates, arguing what I said about the devacle of the Brewers against the Cardinals, but in his repertoire has a truly exceptional qualities, has up to 6 types of pitches, cutter, curve, change and slider, as well as a sinker and a straight 4 seam, where what is relevant is not the quantity, but the effectiveness against hitters, averaging a WHIFF, which means the probability that the opponents swing at the pitch without being able to hit them 45%, meaning a total dominance, having 3 of the 6 pitches available with these high percentages, spectacular.!

After Corbin on the list, is the ''insensitive'' Justin Verlander, the most dominant pitcher and whose performances in almost 20 seasons in MLB, are the most supported by his teammates, comes to a new season to do what he has always done, exercise a dominance during the regular season of 162 games, which throughout his career as a pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros and now New York Mets, has been his forte, which has led him to win multiple Cy Young awards, dominate multiple individual departments and even an award for most valuable player, and in a way that has led him to win multiple Cy Young awards, dominate multiple individual departments and even an award for most valuable player, Houston Astros and now New York Mets, has been his forte, which has led him to win multiple Cy Young awards, dominate multiple individual departments and even a most valuable player award, and the way he finished the previous season, where he won the World Series, makes us think that in this 2023 something different will not be seen.
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Now in the Big Apple and not exactly with the New York Yankees, he comes to the Mets, with the only goal of being world champion, in the first phase that is to maintain the first place in the ''East'' division of the National League against the Atlanta Braves, I think he will not have any problems, since throughout his career Verlander, has been characterized for being a pitcher of regular seasons, that is to say that he is doing very well during the 162-game campaign, always averaging more than 15 wins and if he continues as he has been doing, some 18 or 20 wins in this 2023 in more than 30 starts, will be more than important in the aspirations of the metropolitan team.

Carlos Rodon, is the most surprising name on this list, since there are better in terms of numbers, but we must highlight his condition of left-handed pitcher, a pitcher of this hand, is always very important for any rotation in the big leagues, because it would give a balance to it, In order to face the very difficult season in the ''East'' division in the American League for the New York Yankees cause, where all and absolutely all teams have a chance to keep the pennant in this side of the league, in this 2023 season in the big leagues, Rodon, used an excellent performance with the Giants in 2022, to sign a juicy contract with the Mules.
Those numbers achieved with the San Francisco Giants are what the Yankees need for this 2023, they would bring a fresh air to the rotation in the best style of Andy Pettite, that outstanding pitcher who helped the Big Apple to win several World Series titles and Rodon with his dominant characteristics could do the similar, the only doubt of the Florida native pitcher would be the leisons, because in his journey through the majors with Chicago he spent a lot of time on the disabled list, would be the only reason for disadvantage he would have, but when we talk about his numbers we see that they are what the Yankees need, an effectiveness below 3 points and more than 30 starts, which guarantees a greater number of quality outings.
FALTAN ALGUNOS MAS EN ESTA LISTA.? / ARE THERE ANY MORE MISSING FROM THIS LIST?

Of course, the list is longer, and we have based it more on their effective performances and capabilities from the mound, the list continues with Max Scherzer, Sandy Alcantara and Shohei Ohtani, but if we analyze the performance of these three, Max's was good and will continue to be good for this 2023, but it is limited, his entry to the disabled list generated doubts and his age for this new season may be a limitation and at the same time a problem for the New York Mets, Alcantara although he is the current winner of the Cy Young award, it was only one season, after a 2021 with 14 losses, a good season does not say much and we will have to see if he keeps that effective pace in terms of runs allowed and strikeouts for this 2023.
Tambien me diran y donde dejas al fenomeno Japones Shohei Ohtani.? las caracteristicas de este jugador en este rol de lanzador es limitado, es de los mejores, el nivel del nipon desde el monticulo es diria yo de un nivel de otro planeta, pero solo se limita a estar por debajo de los 34 inicios por temporadas, al acumular 23 y 28 respectivamente en las 2 ultimas temporadas, aunque es el actual jugador mas valioso del joven circuito pienso que va a llegar un momento en que dejara ese rol o por lomenos no lo hara tan seguido, ademas de que sus victorias no han ifluido del todo en el rendimiento general de su equipo, se escapan mas nombres como Gerrit Cole y Framber Valdez, Cole por ser de los Yankees no luce como jugador determinante debido a lo colectivo que siempre son los Yankees, y con respecto a Valdez si ha sido dominante, pero pasa algo similar a Cole, su equipo los Astros de Houston, han dominado todo el Beisbol de grandes ligas al alcanzar mas de 200 vicorias en estas 2 ultimas safras y su desempeño no se ha notado.
You will also tell me and where do you leave the Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani? the characteristics of this player in this role of pitcher is limited, he is one of the best, the level of the Japanese from the mound is I would say a level of another planet, but only limited to be below 34 starts per season, accumulating 23 and 28 respectively in the last 2 seasons, although he is the current most valuable player in the young circuit I think there will come a time when he will leave that role or at least not do it so often, Besides that his victories have not influenced the overall performance of his team, more names like Gerrit Cole and Framber Valdez escape, Cole for being of the Yankees does not look like a decisive player due to the collective that the Yankees always are, and with respect to Valdez if he has been dominant, but something similar to Cole, his team the Houston Astros, have dominated all of Major League Baseball by reaching more than 200 wins in the last 2 seasons and his performance has not been noticed.