Arsenal Report: Dollander, Hancock Emerge
Apr 28 2026
This week we are diving into two young pitchers who had really rough 2025 seasons, and came into 2026 with completely adjusted game plans. This time of the year we really want to see big process changes to believe in improvement, and our two pitchers have done that in interesting ways.
Chase-ing Rocky High Strikeout Rates
When watching the Rockies in 2025, part of the misery was that many of their youngest players, with theoretically the highest upside, struggled massively, painting a hard road forward to escape the depths of 119 losses. Arguably the face of this failure was Chase Dollander, the 9th overall pick in 2023, who posted an ERA of 6.52 and FIP of 5.53 in 98 MLB innings despite averaging 98 MPH on his fastball. In a fun twist,...
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