Zac Gallen
28-Year-Old
2023 Stats
W-L
17-9
ERA
3.47
WHIP
1.12
K
220
SV
0
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Gallen had a fantastic season and received some deserved votes for the Cy Young Award as he helped carry the Diamondbacks to their improbable World Series run. Most of his performance indicators were right in line with 2022 but better run support helped raise his wins while a near full-run jump in his ERA can be excused by the BABIP regression which we expected would come after his rather fortunate .237 BABIP in 2022. Simply put, there is not a performance issue to be concerned with as much as a workload concern. Gallen ended up throwing 243.2 innings in 2023, which was almost exactly double what he threw just two seasons ago. He managed a 52% increase in workload just fine from 2021 to 2022, but now we add another 32% increase in workload along with the stress of working in the postseason for the first time and we cannot help but wonder about the impact of that for 2024. 2023 was an excellent season, but it would not surprise us to see Gallen take a step back this season. Read Past Outlooks
Sharp third time out
Gallen allowed one hit and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 scoreless innings in Sunday's Cactus League start against the Angels.
ANALYSIS
Gallen threw 58 pitches (34 strikes) in his third Cactus League start and had to pitch into the fifth inning to get the count up that high. The right-hander said Sunday was the best he's felt this spring, per Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. Gallen will get one more spring start that should prepare him for the pitch-count range he'll need to be at for Opening Day.
Gallen threw 58 pitches (34 strikes) in his third Cactus League start and had to pitch into the fifth inning to get the count up that high. The right-hander said Sunday was the best he's felt this spring, per Steve Gilbert of MLB.com. Gallen will get one more spring start that should prepare him for the pitch-count range he'll need to be at for Opening Day.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
93
Last 10 Games
93
Last 5 Games
89
How many pitches does Zac Gallen generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Zac Gallen generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-4%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-5%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .214 | 267 | 75 | 199 | 26 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .224 | 284 | 68 | 218 | 30 | |||
2023vs Left | .244 | 106 | 26 | 93 | 14 | |||
2023vs Right | .232 | 114 | 21 | 95 | 8 | |||
2022vs Left | .146 | 97 | 26 | 45 | 7 | |||
2022vs Right | .222 | 95 | 21 | 76 | 8 | |||
2021vs Left | .252 | 64 | 23 | 61 | 5 | |||
2021vs Right | .213 | 75 | 26 | 47 | 14 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-24%
ERA at Home
2023
-44%
ERA at Home
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 2.87 | 1.03 | 254.1 | 10.2 | 2.2 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.79 | 1.14 | 261.0 | 9.1 | 2.8 | ||||
2023Home | 2.47 | 1.03 | 102.0 | 10.6 | 1.6 | ||||
2023Away | 4.42 | 1.20 | 108.0 | 8.3 | 2.4 | ||||
2022Home | 2.49 | 0.85 | 90.1 | 9.0 | 2.1 | ||||
2022Away | 2.59 | 0.97 | 93.2 | 9.8 | 2.5 | ||||
2021Home | 4.06 | 1.31 | 62.0 | 11.3 | 3.5 | ||||
2021Away | 4.55 | 1.28 | 59.1 | 9.3 | 3.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zac Gallen compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.68K/9
9.4BB/9
2.0HR/9
0.9Fastball
93.6 mphERA
3.47WHIP
1.12BABIP
.308GB/FB
1.40Left On Base
72.5%Exit Velocity
85.0 mphBarrels/BBE
5.4%Spin Rate
2217 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
28.9%Swinging Strike
11.4%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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For the first time in his career, Gallen avoided the injury bug, logging 31 starts and 184 innings. He recorded a career best 20.3% K-BB% mark, mostly due to a personal best 6.6% walk rate. Gallen's ratios benefited from a .237 BABIP as well as a 9.1% HR/FB mark. However, even if his 2.54 ERA was achieved with a boost from Lady Luck, Gallen's 3.05 FIP, 3.32 xFIP and 3.32 SIERA are all still excellent, softening the landing when the regression monster rears its ugly head. Gallen's pitch mix didn't change, but he threw his four-seam fastball, slider and curveball a little harder, increasing effectiveness so strikeouts should tick up with continued health. Gallen isn't off the injury concern hook but coming off a healthy season merits fantasy anchor consideration. There is a stigma about drafting pitchers from second-division teams, but the Diamondbacks offense is on the upswing, so wins are on the table.
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Works on fastball, curve
Gallen allowed two runs on five hits and one walk over 2.2 innings in Tuesday's spring start against San Diego.
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Makes first start
Gallen allowed two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two over two innings in Thursday's spring start against Texas.
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Spring debut scheduled
Gallen will make his first start of spring training Thursday against the Rangers.
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Sim game coming Friday
Gallen is scheduled to throw a simulated game Friday, Steve Stockmar of MLB.com reports.
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Change of plans
Gallen will not start Friday's Cactus League game against the Reds, Alex Weiner of Arizona Sports reports.
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