Lookout Landing Jan 4, 2021
40 in 40: Marco Gonzales
Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Marco Gonzales’ 2020 was no mirage The other day, FanGraphs released the Mariners’ 2021 ZiPS projections. One thing that struck me while poring through the projections is that ZiPS doesn’t exactly find Marco Gonzales compelling. In 2018, ZiPS had Marco down for 1.0 WAR over 113 IP. He put up 3.4 WAR over 166.2 IP. In 2019, ZiPS considered him a 1.8 WAR pitcher. He posted 3.7 WAR. In 2020, he was earmarked for a 2.6 WAR season, and yet he nearly matched that in just 69.2 IP over the shortened season. So you can imagine that I’m not...
