Will Clayton Kershaw end up being the last pitcher to have 3,000 Ks?
 

Maybe Gerrit Cole? Skenes is a long way away and probably won't have huge IP totals through his career. Strider started strong, but, you know, injuries and low IP totals. Could it be that Kershaw is the last one?

I think we’ll see 3,000 Ks again sooner than we’ll see 100 WAR.

If Chris Sale decides to pitch till he's 40 and stays healthy he will do it.

Besides that pitchers are to good now. Yes they throw less innings but this is offset by a higher K/9. top 5 all time K/9 all active pitchers.

You have enough Skenes/Burns/Smith/Greene types coming up 1-2 of them will just have a career where they pitch till they wre 41 and only miss 1-2 seasons and hit 3000 K's easily.

Besides that you will also have a Skubal/gilbert type that pitches till 40+ and gets there

Dylan Cease has been fairly durable the last five years and puts up 200k a year. He's also somewhat erratic from year to year, but if he can find a spot in a rotation for another ten years, he may have a slim chance.

Guys aren't going deep enough into games anymore.

Most hard-throwers are also going to miss a season or two because they're going to need TJ at least once.

So baseball pitching greatness has evolved from a guy actually getting career milestones to per game averages. Cool. I know its awesome to see Skenes go 5-6 IP and K 5-6 hitters every start. He’ll be a HOF in no time.


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with how the game has changed i doubt it

Sale or Cole can do it with a few more seasons. After that, it might be a long wait.

Current leader for pitchers in their 20s is Cease with 1,137, and he'll be 30 before the start of next season.

Not a chance in hell

Multiple more players will do it

[QUOTE=Twalk1975;19950509]Dylan Cease has been fairly durable the last five years and puts up 200k a year. He's also somewhat erratic from year to year, but if he can find a spot in a rotation for another ten years, he may have a slim chance.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=no10pin;19950627]Sale or Cole can do it with a few more seasons. After that, it might be a long wait.

Current leader for pitchers in their 20s is Cease with 1,137, and he'll be 30 before the start of next season.[/QUOTE]

Hard to see Cease getting to 3k. Through their age 28 season Kershaw had 902 more Ks than Cease. That ain’t nothing.

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Change is constant. The current state of affairs could reverse. Maybe someone discovers a training regimen that keeps elbows intact. Or comes up with a way to miss bats without using maximum velocity.

After Sale and Cole, I don’t see any active pitchers having a chance. But the game and future players will be different in ways we can’t even guess.

We will see it before the next person gets 3000 hits

lets see em

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[QUOTE=wlalocal;19950827]lets see em

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[QUOTE=asujbl;19950632]Not a chance in hell

Multiple more players will do it[/QUOTE]


the innings pitched will be the biggest problem for people to accomplish it. Look at this year:

Garrett Crochett is leading the league in innings so far (115.1 in 18 starts) and averages 6 and 1/3rd inning per starts. And also strikeouts with 144, which is 8 per outing

Of the top 25 innings pitched guys this year only 7 of them have had a complete game and only one of them did it more than once so far.

The game has just changed where its more of case of lack of innings in getting to the 3,000 even more than age or ability/durability

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Chris Sale should be able to do it barring any major injuries. He's at 2528k currently at age 36. Verlander, Scherzer, and Greinke all made it to age 40+. I see Sale putting in at least another 4-5 years if he's still pitching like he has this year and last.

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[QUOTE=corockies;19950941]Chris Sale should be able to do it barring any major injuries. He's at 2528k currently at age 36. Verlander, Scherzer, and Greinke all made it to age 40+. I see Sale putting in at least another 4-5 years if he's still pitching like he has this year and last.[/QUOTE]

Sale is made of glass

[QUOTE=WyoDeacon2K6;19950480]Maybe Gerrit Cole? Skenes is a long way away and probably won't have huge IP totals through his career. Strider started strong, but, you know, injuries and low IP totals. Could it be that Kershaw is the last one?[/QUOTE]

Chris Sale is like 475 strikeouts away. I know he's injury prone but that's basically two healthy seasons at his current rates.