The APBA Blog continues with revealing the official grades of the pitchers in the 2021 Pitching Grade Challenge. Here are Merrill Kelly and Clayton Kershaw.
Merrill Kelly – ARI
| W | L | G | GS | IP | BB | SO | ERA |
| 7 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 158 | 41 | 130 | 4.44 |
| Tom’s vote | C |
| How everyone voted |  |
Merrill Kelly’s official final grade:
C
Clayton Kershaw – LAD
| W | L | G | GS | IP | BB | SO | ERA |
| 10 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 121 2/3 | 21 | 144 | 3.55 |
| Tom’s vote | B |
| How everyone voted |  |
Clayton Kershaw’s official final grade:
C
I spoke to Kershaw’s manager in my league and leaked that he was a C. He was quite disappointed. He apparently wasn’t the only one who thought he would eke out a B. Only 30% of you guessed correctly on Kershaw. Clayton was one of my misses as well.
Don’t forget, you can now order the 2021 season now via APBA GO.
Thomas, I had him as a B also but as I am looking at APBAGO ratings fielding is just so good now that it saves a lot of runs. That’s my guess on Woodruff, Kershaw, Means. That and the Z and lower innings or wins.