The APBA Blog continues with revealing the official grades of the pitchers in the 2021 Pitching Grade Challenge. Here are Tyler Mahle and Steven Matz.
The 2021 Pitching Grade Challenge winner will be announced Sunday night!
Tyler Mahle – CIN
W | L | G | GS | IP | BB | SO | ERA |
13 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 180 | 64 | 210 | 3.75 |
Tom’s vote | B |
How everyone voted |
Tyler Mahle’s official final grade:
C
Steven Matz – TOR
W | L | G | GS | IP | BB | SO | ERA |
14 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 150 2/3 | 43 | 144 | 3.82 |
Tom’s vote | C |
How everyone voted |
Steven Matz’s official final grade:
C
Interesting note about Matz: he received a vote for each grade (A, B, C and D). Only he and Aaron Civale had that honor in this Challenge.
Then there’s Mahle. He was the third hardest one to guess at 36% success rate. Kudos to those who rated him as a Grade C. I know I didn’t.
Don’t forget, you can now order the 2021 season now via APBA GO.
7 out of 16. I have usually given a higher grade with Giolito being the exception.