Zac Gallen Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 191 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/3/1995 (26)
- Experience
- 1
- College
- North Carolina
Zac Gallen Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Zac Gallen News
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen threw a quality start against the San Diego Padres Tuesday night, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks in six innings. He struck out four batters. Unfortunately, there was little run (or hit) support for him against Blake Snell, and he took the loss, dropping his record for the season to 2-8. Gallen has not performed up to expectations this year, with a 4.34 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and 106 strikeouts in 91 1/3 innings, but he's shown promise in his last three starts, allowing just three earned runs total across 18 innings. There's plenty of fantasy upside for him the rest of the way.
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen threw seven scoreless innings on Saturday, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out nine in a 5-2 loss to the Rockies. It was Gallen's best outing since April, as he had gone 0-3 with a 7.02 ERA, 1.537 WHIP and 25.6 percent strikeout rate over his last five starts entering Saturday. It's been a disappointing year for Gallen overall between injury and underperformance, as he's now 1-7 with a 4.59 ERA, 1.332 WHIP and 27.4 percent strikeout rate. He'll have a tougher matchup in his next outing against Philadelphia.
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen has had a year to forget in 2021. He started off the season pitching relatively well, but things have gotten progressively worse for him each month. Through three starts in August, he's posted a 6.48 ERA, giving up 19 hits and seven walks over 16.2 innings. The 26-year-old has a 5.03 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP on the year. He has a decent 26.7% strikeout rate, but he's struggled with walks (10.4% walk rate) and he's given up a lot of hard contact (42% hard-hit rate). His 3.98 xERA suggests he's been unlucky so far, but he's still too tough to trust as a fantasy starter for now. He'll make his next start against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
Batting Order
| 1 | Josh Rojas |
| 2 | Josh VanMeter |
| 3 | Daulton Varsho |
| 4 | Kole Calhoun |
| 5 | Christian Walker |
| 6 | Henry Ramos |
| 7 | Jake McCarthy |
| 8 | Geraldo Perdomo |
Zac Gallen Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Josh Rojas |
| 2 | Josh VanMeter |
| 3 | Daulton Varsho |
| 4 | Kole Calhoun |
| 5 | Christian Walker |
| 6 | Henry Ramos |
| 7 | Jake McCarthy |
| 8 | Geraldo Perdomo |
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen's pristine first two seasons as a big-leaguer will have him skyrocketing up draft boards in 2021. After eviscerating the Pacific Coast League for 91 innings in 2019, posting a 1.77 ERA in a league where the average ERA finished at 5.49, that success translated to the majors rather quickly. Gallen struck out 28.7% of the hitters he faced in his rookie campaign, but did struggle with walks (10.8%) and did not get many ground balls (38.9%). His minor league track record and underlying metrics -- 67% first-pitch strike rate, 84.7% in-zone contact rate -- led many to believe he would take a big step forward in 2020. Those people were proven right, as Gallen posted an 8.6% walk rate with a 45.6% ground-ball rate. He has now allowed less than four earned runs in 90% of his 20 career starts and owns a rare arsenal of four pitches accounting for more than 15% of the distribution. All four of those offerings achieved above-average whiff rates in 2020. The solid ground-ball rate can be expected to continue as he really ramped up the cutter usage last year (up to 25%), a pitch that achieved an average launch angle of 11 degrees. While the upside might not exactly match his draft cost (an ADP below 50), Gallen appears to be a safe addition to your pitching staff wherever you land him.