Zac Gallen Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 189 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/3/1995 (28)
- Experience
- 1
- College
- North Carolina
Zac Gallen Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Zac Gallen News
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen will start Game 1 of the 2023 World Series against the Texas Rangers on Friday. Not much surprise in the starting pitchers named by manager Torey Lovullo. Merrill Kelly will start Game 2 with Brandon Pfaadt taking the bump for Game 3. Game 4 sounds like a toss-up for now. Gallen has been one of the best pitchers in baseball over the last two seasons. He finished fifth in the Cy Young voting last season and was an All-Star this year. The 28-year-old hasn't been as good in the postseason this year, however. He currently posts a 5.24 ERA and a 6.93 FIP. While facing 96 batters this October, Gallen has 13 strikeouts and has given up six home runs.
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen said he expects to be available for Game 7 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night in relief. "Game 7, it's all hands on deck," manager Torey Lovullo said. Gallen last pitched on Saturday in Game 5 of the series, when he allowed four runs on six hits while striking out just one over six innings in a loss. The 28-year-old threw 93 pitches in that outing and probably would only be able to give the D-backs an inning or two, at the most, if he appears in the winner-take-all showdown in Philadelphia. Gallen hasn't been nearly as sharp in his first postseason experience this October as he was in the regular season, as he's allowed 13 earned runs on 24 hits (six homers) while walking nine and striking out 13 in 22 1/3 innings over four starts.
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen has been named the Game 1 starter for the upcoming NLCS, according to manager Torey Lovullo. This doesn't come as a surprise considering how well Gallen has pitched for the D-Backs this season. The expectation is that right-hander Merrill Kelly will get the ball following Gallen in Game 2. The D-Backs were able to make easy work of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but it won't get any easier versus the Philadelphia Phillies in their next series.
Batting Order
| 1 | Corbin Carroll |
| 2 | Ketel Marte |
| 3 | Gabriel Moreno |
| 4 | Christian Walker |
| 5 | Tommy Pham |
| 6 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. |
| 7 | Alek Thomas |
| 8 | Evan Longoria |
| 9 | Geraldo Perdomo |
Zac Gallen Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Corbin Carroll |
| 2 | Ketel Marte |
| 3 | Gabriel Moreno |
| 4 | Christian Walker |
| 5 | Tommy Pham |
| 6 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. |
| 7 | Alek Thomas |
| 8 | Evan Longoria |
| 9 | Geraldo Perdomo |
Gallen had a career year in 2022, throwing 184 innings and posting a sparkling 2.54 ERA with an elite 0.91 WHIP. He was outstanding in the middle months of the season, throwing 44.1 scoreless innings from early August into September. His strikeout rate was strong but short of greatness at 26.9%, but it did come with a really good 6.6% BB% - putting him above 20% in K-BB%, which is something we love to see. Gallen mostly gets the job done with pinpoint command and deception. None of his five pitches had stunning marks in SwStr%, but he mixes them well and throws them in places that make things difficult for opposing hitters. His arsenal is deep (four pitches thrown above 14% usage), and all of those pitches serve a purpose. Success is nothing new for Gallen, as he had a great stretch in 2019 and was good again in 2021, pitching well when healthy. He is certainly one of the league's better pitchers. His price has been elevated to new heights this year (a top 15 SP), which takes away almost all of the upside - and the lower K% does give us some hesitation on him, but all things considered, Gallen is a fine SP2 pick for a fantasy team in 2023.
