Discussion Question: Thinking about No-Hitters

by John Sickels on Apr 13, 2025 6:00 PM EDT Comment 44 comments

I threw three

This Fangraphs article about recent no-hitters got me thinking about a discussion question: name three current pitchers, age 26 or younger beginning in 2010, do you think are most likely to throw a no-hitter? Caveat: it can't be someone who has already thrown one. Any dark-horses aside from the obvious candidates?

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staying away from the aces

I can see one of these guys throwing one

Gio Gonzalez
Matt Garza
Homer Bailey

by mjr20 on Apr 13, 2025 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

on Garza

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by ravensfan3 on Apr 13, 2025 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great Discussion Question

Kershaw misses a lot of bats.

Ollie Perez is my real dark-horse. Of course, he would also have 11BB and the Mets would lose.

Lincecum is an obvious possibility, but he’s around the plate a LOT.

by pooptallica on Apr 13, 2025 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Also Ollie's not under 25

oops.

by pooptallica on Apr 13, 2025 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Felipe Paulino, Max Scherzer, Mat Latos

by soxkid on Apr 13, 2025 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Also could see Ricky Romero doing it

by soxkid on Apr 13, 2025 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Romero

for some reason I was going to put him too

by mjr20 on Apr 13, 2025 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Too many ground balls

I’m a big Romero fan, but he gets too many ground balls for a no hitter.

by jar75 on Apr 13, 2025 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course, he's trying to prove me wrong tonight

Fantastic game going through 5 innings. I’ve never seen him look this sharp.

by jar75 on Apr 13, 2025 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

5 innings 0 hits 10 Ks so far tonight

by matthewmafa on Apr 13, 2025 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The curveball he has working tonight is ridiculous

by jar75 on Apr 13, 2025 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm Looking At His Pitch F/x

It doesn’t even seem real the kind of stuff he’s throwing.

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by cwhitman412 on Apr 13, 2025 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He certainly is dealing tonight.

The best part is that I have him on all 5 of my fantasy teams.

by hrv1978 on Apr 13, 2025 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There It goes

by cwhitman412 on Apr 13, 2025 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had to say something. S#^*.

by hrv1978 on Apr 13, 2025 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good call

and timing by John. Romero certainly looks special tonite. 12 Ks through 6. Sweet!

by raygie on Apr 13, 2025 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There goes the no-no and the shutout

stupid Alex Rios

by Chris Redman is my hero on Apr 13, 2025 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

There was no way that ball hit Pierzynski

He settled down after that HR too with 3 straight soft ground outs.

by jar75 on Apr 13, 2025 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha glad i got this post in before the game

by soxkid on Apr 14, 2025 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kershaw and hanson both have that ability

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by was385 on Apr 13, 2025 6:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Fausto Carmona

I think that someday soon Carmona is going to pitch an 11, 9 K no-hitter. It will be ugly to watch, but it will count.

by OscarDog on Apr 13, 2025 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

That “11” was 11 walks.

by OscarDog on Apr 13, 2025 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Josh Johnson, Tim Lincecum, Matt Garza.
I also think Jon Lester will have another one.

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by bestbostonsports on Apr 13, 2025 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kershaw, Lincecum, and Porcello

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
-Jonathan Swift

by King Billy Royal on Apr 13, 2025 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not Porcello

He’s too defense dependent.

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by demondeaconsbaseball on Apr 14, 2025 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disagree

Dave Stieb had a bunch of one hitters, and a no hitter, and he was never a big k guy. Buerhle has two no hitters and he isn’t a k guy either.

Besides, I think that people are assuming that Porcello’s k’s won’t increase. I think as he matures we will see his strikeouts rise as he continues to learn in the majors. What he has done to date, coming out of high school and playing only one year in the low minors, is incredibly impressive. I wouldn’t be suprised in the least to see a pitcher like Porcello win the award, as opposed to some of the “throwers” mentioned.

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by King Billy Royal on Apr 14, 2025 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

West Coast Studs

I could see Timmy and Kershaw. Both have unhittable stuff when on, litterally.

Others include Hanson, Porcello, Garza…

by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Apr 13, 2025 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Three young arms that I could see getting a no-no is Hanson/Latos/Gallardo.
With a dark horse being Matt Harrison.

by AirmanSD on Apr 13, 2025 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Flyball, strikeout pitchers

Tommy Hanson
Brian Matusz
Matt Cain

by jar75 on Apr 13, 2025 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I like that group

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by gatling on Apr 13, 2025 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd add Ubaldo Jimenez too

He’s only 26. Surprised no one mentioned him yet.

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by gatling on Apr 13, 2025 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

baseball rules.

by doublestix on Apr 13, 2025 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cain gives up too many hits and doesnt K enough to get a no-no IMO

by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Apr 13, 2025 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tell that to the owner of two no hitters

Mr. Mark Buehrle. Cain gives up less than a hit per inning, while he’s not in the same range as Kershaw or Lincecum when it comes to H/9, but Buehrle gives up more than a hit per inning and has done it twice. I wouldn’t go counting out Cain at all.

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by gatling on Apr 13, 2025 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs