[Blaster86]

Now that the team is in the play-offs I just want to take a moment to say how important and season-saving Ross Stripling was. We know how good Alek was. We knew Gausman was going to be what he was. With Ryu going down, Berrios falling all the way off the cliff and Kikuchi doing Kikuchi things in the Kikuchiest way he can; if Ross didn't become a top thirty starter in the league this team would have been in a world of hurt.

I don't know if he will repeat it, and I know a team will offer him a silly contract the same way it happened with Steven Matz, but this season he was low key the team's most important player.