“Better than last year but still not great,” MacKenzie Gore said when asked to assess his season. “So frustrating in that part. But it was better than last year.”
Before the season began, Washington established an innings limit for Gore. He ended up throwing 136⅓, by far his most as a professional. At times he dazzled, but he was inconsistent.
“That’s probably one of the most important things after coming off of an elbow thing,” Gore said. “I wanted to pitch better as a whole, but at the end of the day, I did make 27 starts, career high in innings. And sometimes you got to lay that foundation down before you really start getting going. So we got that done, which was very important.”Gore hopes to clean up his delivery in the offseason. He said if he polishes up that aspect of his game, others will improve as well.
Gore’s potential is tied to the movement of his pitches. His fastball gets in on the hitter’s hands quickly because of his extension toward the plate. And Gore got hitters on 37.9 percent of his curveballs and 37.5 percent of his sliders. Even his change-up, which he deployed more often in the season’s second half, got whiffs on 38.2 percent of batters’ swings.But Gore walked 3.8 hitters per nine innings, an area in which he must improve. He was at his best when he got ahead in the count. When he fell behind, it led to walks or poorly located pitches, which led to hard contact.
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