Blue Jays are looking for a front-line starting pitcher as the trade deadline approaches. The Diamondbacks, currently underperforming with a 46-50 record, may sell players if they do not achieve winning streaks after the All-Star break. Arizona is considering offers for impending free agents such as Gallen, who has had a challenging season according to Statcast metrics. Despite struggling, Gallen has demonstrated ace potential in previous seasons, evidenced by his past NL Cy Young Award voting finishes.
Gallen is perhaps the most difficult player of that group to evaluate in terms of trade value, as he is posting the worst season of his seven-year MLB career.
The righty has a 5.40 ERA in 115 innings and a slate of unimpressive Statcast metrics, including some of the worst hard-contact rates of any pitcher in the league.
A 4.18 SIERA indicates that Gallen should be out-performing his actual ERA, though those are still the numbers of more a mid-rotation arm rather than a front-of-the-rotation type.
The catch is that Gallen has looked like an ace in the past, with three top-nine finishes in NL Cy Young Award voting on his resume.
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