2025 Player Outlook

Robbie Ray's return from 2023 Tommy John surgery did not go well, and he finished the season on the Injured List with a hamstring injury. But if we dig deeper there are some things to like and reasons to believe he can bounce back in 2025. First, his average fastball velocity settled in at 94.3 MPH, his highest mark since 2021. Second, the strikeouts were absolutely there, as he posted a 33.3 percent strikeout rate and 16.2 percent swinging strike rate. Finally, he is healthy by all accounts heading into 2025 and enjoyed a normal offseason. There are worse late-round fliers than a strikeout artist who will take the ball in an elite pitcher's park for roughly half his starts.