OleTimeyDad

Respectfully, I disagree. These great pitchers can't do it all themselves, they have to have an offense and defense backing them up as well to really win it all. You put Smith or Baker or Abell on any of the teams that made it to state, I guarantee you they bring home the title as well. You put Flatford or Slaughter or Danley on the teams the other way around, the outcomes are more than likely the same. They can't change who they've played for, so at the end of the day, if you are just judging "pitching", I don't think it's fair to say that you can't be ranked as high or considered the best of the best just because they didn't win it all at the end. I would agree level of competition comes into play some but none of the top pitchers statistically played a multitude of cupcakes all season long. The numbers tell the tale.

Hats off to those pitchers mentioned who helped their team win a state title this year but for the record, statistically there were several other pitchers who performed as good or better than them in all aspects (ERA, WHIP, SO, K/BB ratio, shutouts, win % ) that some didn't even get to state or just finished short of it that deserve to be mentioned. Here are the top 10 primary pitchers in the state for 2022 statistically: 1. Smith from Nolensville 4A 2. Nichols from Clarksville 4A (state runner up) 3. Slaughter from Columbia Academy (state champ) II-A 4. Baker from Bledsoe County 2A 5. Abell from White County 3A 6. McDaniel from Lexington 3A (state champ) 7. Flatford from Farragut 4A (state champ) 8. Asmondy from Springfield 4A 9. Danley from Huntland 1A (state runner up) 10. Keck from Gibbs 3A (state runner up) Plumlee from Gordonsville and Linton from Eagleville were 11th and 24th respectively overall.