MLB Best Pitchers By Era: Cole, Kershaw, deGrom and More!

 

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In a reply from @LegendSports7 on Twitter (don't forget to Follow!) earlier today, I posted: "Gerrit Cole is the best pitcher of his generation." 

Well, that really pissed some people off. 

Please allow me to clarify by both age, era and career rank: 

John Frascella's 10 Best Pitchers: Ages 35 to 40

1. Clayton Kershaw (35 years old)

2. Justin Verlander (40)

3. Max Scherzer (38)

4. Jacob deGrom (35)

5. Zack Greinke (39)

6. Adam Wainwright (41)

7. Yu Darvish (36)

8 Corey Kluber (37)

9. Johnny Cueto (37)

10. Lance Lynn (36)

John Frascella's 10 Best Pitchers: Ages 29 to 34

1. Gerrit Cole (32)

2. Madison Bumgarner (33)

3. Chris Sale (34)

4. Stephen Strasburg (34)

5. Zack Wheeler (33)

6. Aaron Nola (30)

7. Sonny Gray (33)

8. Marcus Stroman (32)

9. Kevin Gausman (32)

10. Kyle Hendricks (33)

John Frascella is a published baseball author and professional sports writer for FanSided, Razzball and Recruit Certified. Follow him on Twitter @LegendSports7 for all things MLB, NFL and NBA throughout the year.