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Despite not winning the 2015 National League Cy Young Award, finishing behind winner Jake Arrieta and former teammate Zack Greinke Kershaw put together another dominant season and overcame a slow start — by his standards.
The Dodgers’ ace quieted his skeptics by going 16-7, 2.13 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and becoming the first pitcher since 2002 to amass a 300-strikeout season. Additionally, Kershaw was tops in FIP (1.99), xFIP (2.09), SIERA (2.24), strikeout percentage (33.8 percent), strikeout-to-walk ratio (29.1 percent) and innings pitched (232.2).
Kershaw also matched Arrieta’s four complete games and three shutouts. As for the ratings of starting pitchers in MLB The Show 16, Kershaw is followed by Max Scherzer, Greinke, Arrieta and Chris Sale to round out the top five.
Scherzer was ranked the third-best pitcher in last year’s rendition, while Arrieta received an increase from an 83 rating to 95, and Greinke from 89 also to 95.
Via Operation Sports, the top starting pitchers:
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