Which active players can actually reach 3K strikes after Clayton Karshaw?

However, Kleton Karshava, who was injured in many sports, ended playing in 2025, however, he had a large milestone in his sites from the beginning, one that would once again reach to visit IL. After starting his season against Angels, Karshaw stood in a 2,970 career strike, good for the 21st all-time, ahead of him directly with retired Zack Greenke. This was followed by eight initially, ending on Wednesday against White Socks, Karshaw picked up the remaining 30 strikes, which he needed to become only the 20th Pitcher to reach the 3,000-strokeout mark in his career.

As an elusive it is to reach 3,000-Hit Club (33 members), it is much less exclusive than 3,000 strikeouts, even Karshaw has hit the number one.

The only reason also has 20 pitches with at least 3,000 strikes, due to some other recent entries on the list. Justin Verlander (3,471) and Max Shezer (3,419) are the only active pitchers that have already managed the achievement, Verlander shut down it in 2019 and SCERZER in 2021. Active, but also he raised his 3,000th K in 2019.

[Related: Clayton Kershaw becomes 20th pitcher in MLB history to reach 3,000 strikeouts]

Every retired pitcher in the list is in the hall of fame, save Roger Cleamens. Former Red Sox, Yankis, and Astro Star received 65% votes in their final occasion through BBWAA, reduction of 75% required for election, but Be able to Yet in the next few years enter the coperstown through the vote of a committee of veterans. 42 -year -old Verlander, and 40 -year -old Shejer, will certainly reach the old -fashioned manner of the hall of fame.

This is to say that only the greatest has reached this particular extent. Kreshaw’s achievements were standing for or without a 3,000 strikes-three Cy Young Awards, four other top-five finish for awards, 10 all-stars show, 2014 the most valuable player awards of 2014 and votes in five other sessions, more than 2,700 career innings, Ara (2.50) and Era+ (156) as 2025 in their 2025. Yes, a 2.50 career era – now 2.52 – more than 2,700 innings. Perhaps it is a little easy to forget now, because he is old and injured more regularly, but Karshav has a more regularly 10 years Stretch where he posted ERAS under 3 from 21 years to 30, where his real era for that entire run was 2.29. Really, one of the great.

While 37 -year -old Karshava was convinced to arrive for 3,000 strikes, the next player is a bit difficult to pin the next player to reach a 3,000 strike. This is still difficult after that, and … then it becomes difficult to do real, real project.

Chris Cell Major is in its 15th season. At the age of 36, he sits in 2,528 strikeouts; It is still closed in a way, but given that he won the NL Sye Young Award in 2024, while leaging 225 batsmen, it is not difficult to see them reaching 3,000 before their career ends. The problem for sale is health: The reason for this he has not already logged into his 3,000th strike, because of how non -2024 parts of this decade have gone for him. He missed 2020 after undergoing Tommy John surgery, and all but nine started in 2021 as he recovered from the process. He was a tension fracture in his ribs and a fragmented pinky, which was jointly, the cost of all, but two begin in 2022. Then, a tension fracture in his scapula in 2023 took 70 days of his season: all managed 182 strikeouts in the 151 innings, which is completely Chris sales, but it kept the three seas together.

If he can remain healthy, it should not be difficult to reach 3,000, even if the overall quality of his performance declines as he enters its 30s late. This is an important, however, considering.

The next candidate for 3,000 K is the Gerit Cole, who is currently recovering from Tommy John Surgery. After undergoing the procedure, Yenkis is out for Ace 2025, but he is expected to return in 2026. He sits on a 2,251 strikeout, 214 averages out of them from 2017 to 2024, 2024 via 2024, a hurt—wled 2524, and a hurt-shorted 2024, A. Assuming that everything is correct with her surgery and recovery, then in 2026 there is little reason to expect her to pitch her in a very different way. So she is ahead of sales, but really a better chance of reaching there can be when you believe that she is two years younger and has proved to be more durable altogether.

After both of them … well. Charlie Morton is next among active leaders, but even except for its frightening start by 2025, it is also 41 years old and is low under only 900 strikeouts. U Darwish had crossed the 2,000-strokeout threshold in the last summer, but is already 38 years old. If you include their seven seasons in the nippon professional baseball, however, Darwish is 3,257 in his career, as he recorded 1,250 strikeouts in Japan before coming to MLB for the 2012 season. For NPB, records, there are only four pitches that have reached 3,000 strikeouts.

Then you will have to go all the way for Aaron Nola on just 1,831 strikes for the next largest active player. He will require perfect health from here – he is on IL as this writing – while about 150 strikes per season are average through 2032. not impossible! But this is a little bit of underlying impossibility inherent in these exercises, which have kept many others, include hall of fames, reaching 3,000.

Ask Jacob Degrome about that. He is certainly the largest pitcher of his generation in terms of pure talent, and the fastest to reach 1,700 career strikes, as he recently achieved in May. However, it took him until he was 37 because it is measured by the Games – and the years of the decrom are filled with injuries that have limited him with even more recording.

Beyond Notla, it is basically impossible to say now, which is a combination of very old pitches to reach there before retiring, and the pitchers are very young for the further project. Strikeouts may be more already more, but the innings are very few these days that increase the counters: Teams are more inclined to go to their bullpen soon and more regularly. This means that there would be low kershaws, which was already a rareness, but also the choice of sales, or coal, or darwish, or nola. And due to the emergence of major elbow injuries, the commitment of going all-out with each pitch for the least maximum velocity, this means that more pitches will miss the time-including the weather-including the weather-to disrupt your opportunity to compile the required strike for a historical result.

Consider the young pheinom, Pirates Ace Paul Sciences: For all talents he has already shown at 23, it is also average under six innings per beginning. He started 41 in his youth career and hit 285 batsmen, but he would need to keep it for about 14 years to reach 3,000 strikes. It is a very big that a little quarrel for any kind of injuries leaves the room, never a brain like a torn UCL at least A season of career depends on the injury and time of the procedure.

Which is a long way to appreciate what Karshav has already done and what he appears to be on the verge of doing. This is not something that has happened many times in MLB history, and it will probably be so rare that it is going to move forward.

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