Jeremy Poss:
The Nashville Predators rose to power in the mid-2020's, with 5 consecutive division titles from 2022 to 2026, and 4 World Series appearances(a victory in 2025). Starting pitcher Jeremy Poss was key figure in that era of success for Nashville. Poss was a second round draft pick by Harrisburg in 2014. Two years later, he was dealt to Rochester. Two years after that, he was traded to Nashville for start secondbaseman, Bill Criss. While the Predators wallowed in mediocrity that season, winning only 78 games, Poss saw an extended, and unimpressive, cup of coffee at the big league level. In 2019, Poss saw his numbers improve, but Nashville sunk to the bottom of the American League, losing 93 games. Poss took a leap forward in 2020, and Nashville improved to close to .500. While the Predators didn't improve much in 2021, Poss took a huge leap forward, winning 23 games and the Cy Young Award.
The breakthrough year would be 2022. Poss remained an elite pitcher, and Nashville opened the wallets in free agency, shelling out over $30 million in contracts. The aggressiveness paid off, and the Predators survived a heated playoff race to win the division by one game. Though they swept aside Kansas City in the ALCS, Nashville was stopped cold in the World Series. Poss gave 9 runs in his lone World Series start. 2023 was much the same. The Predators cruised to a division title, reached the World Series, and fell short. Poss pitched well, but it wasn't enough. In 2024, a 103 win Nashville team was stunned by an 86 win Grand Rapids team in the ALCS. Poss had suffered through a somewhat disappointing season that year, and got blasted in two playoff starts. 2025 was a year of brilliance, both for Poss and for Nashville. Poss won 21 games in the regular season, and won 3 playoff games as Nashville won their first World Series since 2003. It was Poss on the mound for the deciding Game 5, which the Predators won 8-1.
And then...even greater brilliance and a stunning trade. 2026 would be the greatest season of Poss' career, as he compiled 27 wins, 283 strikeouts, and posted a 2.24 ERA. But would it not come entirely with Nashville. At the trade deadline, Poss was dealt to Sacramento in exchange for start centerfielder Tod Tsukasa in a trade of future Hall of Famers. Sacramento was a decent team, but they would fall short of the playoffs by 5 games that year. Nashville reached the World Series, but fell in 4 games to Los Angeles. Poss was rewarded for ihs brilliance by winning his second Cy Young Award.
The Sacramento Kings had been a perennial runner up in the West Division for many years, but in 2027, with Poss leading the way, they would win their first division title since 2015. They would also reach their first World Series since 2003, though they fell to Knoxville(who had beaten Nashville by one game to win the Southeast Division). The Kings would revert to their second place ways in the ensuing years, despite Poss' third Cy Young Award in 2029. In 20231, though, they returned to playoffs and reached the World Series, where, alas, they fell to Poss' old team, Nashville. Poss spent a few more years with the Kings, and then finished out his career with Tucson.
At the time of his retirement, Poss ranked 17th in ERA, 2nd in Wins, second in Strikeouts, tied for 6th in Complete Games, and 2nd in Shutouts. It is probably safe to say that Poss was the second greatest pitcher in the first 20-30 years of the league's history(behind only Robert Jordan, of course). Today, Poss still ranks 5th all time in Wins, 7th in Strikeouts, and 7th in Shutouts.
Poss' stats:
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Career Pitching Stats
Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO Teams
2018 10 10 3 5 0 7.33 46.2 59 39 38 37 49 0 0 ROC NAS
2019 23 23 5 15 0 6.62 137.1 159 105 101 87 128 1 1 NAS
2020 34 34 14 11 0 4.19 234.0 213 121 109 112 188 4 0 NAS
2021 34 34 23 6 0 2.99 261.2 194 90 87 102 213 10 3 NAS,AL
2022 36 36 17 13 0 3.47 280.0 223 114 108 112 221 9 2 NAS
2023 32 32 19 9 0 3.37 246.0 225 101 92 88 184 8 1 NAS
2024 35 35 16 15 0 4.44 257.1 243 146 127 90 225 8 1 NAS
2025 35 35 21 5 0 3.15 268.2 228 101 94 78 221 11 3 NAS,AL
2026 35 35 27 4 0 2.24 285.1 209 74 71 79 283 10 4 NAS,AL SAC
2027 36 36 18 6 0 3.26 276.0 234 109 100 92 270 4 4 SAC,NL
2028 35 35 13 17 0 4.19 262.1 245 126 122 91 257 7 4 SAC
2029 36 36 27 6 0 3.09 265.0 201 95 91 79 258 9 4 SAC,NL
2030 36 36 15 13 0 3.26 270.2 229 106 98 90 287 7 4 SAC
2031 35 35 16 10 0 3.81 264.1 256 116 112 90 248 7 1 SAC,NL
2032 36 36 15 11 0 3.96 270.2 241 128 119 99 294 7 1 SAC
2033 3 3 0 1 0 5.17 15.2 21 10 9 4 11 0 0 SAC
2034 35 35 18 13 0 4.00 256.2 234 123 114 98 192 7 4 TUC,AL
2035 34 34 21 11 0 3.30 259.1 251 103 95 101 207 9 3 TUC,AL
2036 19 19 7 7 0 6.51 112.0 170 91 81 41 66 2 0 TUC
Total 579 579 295 178 0 3.73 4269.2 3835 1898 1768 1570 3802 120 40
Career Minor League Pitching Stats
Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO
2014, A 24 24 6 13 0 4.60 156.2 197 88 80 58 146 3 0
2015, A 24 24 7 9 0 4.68 157.2 180 89 82 53 270 1 0
2016, A 25 25 10 11 0 3.43 168.0 149 67 64 52 303 1 1
2017, A 14 14 8 3 0 1.67 102.1 82 19 19 25 188 2 2
2017, AA 11 11 5 2 0 2.34 73.0 72 19 19 14 120 0 0
2018, AA 15 15 7 5 0 3.73 101.1 98 43 42 38 163 2 2
2019, AA 7 7 0 5 0 4.96 45.1 47 26 25 20 78 0 0
2019, AAA 1 1 1 0 0 0.00 9.0 4 0 0 2 13 1 1
Career Postseason Pitching Stats
Year G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SHO
2022 2 2 1 1 0 4.91 14.2 12 9 8 3 14 1 1
2023 3 3 2 0 0 2.63 24.0 22 8 7 10 21 0 0
2024 2 2 0 2 0 11.70 10.0 20 16 13 5 13 0 0
2025 4 4 3 0 0 3.00 30.0 20 10 10 14 18 0 0
2027 4 4 2 2 0 4.50 30.0 30 15 15 7 26 0 0
2031 4 4 3 0 0 4.60 31.1 29 16 16 13 17 0 0
2032 1 1 0 1 0 3.86 7.0 8 3 3 3 2 0 0
2035 2 2 1 0 0 3.86 14.0 20 6 6 7 14 0 0
Total 22 22 12 6 0 4.36 161.0 161 83 78 62 125 1 1
Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2018 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 ROC NAS
2019 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS
2020 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS
2021 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS,AL
2022 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS
2023 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS
2024 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS
2025 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 NAS,AL
2026 35 35 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 21 0 0 .000 .054 .000 .054 NAS,AL SAC
2027 36 98 8 6 0 1 3 6 3 45 0 0 .082 .109 .173 .282 SAC,NL
2028 35 85 5 2 0 0 1 6 3 43 0 0 .059 .091 .082 .173 SAC
2029 36 92 5 1 0 1 4 2 4 45 2 0 .054 .094 .098 .192 SAC,NL
2030 36 84 7 3 1 0 3 6 3 48 0 0 .083 .115 .143 .258 SAC
2031 35 93 10 6 0 0 2 5 5 39 0 0 .108 .153 .172 .325 SAC,NL
2032 36 88 6 4 0 0 3 4 6 40 0 0 .068 .128 .114 .241 SAC
2033 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 SAC
2034 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC,AL
2035 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC,AL
2036 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 TUC
Total 579 579 41 22 1 2 17 30 26 282 2 0 .071 .111 .123 .233
Player History
Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Harrisburg in 2014...
Injured on 4/29/2014 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Traded from Harrisburg to Rochester on 4/10/2016 (Going to HAR: CF C. Leavens. Going to ROC: P D. Soriano, P J. Poss)...
Injured on 7/25/2016 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 7/19/2017 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Traded from Rochester to Nashville on 4/21/2018 (Going to ROC: 2B B. Criss. Going to NAS: P J. Poss, 1B R. Hamon, C J. Shaughnessy)...
Injured on 5/5/2018 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks...
Earned first career win on 7/13/2018...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/2021, winning 2 games with a 2.65 ERA...
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game...
Won Cy Young Award in 2021, going 23-6, 2.99 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2025, going 6-0, 1.97...
Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/20/2025 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season...
Won World Series with Nashville in 2025...
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game...
Traded from Nashville to Sacramento on 7/31/2026 (Going to SAC: P J. Poss, P V. Kaii. Going to NAS: CF T. Tsukasa)...
Struck out 17 batters against Rochester on 8/27/2026...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2026, going 5-0, 1.64...
Won Cy Young Award in 2026, going 27-4, 2.24 ERA...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/2027, off Juan Vega (ROC)...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2027, going 4-0, 1.29...
Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game...
Hit first career homerun on 7/26/2027, off Desmond Cortines (ROC)...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2027, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2027, going 4-0, 1.26...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/2029, going 6-0, 1.31...
Was selected to the 2029 Allstar game...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/2029, going 4-1, 2.23...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2029, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA...
Won Cy Young Award in 2029, going 27-6, 3.09 ERA...
Struck out 16 batters against Los Angeles on 5/22/2030...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/2030, going 4-0, 1.93...
Was selected to the 2031 Allstar game...
Struck out 15 batters against Portland on 7/30/2031...
Injured on 4/11/2033 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season...
Signed as a free agent by Tucson on 2/3/2034 to a 1-year deal worth $5,501,600 per year...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/2034, winning 2 games with a 2.20 ERA...
Was selected to the 2034 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2035 Allstar game...
Released by Tucson on 8/5/2036, refused assignment to minors...
Retired in 2037.
Pitching Leader Boards Appearances
ERA
2020 - 4.19 - 9th
2021 - 2.99 - 2nd
2022 - 3.47 - 4th
2023 - 3.37 - 3rd
2024 - 4.44 - 10th
2025 - 3.15 - 3rd
2026 - 2.24 - 1st
2027 - 3.26 - 1st
2029 - 3.09 - 2nd
2030 - 3.26 - 3rd
2031 - 3.81 - 5th
2032 - 3.96 - 7th
2034 - 4.00 - 6th
2035 - 3.30 - 3rd
WHIP
2021 - 1.13 - 3rd
2022 - 1.20 - 6th
2024 - 1.29 - 10th
2025 - 1.14 - 3rd
2026 - 1.01 - 4th
2027 - 1.18 - 6th
2029 - 1.06 - 1st
2030 - 1.18 - 8th
2032 - 1.26 - 10th
2034 - 1.29 - 7th
Wins
2021 - 23 - 1st
2022 - 17 - 10th
2023 - 19 - 3rd
2024 - 16 - 9th
2025 - 21 - 3rd
2026 - 27 - 1st
2027 - 18 - 2nd
2029 - 27 - 1st
2031 - 16 - 4th
2032 - 15 - 9th
2034 - 18 - 5th
2035 - 21 - 3rd
Losses
2019 - 15 - 7th
2024 - 15 - 5th
2028 - 17 - 2nd
2034 - 13 - 10th
IP
2021 - 261.2 - 5th
2022 - 280.0 - 2nd
2023 - 246.0 - 3rd
2024 - 257.1 - 3rd
2025 - 268.2 - 5th
2026 - 285.1 - 1st
2027 - 276.0 - 2nd
2028 - 262.1 - 1st
2029 - 265.0 - 1st
2030 - 270.2 - 3rd
2031 - 264.1 - 1st
2032 - 270.2 - 1st
2034 - 256.2 - 4th
2035 - 259.1 - 7th
K's
2020 - 188 - 5th
2021 - 213 - 2nd
2022 - 221 - 2nd
2023 - 184 - 4th
2024 - 225 - 3rd
2025 - 221 - 4th
2026 - 283 - 2nd
2027 - 270 - 1st
2028 - 257 - 2nd
2029 - 258 - 1st
2030 - 287 - 1st
2031 - 248 - 1st
2032 - 294 - 1st
2034 - 192 - 6th
2035 - 207 - 6th
BB
2020 - 112 - 5th
2021 - 102 - 10th
2022 - 112 - 5th
2024 - 90 - 8th
2028 - 91 - 10th
2032 - 99 - 6th
2035 - 101 - 9th
CG
2021 - 10 - 6th
2022 - 9 - 6th
2023 - 8 - 10th
2024 - 8 - 5th
2025 - 11 - 4th
2026 - 10 - 5th
2028 - 7 - 5th
2029 - 9 - 4th
2031 - 7 - 5th
2032 - 7 - 2nd
2034 - 7 - 3rd
SHO
2021 - 3 - 2nd
2022 - 2 - 6th
2023 - 1 - 10th
2024 - 1 - 10th
2025 - 3 - 3rd
2026 - 4 - 4th
2027 - 4 - 1st
2028 - 4 - 2nd
2029 - 4 - 1st
2030 - 4 - 1st
2031 - 1 - 6th
2032 - 1 - 3rd
2034 - 4 - 2nd