Which MLB pitchers without a no-hitter on their resume have the best chance to toss one in 2017?
There have been 295 no-hitters thrown in the history of Major League Baseball. The last to go nine innings without allowing a hit was Jake Arrieta back in April of 2016. Arrieta was all alone in tossing a no-hitter last season as no one else managed to replicate his dominant day at the ballpark.
One year earlier, seven no-hitters were thrown. It’s not uncommon in modern baseball with everyone swinging too hard with the hopes of hitting a home run.
Surely, the 2017 season will have a no-hitter thrown in it as well. The last time a season came and went minus a no-hitter was 2005. We had to wait between Randy Johnson’s perfect game of 2004 and Anibal Sanchez’s no-hitter in September 2006 to see a pitcher accomplish this feat.
While we have many possible repeat candidates in 2017, there are several very talented arms who could pitch their first.