Hunter Greene did not receive a single vote not even a random third-place nod on a 2022 National League Rookie of the Year ballot.But when we look back at the rookies from the cla s of 2022 in five years, I wouldnt be at all surprised if the flame-throwing right-hander from Cincinnati is the best player who made his NL debut this season. And that's not a knock on Matt Nieto Men Jersey the other stellar rookies in a deep and talented cla s of NL newbies. It's just that Greene's going to be that good, folks.MORE: The thing is, I understand why he didnt get a vote for Rookie of the Year. The voting the three-deep ballots are cast by two BBWAA writers in each of the 15 NL chapters is about what the players did in 2022. Its not about who will be the best player? Its Who was the best player and Greene was not as consistent this season as the three finalists.Michael Harris II and Spencer Strider, the two young Atlanta stars who finished 1-2 in the NL Rookie of the Year voting, are outstanding players and have bright futures. Theres a reason the Braves have already locked up both players to long-term deals. Brendan Donovan, the third-place finisher, feels destined to be the type of versatile he won the first-ever Gold Glove i sued to a utility player get-on-base stalwart who plays a major role in helping playoff-bound Cardinals teams survive injury i sues, whatever might arise.But Greene, folks, is special. Like, Hall of Fame arm special, with the work ethic, mentality and baseball IQ to match.Lets start with some numbers. Greene finished his debut season with a 4.44 ERA in 24 starts. In his 125 2/3 innings we saw the good 164 strikeouts, only 104 hits and bad 24 homers, 3.4 BB/9, 5-13 record that are typical of a young starter in his first MLB season.The good starts were just brilliant, and they were plentiful. A sampling:May 15: 7 1/3 IP, 0 H, 1 ER, 9 KJune 6: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 8 KAug. 1: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 8 KSept. 17: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 11 KSept. 27: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 10 KOct. 3: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 8 KThe bad starts, well, thats why he wasnt a Rookie of the Year finalist.May 5: 2 2/3 IP, 9 H, 8 ER, 5 HRMay 26: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 HRJune 23: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 3 HRJuly 4: 5 1/3 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 HRToo many home runs, obviously. The thing about throwing hard is, when hitters connect, it goes a long way. Its not a coincidence that three of those four starts noted above were at home, where the baseball flies over the fence on a regular basis.FOSTER: According to Statcast data, Greenes four-seam fastball Valeri Nichushkin Kids Jersey checking in at an average velocity of 98.9 mph ranked in the 99th percentile in 2022. His strikeout rate of 30.9 percent is in the 91st percentile and his overall whiff rate of 31.9 percent hitters swung 1,074 times and mi sed 343 times was in the 88th percentile. Among pitchers with at least 120 innings in 2022, Greenes 11.75 Nazem Kadri Jersey K/9 ranked fifth. Now were talking elite.There was so much to be impre sed by, Reds manager David Bell told The Sporting News the day after Greenes Sept. 17 start in St. Louis. The velocity is part of it. Its not everything, but when youre throwing that hard, its tough to hit that. But if youre doing that and youre not locating, or youre getting behind or not throwing strikes, its totally different. Or if you dont have anything to go with that, to get really great hitters off the fastball, its not going to be as effective.In that game, Greene was brilliant, limiting the NL Central champs to just four hits in six shutout innings, while he fanned 11 Cardinals.Hes had starts similar to that, maybe not to that point, but it was the strike-throwing and the conviction behind the pitches, the fastball and the slider, Bell said when asked what stood out the most. I thought he did a nice job of mixing those pitches and not just throwing 101 every time. Which probably would have given him a pretty good amount of succe s, but not to the level that he did.Greene was, for the most part, a two-pitch pitcher in 2022. He threw 2,200 pitches on the season: 1,184 four-seam fastballs, 900 sliders and 116 changeups. He could get away with a limited pitch repertoire because his stuff is so elite.In just his second MLB start, he set an MLB record with 39 pitches of at least 100 Conor Timmins Jersey mph. And that slider, which checked in at an average velocity of 88.1 mph, produced a whiff rate of 38.0 percent. Their biggest thing is stay the course, Greene told TSN during a pregame conversation in mid-June. Im 22 years old. A lot of people lose sight of that, think Im older than that. I might be the youngest starting pitcher in MLB right now, so understand that. For me, Im super competitive but at the same time I have to keep things in perspective as well, to understand and know its a proce s and theres a lot of work that has to be put in.And though hes been a profe sional for six seasons he was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft hes still a relative newcomer, still learning le sons. He had Tommy John surgery in April 2019, so he mi sed that entire season. And then, of course, the 2020 minor league campaign was shut down during the pandemic. He made seven Double-A starts in 2021 and 14 Triple-A starts, then was in the bigs in 2022. Hes pitched a total of just 311 2/3 innings in his pro career.MORE: Did you happen to notice, with the listing of the good/bad games earlier, how many of those good games came late in the season? You can bet the Reds did. He mi sed about a month-and-a-half in August and September with a shoulder strain, after throwing 102 2/3 innings to that point in the season. His first start back was the one in St. Louis on Sept. 17. I asked Bell why it was important for Greene to return.Thats what we do, to be out there on the mound and do what your job is, he said. But more than that, to mentally finish the season is important. To know youre healthy going into the offseason is important. And to get as many innings in as po sible is important, because for future seasons the whole point is to pitch for seven months, and if you dont get close to that its going to be harder on your body to be able to be used to doing that.And those last four starts were evidence of why the Reds are so excited about Greenes future. His combined stat line for those four outings: 0.78 ERA, 1.77 FIP, 23 IP, 12 Justus Annunen Women Jersey H, 2 ER, 7 BB, 37 K, 1 HR.Yeah, thats the good stuff. Thats the Hunter Greene were going to see in the years to come, the one whos going to make people look at the 2022 NL Rookie of the Year results and think, How was Greene not on th