Depth righty for Davidson with win potential, but command still has work to do
Whelan’s 2024 season at Davidson showed he can help as a bullpen-to-spot-start option: he made 15 mound appearances, went 3-0, and struck out 20 in 20.1 innings, but his 7.08 ERA suggests he was more useful for innings than for shutdown consistency.[5] The fit case is a right-handed arm with enough strikeout ability to get outs and enough versatility to handle multiple roles, though the numbers also say his biggest differentiator is opportunity and durability rather than dominance.[5] If you need a competitive depth pitcher who can take the ball, he’s interesting; if you need immediate high-leverage reliability, the profile is still developing.[5]
