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Episode 246 – Thoughts And Prayers
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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss the tragic news of Jose Fernandez’s passing, being wary of the Cubs in September, picking from the Angels lineup against lefties again, Dylan reaching on a comparison between Hisashi Iwakuma and Bartolo Colon, trusting Alex Cobb after getting burned last time, a good matchup for Archie Bradley, and the unfortunate San Francisco Giants tweet last week.
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I’d say the easiest category to make up ground in the final week is stolen bases. They could come in bunches and it’s easy to identify the players that contribute in the category. Often times speedsters are sitting on free agency as they contribute little else outside the steals. But heading into the final week of the season, you might not care about the other categories, just getting those three extra steals that will gain you a point or two. So here are five lesser owned named that are likely available and could give you that jolt you may need.
Stretch run for leagues, so let’s break down some of the questionable bullpens as you push towards that head-to-head or roto crown.
– The entire Houston bullpen has been leading bullpen headlines the last few days. Friday night, Ken Giles had a potentially fantasy-losing outing, giving up 6 earned runs against the Angels. While it is of little solace to owners, the outing wasn’t as terrible as the numbers suggested, with a couple close pitches and a lot of weak contact (aside from a two-run dinger) going against Giles. That said, he definitely wasn’t available Saturday and managed to get in the news anyways thanks to being smoked on the wrist by a liner during BP. With Giles down, the rest of the bullpen perhaps dashed Houston’s slim playoff changes by giving up 9 runs late in the game.
Sometimes, on Saturday, a man’s just gotta watch some baseball.
On the agenda:
1. Various News and Notes
2. Streaming Pitcher Options
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9/23/16
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We’ve been getting good feedback on the streamer eps because it helps those still competing while also giving us a chance to discuss some lower level guys so this one is all streamers
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In recent articles, I’ve mentioned several times that Ottoneu uses a soft innings cap of 1,500 for the season. This allows you to go past the the cap on the day you reach it. (This is hardly specific to Ottoneu as Yahoo uses the same rules with innings caps). However, given the point structure many Ottoneu leagues implement there is an inherent advantage of pitching more innings that does not exist in 5×5 or 4×4 leagues. In 4×4 or 5×5 you could maybe boost your W, SV, or K (counting stats), but you could also lower your ratios if the stack of pitchers you employ have a sub-par outing. FanGraphs and SABR points leagues are a little different. In points leagues, as long as a pitcher doesn’t go negative (perform very badly) you will accrue points just by pitching more innings. As we enter the final week of the season I wanted to provide a list of all probable pitchers till the end of the year to help your schedule out those final 50-80 innings. Read the rest of this entry »
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