Yesterday, I reviewed my 2014 bold hitting league leaders, so today it’s time to take a gander at the pitching side of those predictions. Since debuting the pitcher league leaders back in 2012, I did get one correct that year, but followed up that performance with an 0-fer. Let’s find out if I could add another tick in the win box this time around.
Aside from inspiring the annual bold predictions, I also go out on a further limb by boldly predicting each league’s leaders in the standard five fantasy categories. These predictions are obviously a lot more difficult to get correct, so even just one right is quite an accomplishment. I also rule out a lot of players that I personally don’t consider all that bold, making it a real challenge. I whiffed on all my picks back in 2012, but did manage to bat .100 last year. Let’s see if I failed just a bit less so this time around. And of course, refresh your memory with full explanations back in the original post.
Another regular season of baseball has been completed and it has been a disappointing one for my fantasy teams. But that doesn’t mean that everything went wrong. So let’s take a look at what I boldly predicted in March and find out how well my crystal ball was working. For a refresher, these were my original 10 predictions with explanations. For the last two seasons, I have hit on three of my 10 predictions, so the hope is that at some point I’ll nail four of them. Perhaps this will be the year.
Hopefully you’ve wrapped up your league title and are running away in the pitching categories with no shot at losing any points. Not the case? That’s okay, I’ve got more streamers for you. As a reminder, I only considered pitchers owned in less than 50% of CBS leagues.
And we’re back to our new regularly scheduled programming of starting pitcher streamer recommendations for games one day in advance. Thankfully, tonight offers a solid slate of options.
The tribe has spoken. Some of you play in leagues that allow you to pick up and start pitchers for that day’s slate of games, while others must add a pitcher a day in advance. Since I enjoy catering to the masses, that means that today you’ll find a super-sized set of streamer recommendations so I don’t skip a day. Remember, the names below are those owned in fewer than 50% of CBS leagues.
I will assume that those who can take advantage of streamer opportunities are those in daily transaction leagues and after reading this article, it will not be too late to pick up a starting pitcher to stream for tonight’s game. If I am wrong, please let me know so I know to recommend pitchers for the following day instead! Below I have listed some of your options, which include those owned in fewer than 50% of CBS leagues. Let’s decide if they are worth a stream.
With just about a week left in the season, the ratios are pretty much solidified and there’s much less concern over one of those three inning, seven run debacles ruining your stats. It is likely, however, that an extra win and/or five strikeouts could gain you a point. So deep leaguers in need of some counting stats without as much regard for their ratios should consider these weekend probables.
An innings limit and suspension are the events that resulted in opportunities for the two men discussed below. Hopefully, you’re in a position where a good start and a potential extra homer or two actually contribute to your money spot finish.
Yesterday, I shared and discussed the 10 starting pitchers with at least 100 innings pitched who have outperformed their SIERA marks by the greatest degree. Today is a look at the opposite end of the spectrum — those starters whose ERA has most underperformed their SIERA marks. This could be an early list of pitchers who will be undervalued next season.
