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Discussing Five Last 30 Day Starting Pitcher K% Leaders

As we head into the final month of the season, let’s discuss five qualified starting pitchers that appear inside the top 20 in strikeout rate over the last 30 days.

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Defensive Trading — Brilliant or Crazy?

Trading in fantasy leagues is hard, frustrating, and annoying. I honestly hate thinking about trading, but still don’t prefer the NFBC format that doesn’t permit trades because I still want to be rewarded for building a deep roster. Trading in keeper leagues is on a whole different level. And it’s not a good level. It’s frustrating times 10. Now, the league is divided into 2021 contenders and those playing for the future, so depending on who you might want to trade, you may only have half the league as possible trading partners. You think the team in third to last place wants your $30 Joey Gallo? Of course not. And do you think the team in third place and within striking distance of first wants your $3 Nate Pearson? Heck no! So perhaps rather than trade to try increasing your own team’s point total, consider a different path toward the same goal…by trading defensively.

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New Everyday Starters — Sep 1, 2021

Today is likely the final new everyday starters post of the week, unless a flurry of players are recalled and expected to play regularly. This trio is an interesting mix, so let’s dive in.

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New Everyday Starters — Aug 31, 2021

I’m back from vacation, so it’s time to review the newest starters. Are any of these names worthy of a roster spot? Let’s find out.

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New NL Everyday Starters — Aug 19, 2021

Let’s finish off my week with three more hitters playing every day in the NL.

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New NL Everyday Starters — Aug 18, 2021

Let’s once again continue reviewing new everyday starters, but flipping over to the National League.

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New AL Everyday Starters — Aug 17, 2021

The carousel of everyday starters never ends, so instead of jumping to the NL, we’ll continue with the new faces in AL lineups today.

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New AL Everyday Starters — Aug 16, 2021

With a number of new faces showing up in the starting lineup each day over the last couple of weeks, let’s get back to discussing these new everyday starters. We’ll break it up by AL and NL this time. We’ll start with the AL.

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Last 30 Day NL Hitter HardHit% Decliners — Aug 12, 2021

After spending the first two days of the week reviewing the last 30 day HardHit% gainers, let’s finish by shifting our attention to the other end of the list — the decliners. Yesterday, I discussed the AL guys, so today we’ll flip to the NAL guys and discuss those who have lost the most HardHit% compared to earlier in the season.

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Last 30 Day AL Hitter HardHit% Decliners — Aug 11, 2021

After spending the last two days reviewing the last 30 day HardHit% gainers, let’s now shift our attention to the other end of the list — the decliners. We’ll start with the AL guys and discuss those who have lost the most HardHit% compared to earlier in the season.

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