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Throwing Heat Week 6

May 24, 2022

The season has begun and we are back with Throwing Heat! For those who didn’t read these articles last season, this is a weekly article that focuses on pitchers who are pitching well. When we are further into the season it will be based on a pitcher’s previous three starts but for now, it will just be their most recent starts.

The beauty of this article is how it highlights all types of pitchers from the best in the league to pitchers who are barely rostered. If someone is on a hot streak they will be in this article. I will also tell you if the hot streak is legit or if it appears to be a façade. I hope you enjoy it!

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Yasmani Grandal Will Be Alright

by Lucas Kelly

May 24, 2022

If you drafted Yasmani Grandal based on Steamer’s 2022 pre-season projections, you were likely preparing to play in an OBP league. Grandal was projected to finish the season with the tenth best (tied with Max Muncy) OBP at .373. The 2021 league average OBP was .317. If you were to now head over to our 2022 leaderboards, you would see Grandal is holding a disappointing .279. But, narrow down that leaderboard to only viewing qualified catchers. The first thing that you may notice is that there are only seven catchers on the list and that Grandal is one of them.

You’ll also notice that Grandal’s .279 OBP is third from the bottom, yet his 12.2% BB% ranks first (high), his 18.4% K% ranks second, and his 7.6% SwStr% (low) ranks first. He’s walking and he isn’t striking out. That marks off two of the three true outcomes. Homeruns, being the third true outcome, have not come more than twice for Grandal, and that coupled with a .210 BABIP and a .180 AVG have probably made those rostering Grandal feel a little uneasy. But, if those same fantasy managers are believers in regresión a la media, then they are sitting pretty.

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Roto Riteup: May 24, 2022

by Justin Mason

May 24, 2022

You know it is summer when the kids start playing in the sprinklers.

lol gio pic.twitter.com/UxmU9NHhjJ

— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 24, 2022

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Big Kid Adds (5/23/22)

by Jeff Zimmerman

May 23, 2022

While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with even a larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They get originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and this year there are nine of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers are going to try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in five or more of these leagues.

Nolan Gorman (9): Gorman’s talent has been covered by every possible outlet and managers rostering him should not be a surprise. The one item I’m watching is how pitchers attack him. With the 34% K% in AAA, he had to have some huge holes in his swing. He’s only seen 44 pitches so far, a quarter of them have been changeups (18% SwStr% on changeups; 9% overall). One possible explanation is that he can’t hit lefties. He sat against one on Saturday. In AAA, he had a .655 OPS vs lefties and a 1.254 OPS versus righties. It worked out to a 41% K% against the lefties and 31% against righties. The strikeout danger zone is about 30%, though, so even his mark against righties isn’t exactly good. Also note that minor leaguers can’t be picked up in the NFBC until they appear in the majors unless they were drafted and subsequently cut so even these high stakes leagues go through the standard rookie frenzy we see in the Main Event when someone big is called up.

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Boxscore Bits: May 23rd, 2022

by Paul Sporer

May 23, 2022

A few thoughts on the pitchers from the weekend’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Weekend’s Starters

#	Name	Team	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	TBF	ERA	WHIP	W	vFA (pi)	vSI (pi)	SwStr%
1	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	9	6	3	0	0	2	7	35	0.00	0.89	1	97.4	96.8	19%
2	Martín Pérez	TEX	9	8	0	0	0	1	5	32	0.00	1.00	1	92.4	92.6	11%
3	Michael Kopech	CHW	7	1	0	0	0	2	6	24	0.00	0.43	1	97.1		16%
4	Taijuan Walker	NYM	7	5	0	0	0	2	6	27	0.00	1.00	1	93.5	92.2	11%
5	Luis Severino	NYY	7	8	0	0	0	0	5	30	0.00	1.14	0	96.1		15%
6	Eric Lauer	MIL	7	5	0	0	0	0	5	26	0.00	0.71	1	93		4%
7	Joe Musgrove	SDP	7	4	0	0	0	3	4	27	0.00	1.00	1	93.7	93.4	6%
8	Brady Singer	KCR	7	4	0	0	0	3	3	26	0.00	1.00	0		93.9	7%
9	Aaron Civale	CLE	6.1	3	1	0	0	1	3	23	0.00	0.63	1	92.1	92.7	8%
10	Justin Verlander	HOU	6	6	0	0	0	0	8	24	0.00	1.00	1	95		16%
11	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	6	3	0	0	0	2	5	23	0.00	0.83	1	95	93.9	10%
12	Johnny Cueto	CHW	6	6	0	0	0	2	5	25	0.00	1.33	0	92.5	92.1	6%
13	Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진	TOR	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	23	0.00	1.00	1	89.3	89.6	8%
14	Jeffrey Springs	TBR	5.2	1	0	0	0	4	7	21	0.00	0.88	1	91.8		18%
15	Justin Steele	CHC	5	1	0	0	0	2	9	18	0.00	0.60	0	92.4	92.3	12%
16	Kyle Wright	ATL	5	2	0	0	0	3	6	19	0.00	1.00	1	96.8	95.7	10%
17	Julio Urías	LAD	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	17	0.00	0.40	1	91.8		10%
18	Tarik Skubal	DET	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	17	0.00	0.80	0	94.9	95.9	8%
19	Jalen Beeks	TBR	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	0.00	1.00	0	94.9		11%
20	Frankie Montas	OAK	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0.00	0.60	0	96.7	96	17%
21	Steven Matz	STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0			0%
22	Alek Manoah	TOR	8	7	1	1	0	0	4	29	1.13	0.88	1	94	92.4	15%
23	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	7.1	4	1	1	0	1	7	27	1.23	0.68	1	92.7	93.3	8%
24	Jameson Taillon	NYY	7	5	1	1	0	1	7	27	1.29	0.86	0	94.2	93.6	10%
25	Adam Wainwright	STL	7	4	1	1	1	3	3	26	1.29	1.00	1	88.9	88.6	5%
26	José Urquidy	HOU	6.2	6	1	1	1	1	10	27	1.35	1.05	1	94.3		20%
27	Cristian Javier	HOU	6	3	1	1	1	1	9	21	1.50	0.67	0	93.1		18%
28	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	6	3	1	1	1	1	7	20	1.50	0.67	0	93.4		16%
29	MacKenzie Gore	SDP	6	3	1	1	0	2	6	22	1.50	0.83	1	96.3		12%
30	Hunter Greene	CIN	6	4	1	1	1	2	6	25	1.50	1.00	0	99.7		12%
31	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	6	5	1	1	1	0	6	22	1.50	0.83	1	95.8	95.4	9%
32	Joe Ryan	MIN	5.2	5	1	1	0	2	6	24	1.59	1.24	1	92		10%
33	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	5.1	7	1	1	0	0	4	24	1.69	1.31	1	93.4	92.3	15%
34	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	5.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	20	1.69	1.13	1	88.9		7%
35	Elieser Hernandez	MIA	5	3	1	1	1	1	5	18	1.80	0.80	0	91.8	92.3	13%
36	Bailey Ober	MIN	5	3	1	1	0	1	4	18	1.80	0.80	0	92.8		15%
37	Zach Thompson	PIT	5	5	1	1	0	1	2	20	1.80	1.20	0	92.7	92.4	8%
38	Zach Eflin	PHI	7	4	2	2	2	2	12	27	2.57	0.86	0	92.9	93.4	18%
39	Shane Bieber	CLE	7	6	3	2	0	2	10	28	2.57	1.14	0	90.9		23%
40	Austin Gomber	COL	7	7	2	2	0	0	2	26	2.57	1.00	0	91.4		6%
41	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	6.2	4	2	2	1	1	11	25	2.70	0.75	0	96.4		17%
42	Carlos Rodón	SFG	6	5	2	2	1	4	6	27	3.00	1.50	0	96.7		13%
43	Luis Castillo	CIN	6	7	2	2	0	0	5	25	3.00	1.17	0	96.1	96	6%
44	Cole Irvin	OAK	6	8	3	2	1	2	4	28	3.00	1.67	0	91.6	90.3	12%
45	Jon Gray	TEX	6	6	2	2	0	2	4	25	3.00	1.33	0	95.9		12%
46	Erick Fedde	WSN	5.2	4	2	2	1	3	4	24	3.18	1.24	0		92.5	5%
47	Alex Faedo	DET	5.1	6	2	2	1	2	2	22	3.38	1.50	1	92.5		6%
48	Aaron Sanchez	WSN	5	7	2	2	1	2	1	21	3.60	1.80	1	91.8	91.3	8%
49	Logan Gilbert	SEA	7	5	3	3	2	2	4	28	3.86	1.00	0	96.4		14%
50	Paul Blackburn	OAK	4.2	6	2	2	0	2	5	22	3.86	1.71	0	91.7	92.5	12%
51	Michael Wacha	BOS	4.2	4	2	2	1	3	3	20	3.86	1.50	0	93.2	93	11%
52	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	4.1	2	2	2	0	3	7	19	4.15	1.15	0	94.2		11%
53	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	4.1	4	2	2	0	2	3	21	4.15	1.38	0	97.1	96.9	4%
54	Wade Miley	CHC	6	6	3	3	0	2	3	25	4.50	1.33	0	89.4	88.8	6%
55	Jose Quintana	PIT	3.2	7	5	2	0	1	4	20	4.91	2.18	0	90.9	91.7	16%
56	Humberto Castellanos	ARI	5.1	5	3	3	2	1	5	22	5.06	1.13	1	90.9	91.1	11%
57	Charlie Morton	ATL	5.1	7	3	3	1	1	5	24	5.06	1.50	1	95.1	94.3	10%
58	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	7	5	4	4	2	0	7	26	5.14	0.71	0	91		10%
59	Brad Keller	KCR	7	5	4	4	0	3	4	28	5.14	1.14	0	93.2	92.3	4%
60	Nestor Cortes	NYY	5	6	3	3	1	0	7	22	5.40	1.20	1	90.9		10%
61	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI	5	5	3	3	0	3	2	23	5.40	1.60	0	91.9	90.8	2%
62	Tyler Wells	BAL	4.2	2	3	3	1	2	4	18	5.79	0.86	0	92.9		10%
63	Robbie Ray	SEA	6	5	4	4	1	2	8	25	6.00	1.17	0	94.1		20%
64	Germán Márquez	COL	6	11	5	4	1	1	7	30	6.00	2.00	0	95.5	95.1	13%
65	Ian Anderson	ATL	6	7	4	4	0	2	6	27	6.00	1.50	0	93.1		12%
66	Sean Manaea	SDP	6	5	4	4	2	2	5	25	6.00	1.17	0		91.9	17%
67	Jakob Junis	SFG	6	7	4	4	1	0	2	24	6.00	1.17	0		91.2	7%
68	Corey Kluber	TBR	3	5	2	2	0	2	2	17	6.00	2.33	0	90	88.9	11%
69	Ty Blach	COL	3	6	2	2	0	1	0	15	6.00	2.33	0	90.2		2%
70	Chase Silseth	LAA	4.1	6	3	3	2	2	6	23	6.23	1.85	0	96.2	94.6	14%
71	Aaron Nola	PHI	5.1	5	4	4	2	1	9	22	6.75	1.13	0	93.2	92.7	14%
72	Matthew Liberatore	STL	4.2	7	4	4	1	2	3	22	7.71	1.93	0	93.2	92.8	5%
73	Taylor Hearn	TEX	4.2	6	4	4	1	2	2	22	7.71	1.71	0	94.4	94.1	9%
74	Kyle Bradish	BAL	5.1	5	5	5	2	2	5	22	8.44	1.31	0			11%
75	Patrick Corbin	WSN	5	8	5	5	2	1	3	25	9.00	1.80	0	91.3	92.3	11%
76	Trevor Williams	NYM	4	3	4	4	2	0	2	16	9.00	0.75	0	90.8	88.9	2%
77	Ranger Suárez	PHI	3	5	3	3	0	2	5	15	9.00	2.33	0	93.6	92.9	12%
78	Daniel Lynch	KCR	3.2	5	4	4	0	2	2	20	9.82	1.91	0	93.7		6%
79	Trevor Rogers	MIA	4	8	5	5	3	2	5	22	11.25	2.50	0	93.8		10%
80	Chris Flexen 플렉센	SEA	4	8	5	5	2	3	2	22	11.25	2.75	0	91.8		9%
81	Mitch White	LAD	2.1	3	3	3	1	1	2	11	11.57	1.71	0	94.2		4%
82	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	5	8	7	7	4	2	3	24	12.60	2.00	0	87	86.5	10%
83	Dallas Keuchel	CHW	4	6	6	6	1	3	0	21	13.50	2.25	0		87.1	5%
84	Alex Wood	SFG	3	8	5	5	0	2	4	19	15.00	3.33	0		91.7	8%
85	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	3	10	5	5	0	0	3	19	15.00	3.33	0		95.1	6%
86	Freddy Peralta	MIL	3	6	5	5	0	1	2	17	15.00	2.33	0	92.1		10%
87	Spenser Watkins	BAL	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	27.00	3.00	0	91.2		15%
88	Bryse Wilson	PIT	1.2	6	7	7	0	2	2	13	37.80	4.80	0	93	92.9	13%

Sorted by ERA

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Roto Riteup: May 23, 2022

by Justin Mason

May 23, 2022

Prospect Alert!!!

Now pitching, number 4, Yadier Molina! pic.twitter.com/NRV40yz3C0

— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 22, 2022

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Bullpen Report: May 23, 2022

by Jon Becker

May 23, 2022

The 2022 version of Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
Injury News
Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save).

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1055 – Rays Corner and Sunday FAAB ft. Eric Samulski

by Justin Mason

May 22, 2022

5/22/22

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Waiver Wire Report (Week 7)

by Jeff Zimmerman

May 22, 2022

A few interesting starters to pair with a couple of rookie promotions. Not a ton going on.

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »