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Drop a comment if you have a question about any of the pitchers. It’s a relatively straightforward board with a good number of 3-x’s and then some Hail Mary 1-x’s.
An earlier version accidentally had Suárez facing TOR with just a 2-x reco. With his proper matchup at MIA loaded in, I moved him to the 3-x group.
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• Here is your periodic reminder to read Lance Brozdowski’s work on pitcher adjustments (and watch his YouTube channel). In this instance, Lance points out how much Caden Dana’s release varies between his pitches.
There’s large release height variation here that makes me worried. He’s popping a half-foot above his slider to get to his fastball shape and then popping another half-foot to get to his curveball shape. These are massive differences and he’s not creating outlier shapes in the process like a Ricky Tiedemann, where you can squint and justify it. Rhett Lowder does this a bit too but not nearly as dramatic. Dana looks like a 20-year-old pitcher to me.
Here are Dana’s different release points.
For a comparison, here are Zack Wheeler’s release points from his last start.
The biggest issue with the various release points is he is tipping his pitches so the batters know which pitch is coming. Read the rest of this entry »
Some really scary spots in the streamer pool for Wednesday’s slate. Be careful out there!
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I ended up using the holiday as a chance to go to sleep early hence no SP chart last night, but I can’t leave y’all hanging for Tuesday!
Brady Singer has been more good than bad of late w/a 3.69 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and 18% K-BB since July 1st though that elevated WHIP hints at how the bad starts during the run have been particularly bad. During the 11 starts, he has 7 starts w/an average of 65 Game Score (which is really good), but the other 4 are at a 33 average. So there’s a big range here which does make him a little scary down the stretch, but I still have a hard time finding too many sits.
SEA is a great Rx for any starter in need of gem so Jeffrey Springs’s 5 IP of 1-hit ball with 9 Ks was a welcomed sight and he now has 5 IP in 4 of his L5.
The results for Kutter Crawford are better of late — 3.71 ERA, 0.94 WHIP — but the meager 7% K-BB tells me the .200 BABIP is doing a looottt of the heavy lifting there. There’s upside, there’s decent W potential, but there’s definitely real downside so be careful!
Cade Povich’s insane schedule (NYY 2x, HOU, LAD, CLE, BOS, ATL) explains some of the lagging #s so he deserves this outing v. CHW.
I don’t even really trust Walker Buehler that much v. LAA… he just doesn’t look right and I’m not sure an easy matchup will necessarily help that.
David Peterson threw another gem, this time at ARI, giving him a 1.86 ERA/1.13 WHIP combo in 6 August starts (38.7 IP) and it wasn’t like he just smoked bad teams with 3 great teams, a brutally tough venue in Coors, and an upstart offense with OAK accounting for 5 of the 6: at LAA, at COL, OAK, BAL, SDP, at ARI.
Kyle Harrison is a pure lottery ticket play, especially as well as Arizona is playing in the second half.
I still love Reid Detmers, but can’t start him here v. LAD; if he’s good, I can see the at MIN being usable next wk.
We have a star-studded board to open up September so we could see some strong pitching scores this week. There is definitely some risk in the streaming tiers, but that’s always the case. It just feels more severe because we have so little time left in the season (last gm is Sept. 29th) so every dud feels more impactful. Trust your decisions, realize that they won’t all work, and don’t let a bad start make you reluctant to keep streaming if that’s your best path to scaling the standings.
If you have questions about anyone else, leave me a comment!
I’ll actually post the 2-start chart this week! Look for it early Monday morning.
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: Wecome
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: Here are the results from the three 15-team Tout Wars leagues.
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: If steals are the main consideration, drop Nimmo for Perkins?
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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 »