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Starting Pitcher Chart – September 3rd, 2024

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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.


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2-Start Chart for the Week of September 2nd

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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.

Monday’s SP Chart

If you have questions about anyone else, leave me a comment!

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Starting Pitcher Chart – September 2nd, 2024

Gerry Angus-USA TODAY Sports

I’ll actually post the 2-start chart this week! Look for it early Monday morning.

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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

7:32
Jeff Zimmerman: Wecome

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Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the results from the three 15-team Tout Wars leagues.

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Jeff Zimmerman:

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Bob: Should Faucher be listed as a good reliever who is the closer?.

7:34
Jeff Zimmerman: Yea

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Guest: If steals are the main consideration, drop Nimmo for Perkins?

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FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 23)

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 »


Lineup Analysis (8/31/24)

American League

Angels

Niko Kavadas (DH) only starts against righties.

Mickey Moniak mainly starts in center field with Kevin Pillar starting about a third of the time. Read the rest of this entry »


The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1337 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 23

8/30/24

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2-START FOR WEEK 23

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Big Kid Adds (Week 22)

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 were originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and there are ten of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers 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 leagues. Read the rest of this entry »


Mining the News (8.29.24)

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General

Keep a list of articles on late-season options for next season. Teams will eventually look to the same subs and it’s a good idea to have some evaluation of their talent. Here are some articles from Pitcher List on pitching and hitting stashes. Read the rest of this entry »


The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1336 – 10 Starters Who Could Be League Winners Down the Stretch

8/28/24

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SURGING ARMS DOWN THE STRETCH (L30 Leaderboard)

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