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Big board of studs to choose from today! I’ll drop some comments in the morning.
Meyer, like Davis Martin yesterday v. MIN, ate his first Dud (5+ ER) of the year after facing a team for the second time in a row (NYM), but it was a bad first inning (4 R) but he still settled down to go 6 and fan 6.
Cole is all of 2 starts into his return so there may still be hiccups, but I just can’t see sitting him anywhere.
This is the 10-start mark for Webb and barring an absolute gem, he’ll be toting some pretty mediocre ratios with his worst K-BB since the fake season (2020). He’s also staring down the barrel of WSH/CHC 2-step next week after this trip to MIL. I’m not looking to cut him, even in 10s, but is there a world where we skip the 2-step if this one goes south today?
To that end, I should’ve slotted Peralta/Taj/Arrighetti, and maybe even Melton over Webb right now.
Wish the Nats were giving Alvarez an opener again, but he’s slated for the traditional start and I’m still open to streaming him. Even with just 1 K in a meh 3 IP outing last time, he still has a 27% K rate on the year. He pitches backwards with his curve (33%) and slider (28%) leading the way over his fastball (24%) as he hopes to establish himself in the rotation. I wonder if a good start here could get the Nats to slot him for the 2-step next week (projections currently have Mikolas getting it).
Melton is a fave of mine who I was really excited about in the offseason before the injury. I’m not thrown by his hideous 0% K-BB through 2 starts after just 1 K in a 7-IP gem at CHW (1 ER, 1 BB, 6 H), but obviously he has to drastically improve there to be fantasy viable. I believe he will and would gladly roster him anywhere right now. Let’s check in after another handful of starts to see where the strikeouts sit and decide if he’s an all-formats play for the long haul.
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1 bad IP v. HOU led to Early’s only Dud of the year but maybe it unlocked something for him because he’s been electric since: 1.79 ERA/0.96 WHIP/20% K-BB. The 5% BB stands out because control was an issue through his F7 starts (11% BB), though his ERA has never eclipsed 3.80 so even as he worked through that, he was still delivering value.
In a season of impressive pitching breakouts, Martin stands out. After shelving his slider and curve to show-me status last year (4-5% usage for both), he’s dialed ’em up nearly 3x to 15% and 12%, respectively, and as a result his K% has surged 10 pts to 27%!! Paired with 13% SwStr, there is some realness to this and I’m running him everywhere confidently right now.
Elder caught his first Dud of the year and there could be more on the way as it’s still hard to fully buy into his success with just a 13% K-BB, but if you can take the ratio risk there’s plenty of Win upside.
Vásquez has been a bit wobbly in his L2 (7 ER in 10 IP w/4 HRs and 2:4 K:BB) but this is what I mean when I say we’re not jumping off at the first sign of trouble w/someone. Last year, that would’ve been enough to run from Vásquez given how flimsy his skills were (5% K-BB). His 12% this year isn’t amazing, but much more palatable than a single-digit rate. Let’s check-in after the 2-start this week (NYM on the wknd).
I debated the 3-x on Soroka given how good he’s been this year but LAD is always tough to go against with any non-ace. Health, not skills, remains the biggest hurdle for Soroka as he hasn’t reached even 90 IP since his 2019 breakout season. I would definitely run him in weekly 10-teamers to get the 2-step even with it being 2 pretty difficult matchups (WSN this wknd).
Huge 2-step this week for Prielipp. After running out to a 2.88 ERA/0.96 WHIP in his first 5 MLB starts, he’s gotten his socks knocked off in his L2 at BOS and at CHW, allowing 11 ER in 8.3 IP (6 BB definitely a big part of the issue). I’m willing to give him a shot against the Murakami-less White Sox in order to get the KCR start in weekly setups. In daily setups, I can see skipping this in shallow-medium formats.
Matz has 6 good and 3 bad starts on the year but the latter have smothered the former resulting in a 4.67 ERA/1.24 WHIP through 44.3 IP. Most of my confidence to start him comes from how impossibly bad my favorite team has been lately (casual 4-22 record over their L26, very fun to watch everyday!).
It was great to see the 11-K game from Roy Reuben Chandler but we knew that wasn’t the end of his control issues (he even walked 3 during the big strikeout game). HOU is down to 12th in wOBA on the year after a really fast start and now they essentially boil down to Yordan Alvarez, Christian Walker, Jeremy Pena, and friends… wherein the friends are essentially free outs. Just don’t let those three get you and they’re very beatable.
McDonald is yet another interesting arm with a difficult 2-step on tap (at CHC this wknd) but one I’m certainly open to running. A 7 ER Dud v. CHW has inflated the ERA to 4.34 but the 17% K-BB and 2.92 SIERA draw my attention. In fact, as I dive in deeper, I would favor T-Mc over Matz and Chandler for both today and the whole week.
I’m nervous about all five 1-x guys and wouldn’t bat an eye at sitting any of them. Baz and Abbott at least have decent matchups while Cantillo, Jump, and Cameron are all on the road facing Top 10 offenses. Even still, I’d likely run all three in weekly formats for their 2-steps… at least in 15-teamers.
Comments sold me on giving Nola, May and even Grayson 1-x. If I could figure out how to half an x, I would’ve given Grayson that, but I’m just nervous from being burnt in the past by him (mostly due to health, in fairness). Edit to add: I guess a slash one way or the other is technically half an “x” so that’s what he gets!
I’ll have more comments in the morning. Got a late start and need to get some rest!
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
I forgot Taj got moved and still had Ober loaded. Pittsburgh is no joke, but Bradley has done his best work v. lefties this year, which is their lineup’s strength so I’m running him everywhere. Ober is much scarier tomorrow given his work v. lefties (7 HRs in 129 PA). Ober’s .181 BABIP vL is saving him… for now.
Gore is back up the board with a good matchup and 2 excellent starts in his L3 with the third being an injury-shortened Coors outing. In the other two, he allowed 4 H and 3 BB in 14 IP with 12 Ks.
Wrigley giventh and Wrigley taketh — Imanaga’s HR rate was always going to regress as the weather warmed up, especially given his home park. And it came crashing down in a 15 ER 2-start run against MIL/HOU, one of which was a Wrigley classic with the wind blowing out at 15 mph to center. After 5 HRs in his first 9 starts, he doubled his season total in these last two. This is why I ranked him in the 50s in March. I moved him up during first update as he was running hot and the weather was cooperating. He’ll move back down in the next update and likely live more in the 35-50 range going forward. He wasn’t as good as his first 9 starts nor is he as bad as these last 2. He should be around a 3.80-4.20 ERA range with a good WHIP and plenty of Ks (26% this yr; 24% career).
The bottom half of the full recos carry some concern, but I have a hard time sitting them anywhere:
Valdez gets a CHW team that is cooking vL as he navigates thru an inconsistent May (6.10 ERA – 2 QS, a Dud, and a bland 5 IP/4 ER/4 BB start) but he remains a lineup lock. It’s Melton, not Framber, but you can use that Framber info for tomorrow. CHW isn’t quite as good vR but they can still bite ya. That said, I’m running Melton.
Rodón is now making his 4th start of the year, having reached 95 pitches and 5 IP last time out so he seems fully stretched out. The problem is he has 5, 3, and 3 BB during the first three resulting in a 1.46 WHIP. Can ATH take advantage, though? They have just an 8% BB vL (20th).
Webb is coming off the IL with a start in Coors… less than ideal, but I’m running him!
Wrobleski has excellent ratios (and 6 Ws!) this year but I can’t simply ignore his 14% K and 7% K-BB rates. PHI is looking more like the team we thought they’d be so while I can’t see myself sitting him in any league setup, he’s not nearly as appealing on the DFS landscape.
And then Martinez is an even more extreme version of Wrobo with great ratios (1.51 ERA, 1.11 WHIP) that aren’t well supported by his skills (15% K, 10% K-BB). I worry more about a mega Dud from him than Wrobleski and yet I still have a really hard time sitting him. Martinez survived a trip to NYY with a 6 IP/1 ER gem despite 9 H and only 1 K!!!
I added the 3rd “x” to Alvarez because he’s getting an Opener which enhances his Win potential. He has impressed in three extended relief outings, putting together a 30% K-BB and 0.99 WHIP in 11.3 IP (4.3, 3, and 4 IP). My friend Gregg put Alvarez on my radar a couple weeks ago as he could be someone the Nats make a fixture in their rotation (and we’re fine if they keep giving him the Opener!!).
Teng was also put on my radar by Gregg as he’s really been keyed in on the super RPs with SP upside (we’re both Ben Brown stans, too). 7 BB in his L2 starts has pushed his WHIP, but a 1.93 ERA/1.21 WHIP combo in his 3 actual starts is impressive. He obviously needs to reign in the BBs but we can live with a 9-10% BB as long as he’s missing enough bats to maintain his 15% K-BB. Will he hold a rotation spot after Brown returns?
I’m interested in Ureña on the whole but this could be a tough matchup where the Rays exploit his 1.38 WHIP despite the great 2.58 ERA. Those just aren’t compatible and usually an ERA/WHIP mismatch that strong suggests ERA trouble ahead. He does get COL at home next week, though, so even if you pass this start, hold him for that one.
Another Brewers gem developing with Crow or just a handful of good IP? He throws 92 and has just an 8% SwStr, so it’s probably just the latter, but any MIL pitcher at least gets my attention to dive deeper. This feels like the 3% BB and .226 BABIP are doing all the work.
Love Jared Jones, just want to see something before diving in. He could be a huge target in FAAB this weekend, especially on the NFBC landscape where he isn’t available to pick up until debuting (unless he was drafted & dropped).
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Pretty straightforward board of starts/sits. Check back for some notes in the AM.
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Sandlin, part of the Garrett Crochet deal, is making his MLB debut for the White Sox. Exciting live arm with a 35% K rate in the minors this year, but also a 15% BB and averaging just over 2 IP/outing so this might end up being more of an open leading into a bullpen game. Martin moved to tomorrow.
Pérez is simply NOT a must-use in shallower leagues and this might be a do-or-die start for his roster status in those formats, too. He and Alcantara just aren’t getting it done and we have to divorce the name value from the skills (Sandy more so, tbh, as Pérez at least has the 25% K rate to cling to.
Mize should pitch well before Jansen blows his win by somehow getting walked off at home.
I know we’re nervously waiting for the bottom to drop out on Elder, but after 11 starts of 1.97 ERA/0.99 WHIP, I’m inclined to ride it out even if means possibly eating a bad regression start. He has the hallmarks of a fluky hot start with a .227 BABIP, 83% LOB, and 7% HR/FB – all career bests that won’t last – and yet he keeps cooking and plays on a great team so maybe even a “meh” start steals a Win!
Cole is right back into all lineups even if you wanted to see one off the IL.
Can we give Matz some love while numbers remain strong? I did shave an “x” off him to 2 after digging into the skills a bit (11% K-BB, 9% BB, 1.3 HR9, 4.40 SIERA) but plenty startable in medium and deeper leagues. Being on the Rays helps the Win upside, too.
An 11-K game doesn’t take Chandler completely out of the woods… still came w/3 BB and 3 unearned runs at TOR.
That 1 “x” for Cameron was an accident. Don’t throw him v. NYY!
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
I took the holiday off so no Monday board, hope y’all navigated the day well without me! I’ll be back tonight with a feature write up and comments.
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Comments in the morning!
I was among those ready for the Eury Pérez ascent this year. A pair of 90-something IP samples separated by a TJ year saw him put up a 3.71 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, and 20% K-BB in 187 IP. I would, of course, loved that as a line this year but I’ll admit I had dreams of even more on that ERA front. While my expectation was ace, it was certainly in cards as a reasonable outcome for the 23-year old. And it may still come fruition, it’s a long season after all, but as we sit here on May 22nd, he’s no doubt on the verge of being cut in some shallow leagues, particularly if tonight goes poorly. In fact, because I’m writing the commentary a few hours the board went up I know there’s already a comment saying as much! And frankly, I get it. Worse yet, us Eury fans are to blame for our overzealousness.
We’re not to blame for his struggles, obviously, but rather our expectations were a bit outsized even before the benefit of hindsight. Lost in the gloss of his first 187 IP was both the glaring HR issue and modest BB% output. While he did improve his HR rate last year from 1.5 to 1.1, anything north of 1.0 puts you in the danger zone, though his pristine WHIP made it less of a huge concern with the idea being that limited base runners should keep those to mostly solo shots. That’s where the walks come in. I’m not saying anyone should’ve fully predicted his rate ballooning to 12%, but matching 8.3% marks in his first two seasons essentially left him around average. The walk rate on its own isn’t something that would raise a red flag for me, especially with that 28% strikeout rate supporting it, but when paired with the home run troubles, it should’ve at least opened my eyes to the potential of trouble for Pérez. I was operating as though he was much more of a finished product than we’ve seen so far this year: 5.33/1.41/13% in 52 IP.
Now he gets a Mets team that is last in wOBA vR on the season, but finding their footing a bit of late, sitting 15th in the last two weeks. Another stinker here, particularly if it ends up being his 6th straight start with at least 2 BB (only 2 starts under 2 BB this and those were both 1, so he has 0 BB-free starts), has to start bringing up some shallow league cut questions and definitely puts him on the bench for me in medium and deep leagues with a trip TOR coming up next week. And the lack of a cut in those formats is definitely due more to lack of quality options off the wire. If you’re blessed with some wire gems who are better than Pérez, then by all means, but as I look over the available names in my 15-teamers where I have him, I see the likes of his teammate Janson Junk, newcomer Tatsuya Imai, and also-ran Padres Walker Buehler and Griffin Canning, none of whom are appealing enough for me to make the move.
Others of note:
Myers in for Peralta as the Mets pushed their guys back a day. Thanks to commenter David Klein on the note there! We still had Peralta in when I ran the board last night.
Gilbert has two Duds this year, including a 7 ER bomb his last time out which pushed his ERA to 4.45 on the year and has led to some light chatter about his status on rosters. I don’t really agree with that, even in shallow leagues. In between the 2 Duds, he posted a 2.97 ERA/1.10 WHIP/20% K-BB in 39 IP. Worth noting he went >5 IP in both Duds, too, which is what aces do to salvage ERAs even during their worst outings. The 1.7 HR9 is a bit alarming on the season but that is a very recent issue with 7 HRs in L3, including 4 v. ATL. This is a good spot to get right at KCR, but even if it’s wobbly, I’d be more open to buying low than any sort of cut.
Soroka has some upside to him if he can reel in his hit rate. A 28% LD rate has pushed him up to a .351 BABIP and left him with a 9.4 H9. That line drive rate should hopefully regress back toward his 22% mark or ideally even further down toward his 16% rate from 2023-25 and bring the hit rate down with it. His 20% K-BB is worthy of a low-3.00s ERA if he can shave this WHIP down.
Henderson only has 43 IP as a big leaguer, but he’s been electric (2.49/1.02/27%) and paired with his minor league track record and prospect pedigree have me ready to run him anywhere versus the ever-difficult Dodgers. Sometimes doing the comments hours after post can be really helpful because the wonderful commenters help me out with rundowns like this about Henderson from Anon:
I’m sure Paul will chime in but there are so many stats where Henderson is basically elite: 28.2% K-BB 87.7 EV 28.9% HardHit 35.0% O-swingNow, his Barrel% is a a little higher than you’d like and while his 13.0% SwStr is very good, it isn’t elite. He also is an heavily extreme FB pitcher so there is always a risk of a HR game messing things up. He also has an insanely high overall Swing% so batters are swinging at everything he throws up there, not just balls.I also like that he’s home. We all know about Coors and everyone knows T-Mobile is an extreme pitcher’s park, but Milwaukee is a pitcher’s park and importantly, it is an extreme strikeout park. I’m starting to think that we underrate that about that park. It has a K park factor around 110 year-in, year-out. We all note that the Brewers are good at developing pitching, but maybe it’s at least partly the ballpark.
No sense just repeating all that in a different way, Anon nailed it. Here we go with Henderson today!
I sliced an “x” off Arrighetti from the original posting as I’m just a bit nervous about his 14% BB rate heading to Wrigley.
I know it’s so hard to bench a 1.51 ERA/1.04 WHIP with Martinez, but I really don’t see him being any different than last year outside of his fortunate 5% HR/FB rate. He has a 16% K, 5% BB, 8% SwStr this year v. 17%, 6%, 9% last year. But a 91% LOB, .255 BABIP, and that aforementioned 5% HR/FB are driving the bus and run completely counter to his 69%, .274, 11% last year and 74%, .280, and 11% career marks. He is catching NYY at the right time (26th vR the L14 days), but it still feels like a big regression start.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize (12) delivers a pitch against Minnesota Twins during the first inning at Comerica Park in Detroit in Monday, August 4, 2025.
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Got rid of the Blue/Black color coding at the top/bottom end. Just Green = good, Yellow = OK, Red = bad.
Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.
The chart includes their performance for 2026, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, and recently added opponent’s K% (also v. SP handedness), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues – essentially a shallow, medium, deep league setup – and then a note about some, most, or all depending on the day. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations for standard 5×5 roto leagues, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. I usually won’t have much to write about aces who are locked into our rotations. If you want to discuss someone further, please feel free to leave a comment. I usually do a few sweeps of the comments before game time in case there are time-sensitive questions.
Hancock bounced back from his only Dud of the year with a 6 IP/1 ER gem v. SDP.
Early has tapped into his Ks the last 2 times out with 14 in 12 IP, against 2 tough to K teams, too! (TBR/ATL have 2nd/8th lowest K% vL).
Going into Wrigley is never easy, but Harrison has looked every bit like the 3x Top 100 Prospect he was coming up.
Upon further look, Cabrera might deserve a lower ranking. He hasn’t been bad, but after opening the season w/11.7 scoreless IP, he has a 5.26 ERA in 7 starts. Despite the elevated ERA, he’s only allowed more than 3 ER just once so it’s not like he’s getting stomped every 5th day. Not sure I’d take any 2-x’ers over him so I’d probably only drop him to 11 on a re-rank.
McGreevy’s been great this year with a 2.10 ERA/0.88 WHIP thru 9 starts but the 4.08 SIERA hints at trouble ahead. The .203 BABIP/90% LOB rate can’t sustain at those levels so there will be regression and it could be sharp. Throw in that PIT has been great vR this year and this becomes a bit dangerous. It’s tough because how can you put ratios like that on your bench even when you know danger is comin’?
Anderson might need to stretch out to be a full part of the rotation, but he did make it 4 IP last time out and I do think he could be a solid SP for DET once fully stretched out.
All 3 1-x guys are terrifying for their own reasons – Vásquez for the matchup, of course, and Nola/Burrows because they simply haven’t been great this year but their matchups give ’em a tinge of playability. I’d rather take the better guy facing the Dodgers, though.
