Left-Handed SPs By Division
One of the toughest player types to analyze and decide on in fantasy drafts is the left-handed stud who can’t or hasn’t been given a real chance to hit against lefties and thus is a platoon risk. Losing that extra playing time eats into the counting categories. Every year I like to look at the projected lefty starters by division and get an idea of what these potential platoon bats might be facing. We will go division-by-division looking at the projected lefty starters in every rotation and then look at the potential left-handed platoon bats who could affected.
All info was gathered from the Roster Resource Depth Charts
AL EAST: 10
- John Means |BAL
- Keegan Akin | BAL
- Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS
- Martín Pérez | BOS
- Jordan Montgomery | NYY
- Rich Hill | TBR
- Ryan Yarbrough | TBR
- Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진 | TOR
- Robbie Ray | TOR
- Steven Matz | TOR
With 10 projected lefties, the AL East has the most in baseball. It is a pretty strong group with Means, Rodriguez, Montgomery, Hill, Yarbrough, and Ryu all being drafted in just about every format while Ray, Matz, and Perez have had their big seasons (especially against lefties) and Akin held them to a .576 OPS in 27 PA last year.