Stream, Stream, Stream: 2x SP 6.17-6.23

Starting this week, we’ll put the results at the bottom of the post rather than the top. Also, if you have any other ideas, please submit them below for consideration.

Here are this week’s recommendations, with ownership figures help from @jakeallen47:

Ubaldo Jimenez – 12.6% ESPN/19% Yahoo! – v. KC (.299 team wOBA), v. MIN (.304)

It’s been very clear that there’s been two different Jimenez’ this season. The road Jimenez has been solid, with a 2.77 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, and .673 OPS allowed. The home Jimenez has been an absolute disaster, with a 7.53 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, and .826 OPS allowed.

So why the recommendation for him making two home starts this week? It’s pretty simple, really. The Twins and Royals don’t do a whole lot offensively, for one. But second of all, most of the damage done to Ubaldo at home was done in two starts back in April. Since May 22 — a span of five starts — Jimenez has had a 4.00 ERA, fanned 23 in 27 innings, and while a wak total of 15 is a bit alarming, he’s still been better in that stretch than his numbers on the whole would indicate.

The two starts in April that totally wrecked his home numbers were in back to back starts on April 8 and 16, when the Yankees and Red Sox each hung a 7 on him, totaling 14 earned runs in six innings pitched for a ghastly 21.00 ERA. Outside of that stretch, Jimenez’ home ERA is a much more reasonable 3.97. Start him confidently this week.

Dillon Gee – 3.6% ESPN/10% Yahoo! – @ATL (.320), @PHI (.306)

Gee’s numbers on the whole range from impressive (8.0 K/9, 3.2 K/BB, 3.85 xFIP) to a bit terrifying (1.53 WHIP, 10 HR allowed). But he’s been on-point over the past three starts, winning all three and allowing just a single earned run in each. In that time frame, he’s fanned 26 batters (11.1 K/9), walked only 3 (8.7 K/BB), and allowed an opposing batter’s line of just .232/.259/.378.

If that wasn’t impressive enough, one of the offenses that Gee stymied was the Cardinals, a top-10 offense by wOBA. Gee is rolling right now, so get him out there.

Dan Straily – 9.8% ESPN/20% Yahoo! – @TEX (.328), @SEA (.301)

Straily took to the mound on May 21 to face the Rangers carrying a 7.27 ERA. Monday, he’ll again face the Rangers, but this time with a 4.45 mark. In that time frame, Straily has cruised to a 2.20 ERA, .417 OPS allowed, and smooth 20-4 K/BB ratio in 30.2 innings pitched. It’d be nice to see more strikeouts there — and that’s something that Straily has a penchant for, like in his season-opening 11 strikeout game — but all-told, Straily is starting to look like he belongs.

The Rangers matchup has some potential to be rocky — he faced the Rangers in back-to-back starts in May and dominated the second time out — but the Mariners matchup should be quite nice.

Previous Results:

Week 1: 1-3, 30 IP, 3.00 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 2.3 K/BB, 1.13 WHIP (Kevin Slowey, Ubaldo Jimenez, Joe Saunders)
Week 2: 2-3, 25.1 IP, 5.69 ERA, 6.8 K/9, 2.4 K/BB, 1.74 WHIP (Joe Blanton, James McDonald, Eric Stults)
Week 3: 1-2, 32 IP, 3.66 ERA, 7.9 K/9, 3.1 K/BB, 1.22 WHIP (Wade Davis, Carlos Villanueva, Patrick Corbin)
Week 4: 2-1, 22 IP, 6.14 ERA, 7.8 K/9, 2.1 K/BB, 1.95 WHIP (Julio Teheran, Jason Hammel, Garrett Richards)
Week 5: 2-2, 30 IP, 3.60 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 1.6 K/BB, 1.23 WHIP (Scott Diamond, Nick Tepesch, Andrew Cashner)
Week 6: 2-3, 32.2 IP, 4.96 ERA, 5.5 K/9, 2.0 K/BB, 1.44 WHIP (Justin Grimm, Juan Nicasio, Hector Santiago)
Week 7: 1-0, 29 IP, 3.41 ERA, 6.8 K/9, 1.8 K/BB, 1.34 WHIP (Julio Teheran, Phil Hughes, Scott Kazmir)
Week 8: 1-0, 34.2 IP, 4.93 ERA, 7.0 K/9, 4.5 K/BB, 1.27 WHIP (Jhoulys Chacin, Kevin Slowey, Dan Straily)
Week 9: 3-1, 34 IP, 2.65 ERA, 7.4 K/9, 4.0 K/BB, 0.94 WHIP (John Danks, Andrew Cashner, Chris Tillman)
Week 10*: 2-0, 20.2 IP, 3.05 ERA, 4.4 K/9, 1.2 K/BB, 1.21 WHIP (Tony Cingrani, Corey Kluber, John Lackey)

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Total: 17-15 (.531), 290.1 IP, 4.06 ERA, 6.5 K/9, 2.5 K/BB, 1.32 WHIP
League Averages: .496 win percentage, 4.07 ERA, 7.2 K/9, 2.6 K/BB, 1.30 WHIP