The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 920 – Stat Line Says What?!? ft. Aaron Pags
4/25/21
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- Stat Line Say What?!?
- Kyle Gibson 1.50 ERA
- Jazz Chisholm 4 HR, 4 SBs, .315/.415./.522
- Ryan McMahon 7 HRs
- Mark Canha 3 HRs, 4 SBs, 20 Runs
- Nathan Eovadli 3.04 ERA
- Tyler Mahle 1.74 ERA, 38.8% K Rate
- Matthew Boyd 1.82 ERA, 16.7% K Rate
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr. .179/.213/.196
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I don’t know, guys…Chisholm is striking out 30% of the time and McMahon has a 1% walk rate and OBP under .300. Maybe I’m misreading something, but neither guy looks too good to me. Buying in now, on past performance, seems like an even bigger risk than drafting those guys was.