Tag Archives: Pitchers

Pitchers to trade for before the deadline

Pitchers to trade for before the deadline

The Yahoo! Trade Deadline is nearly upon us, which makes the coming days the final opportunity for fantasy managers to make a deal that puts their squad over the top. After looking at category-specific hitter targets last week, I will use the final 2022 edition of this column to find pitchers who can help in specific areas. Although coming out on top of every trade is an impossible task, I hope that some readers were able to use the tips in this space to find some deals that worked for… Source link

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Analyzing MLB pitchers’ strong and slow starts

Entering Week 8 of the MLB season, let’s use CSW (my favorite quick and dirty stat) to identify pitchers whose strong (or slow) starts appear real (or not). I used 250 pitches thrown as the qualifying threshold. The Good CSW Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers (No. 1 in CSW) He leads all starters by a significant margin, as if you needed further proof his ridiculous start was real. He finally walked his first batter of the season during his return from the IL last week, but a 58:1 K:BB line will… Source link

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Pitchers to fade at Yahoo ADP

Although fantasy baseball is a complicated game, those who win their leagues are typically the ones who figure out their pitching staff without making excessive investments. For this reason, the pitcher selections you make on draft day are your most important ones. With fewer pitchers than hitters on a roster, each pitcher factors greatly into overall ratios and cumulative totals. There is little room for error with pitcher picks, which is why I will steer clear of the following nine hurlers Source link

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