Should i drop greinke

Kevin Gausman. With a 4. Brandon Woodruff. Freddy Peralta. Everything from his previous IP highs, to the Brewers telling us since last offseason that their starters would be limited, was screaming to trade Peralta, if so able. So, hopefully, you did! Yu Darvish.

But he did look great on Wednesday night, albeit against an Angels team that has been the worst team in baseball against RHP in the second half, posting just a. Can a contact-oriented guy like Greinke even be more than mid-tier? Dylan Bundy SP. LAA L. ERA 5. My experience as someone with multiple shares of Dylan Bundy has been "yeah, quality start machine It's also shocking to see him without a win despite having five quality starts.

That's the epitome of bad luck, of course, but it looks to me like he's had bad luck all the way around. His gains have largely carried over from last year -- if anything, his fastball is livelier this time around -- and his 3. Kenta Maeda SP. At first glance, it doesn't seem like Kenta Maeda's latest outing, in which he allowed three earned runs in five innings with three strikeouts, did anything to restore confidence.

Of his 10 swinging strikes, though, six came on the splitter. It was his most effective pitch last year but hadn't even come close to the same whiff rate this year.

Tuesday's start was the first to suggest he's regaining the feel for it. Everything else seems fairly normal, from the velocity to the pitch selection to the control. His near 25 percent home run-to-fly ball rate is an absurdity and will come down even faster if he starts missing bats like he's capable.

Kyle Hendricks SP. CHC Chi. He's verging on red just because he's rendered himself unstartable for the time being, but when you dive into the numbers, you don't arrive at anything that's greatly out of sorts.

Most notable is the drop in ground-ball rate, but seeing as his pitches haven't fundamentally changed, it's probably just a matter of locating. My theory for Kyle Hendricks is that his lack of pure stuff requires his location to be impeccable, and when it's not, things go really wrong. I'll trust in the track record over the long haul, but as with Greinke, it's not so clear that pitch-to-contact types like him are even capable of standing out in today's environment.

This tactic can pay huge dividends because while the best starting pitchers do typically end the season with the most overall points, when broken down on a week-to-week basis, there's a huge amount of variance. One disastrous start can single-handedly turn a potential win into a loss. Closers, however, tend to get into games only when there's a chance to earn a save.

On top of that, there's not as much chance for disaster as they don't get docked harshly for any inherited runners they allow to score -- those runs are charged to the guy who put them on base in the first place.

Get save opportunities from closers each week and the potential for points is far greater than if you used so-so streaming SPs instead. Now, when it comes to ranking relievers in the preseason, you really shouldn't pay too much attention to the names of the pitchers themselves.

Rather, it's their teams that matter. Closers only keep their jobs for as long as their managers have confidence in them. Many bullpens are overcrowded with options and an "official announcement" regarding who will win those coveted ninth-inning jobs might not come until just prior to Opening Day.

In other words, while we're currently higher on the likes of Nick Anderson Rays and James Karinchak Indians , if those jobs suddenly go to Diego Castillo or Nick Wittgren instead, then you're probably just going to see those pairs of teammates swap places in the rankings. However, this doesn't mean there isn't also some inherent value to those eighth-inning holds guys especially in the returning "must face three hitters" environment who are unlikely to be moved from those roles, even if something happens to their teams' closers.

You're looking at potentially just as many if not more appearances per week, which is ideal for streaming them into your fantasy lineups if you can make daily moves - and particularly so on the days after the closer has just pitched back-to-back outings.

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Fantasy baseball: Way-too-early H2H categories rankings. Freeman, Correa among to enter free agency. Atlanta Braves. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and Welcome to Week 10 RotoBallers, it's officially crunch time.

We are back with our early Week 10 fantasy football rankings. There are plenty of injury updates that will affect this week's fantasy football rankings, so we are already starting things up. As always, we like to kick things off with a quick roundup of relevant Our Ranking Wizard displays our staff's fantasy football rankings for various league formats, all in one easy place. Well, that was an interesting week. Heavy favorites fell, cellar dwellers won, and many of the top fantasy scorers were on benches or waivers.

It's unlikely that Week 10 will bring the same level of unpredictability but that's the great thing about the NFL - you never know what to expect. In this weekly column, They go over Michael's early Fantasy Baseball starting pitcher rankings. Talking about some players that stand out.

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All throughout the MLB We've put a bow on the season, with the Braves finishing off their surprising season with a World Series victory over the Astros.

That leaves fantasy baseball managers to eagerly await an offseason of hot stove rumors and draft prep. Before all that takes place, it's only right to pay tribute to the players Of course, impact fantasy players taken near the top of drafts are crucial for fantasy contenders.

But, finding breakout candidates late in the draft Back in late April, I published the early season report card. It was a look at how the top drafted starting pitchers began their seasons and what we could expect from them moving forward. At the All-Star break in July, we revisited them and updated their grades with a midseason report card. We also provided Frankie Montas was a trendy sleeper pick during the baseball offseason as fantasy managers thought he could rebound after a sub-par season.

The year-old struggled with a 5. Montas bounced back in a big way and ended the season on They go over some of the injury statistics from the season, go over some players coming back from injury with a outlook, and more related to all the injuries of the past season.

Then they go over the best ball leagues in One of the toughest decisions to make in drafts was what exactly to do with Corbin Burnes. We hadn't seen much of him at all in the Major Leagues before the season, and then we had less than 60 innings to go off of for Burnes from that season. While his performance They will go over rounds as well as answer some awesome listener questions. This will Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for November 3rd, Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below Phillies right-handed starting pitcher Aaron Nola was one of the most dominant pitchers in the league in the short campaign.

That season along with the upside we had seen from him previously, and his young age made him an SP1 on fantasy rosters coming out of the draft. Nola went in the top two Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for November 2nd, Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for October 31st, We have a compact three-game slate on tap Thursday night, one that forces us to be even more prudent and efficient than usual with our lineup construction.

Additionally, because of some confirmed and likely absences to big-name players, we have an even smaller pool of candidates to choose from. Luckily, there are still some top-shelf PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single stats.

The goal is to Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! This article will give you all the great picks you come for as usual, but I want to take a quick second to thank the veterans for their service to this country on Veteran's Day. Three games on the schedule tonight leaves us with some slim pickings compared to a Monday, Wednesday, or In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate.

These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for November 11th, Welcome back fantasy basketballers! Hopefully, your teams are sticking in the race.

In this weekly column, I will be highlighting four players whose dynasty stock has risen If you're one of those fantasy basketball players that sets a lineup at the beginning of the week, checks out, and then comes back seven days later to see how things shook out, this post is not for you.

This is for those who are grinding through each day and keeping track of categories as The injury news has come hot and heavy in the last few days, which is a real bummer for all of us NBA basketball fans, but it can help you turn your fantasy season around if you act quickly! The biggest news this week was that Joel Embiid is set to miss some time because After a quiet, three-game slate Tuesday, the NBA explodes Wednesday with a total of 26 teams taking the floor!

By default, there will be a myriad of ways to build out your DFS lineups but which players should you focus on? That's where I come in! As always, we'll go through my favorite DraftKings plays When you have a slate with only three games, you can be sure that the following night is going to be filled to the brim. So with the 13 contests we have tonight, have fun, don't look back, and keep those NBA updates handy.

Bets and wagers change throughout the day depending on activity and Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! I'm continuing to work on my NBA model, trying to gather more information to make sure all of you are as armed as possible going into each slate. Even with the small adjustments I've made so far, it seems to be Welcome to Rotation Watch, Rotoballers! Each week, this article will highlight the players that are gaining minutes in their team's rotation.

Fantasy managers want to roster the players that are accumulating stats and racking up the playing time. They want to avoid the players falling out of favor and watching the action from the sidelines Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for November 10th, Tuesday is here and brings with it three NBA games for our viewing pleasures. With two of the three games being interconference rivals, we are sure to get some good basketball. You know what's better than good basketball?

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