I was joined by Nick Pollack (
@PitcherList
) on the latest episode of 90 Feet From Home to talk about some disappointing SPs through the first two months of 2024
We went over Pablo Lopez, Kevin Gausman, Blake Snell and many more
Come check it out here!
Billy, these are the Atlanta Braves
They had the best record in MLB
They had the most HR ever by an NL team with 5 players hitting 30+
Their ace won 20 games and broke John Smoltz’s record for strikeouts
Their defect is having a few off days and letting reporters do their job
The “All Disappointment” team
The worst early picks so far (excluding injuries)
C: Mitch Garver
1B: Vladimir Guerrero Jr
2B: Gleyber Torres
SS: Bo Bichette
3B: Alex Bregman
OF: Corbin Carroll
OF: Nolan Jones
OF: Jordan Walker
SP: Joe Musgrove
SP: Michael King
RP: Alex Lange
Salvador Perez has 17 fWAR, 34.7 bWAR, 255 HR, and fewer DRS in his entire career than Cal Raleigh has this season in 350 Innings
We really don’t have to do this
Guys, you’re still trying to replace Strider. I told you we can’t do it.
Now, what we might be able to do is recreate him in the aggregate
We need to replace a 2.80 ERA, 300 Ks, and 20 wins
We can do this with Martin Perez, Spencer Turnbull, and Paul Blackburn
I really enjoy putting Quick Hits together. I spend about 3/4 hours on them daily, and the process really helps me stay on top of all the action
But the more important question is do YOU find them helpful? Is this content useful in your leagues?
Let me know what you think
#FantasyBaseball
Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Garrett Crochet continued his amazing run in Toronto
6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K, 1 BB, 29% CSW, 11.8% SwStr
He has not allowed a run since the 4th inning of his start on May 5th, and he now has a 3.75 ERA, .95 WHIP, and 74 K in 57.2 IP
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🚨Personal Announcement🚨
I am very excited to announce that I have joined the team
@FantasyPros
as a Writer/Editor/Producer!!!
A big thanks goes to
@mikeMaher
and
@blaineblontz
for this incredible opportunity
I can’t wait to get started!
The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Jared Jones
2. Luis Gil
3. Victor Scott II
4. Yimi Garcia
5. Jake Cronenworth
6. Michael Kopech
7. Clayton Kershaw
8. Cedanne Rafaela
9. Mitch Haniger
10. Jordan Westburg
Let’s dive in and see why⬇️
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
Leagues
1. Max Meyer
2. Jack Flaherty
3. Griffin Jax
4. Jacob deGrom
5. Jake Cronenworth
6. Tyler Wells
7. Gavin Stone
8. Luis Severino
9. J.D. Martinez
10. A.J. Puk
Let’s dive in and see why⬇️
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So, Juan Soto played 214 games as a San Diego Padre
The Padres gave up CJ Abrams, Mackenzie Gore, James Wood and Jarlin Susana, and presumably will get Thorpe, King, etc as well
This is the team that gave $280 million to Xander Bogaerts 1 year ago
Just awful asset management
Of course that’s your contention, none of your pitchers are having surgery today. You didn’t even draft an SP until the 8th round. You’re gonna be convinced to fade pitching until next year when the late round guys get hurt and then you’ll be coming in here saying “1st round SPs”
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Tanner Houck threw a complete game shutout against CLE, and he has looked very sharp to start 2024
9 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 9 K, 0 BB, 38% CSW, 20.2% SwStr%
His season line is a thing of beauty
26.2 IP, 4 ER (1.35 ERA), 28 K, 2 BB
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️Jared Jones had another amazing outing, and truly looks like one of the best pitchers in the game
5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 42% CSW, 25.4 SwStr%
He was pulled after throwing 59 pitches (85% strikes) in an effort to limit his IP
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Elly De La Cruz is on a ridiculous heater, and he continued that today by going 3/5 with three SB
.313/.412/.651, 23 R, 7 HR, 18 RBI, 15 SB
Through nearly a full month, he’s the
#1
overall player in all fantasy formats
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Quick Hits for Saturday
⚾️ Max Meyer absolutely dismantled the Braves
6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 36% CSW
He also had 23 whiffs, the most of any SP today
This makes three consecutive strong starts, and my guess is that he has a rotation spot going forward
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Source:
#Marlins
No. 3 prospect Max Meyer will be optioned as the corresponding move for Edward Cabrera’s return.
Been club’s most consistent starter but his workload and innings were always going to be monitored coming back from Tommy John surgery.
Andy Pettite was a 3X All Star in 18 years
He used PEDs several times throughout his career, was named in the Mitchell Report, and has admitted the claims are true that he cheated
He never won a Cy Young
He had a 3.85 career ERA
He isn’t remotely close to being HOF worthy
#FantasyBaseball
Quick Hits for Friday
⚾️ Jared Jones did it again!
6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 35% CSW
He induced an absurd 21 whiffs on just 80 pitches, by far the most of the day by any SP
Managers on Yahoo (53%) and ESPN (32%) are asleep at the wheel
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Jared Jones. Need I say more?
6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 43% CSW, 27.4 SwStr%
He ran into a little bit of trouble towards the end of his outing, but he worked out of a jam and has been nothing short of dominant to start his career
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Quick Hits for Saturday
⚾️ Another day, another Jared Jones masterpiece
7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 10 K, 0 BB, 35% CSW, 17.7% SwStr
While his hardest pitches mostly came in the first two innings, he was able to maintain 96/98 MPH FB velocity throughout the day
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Opening Day Quick Hits
⚾️ Garrett Crochet looked dominant in his first career start
6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 0 BB, 32% CSW
His FB was sitting 97.6 MPH and got up to 99.8
There’s a chance the White Sox (and those who drafted/added him) found a gem here
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Cody Bradford had another gem today
6.2 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 36% CSW
He led all SPs today with 17 whiffs
I think he looks like a completly different pitcher this year and will likely stay in the Rangers’ rotation
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Shota Imanaga has very quickly established himself as one of the best SPs in baseball
Another gem tonight
7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 26% CSW, 17.2% SwStr
That’s 35 K, 4 BB, .78 ERA, .75 WHIP in 34.2 IP
S.T.U.D
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Something a lot of men don't like to admit:
All of your hobbies and ambitions are to attract women.
Nature doesn't care how much personal fulfillment you get from them. Those things are cool, but they're a coincidental positive externality to the prime objective:
To keep the
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Luis Severino had a dominant outing against the Cubs, taking a no hitter into the 8th inning
8 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 2 BB, 28% CSW, 12.8 SwStr%
He finishes April with 31 K, 11 BB, 2.32 ERA, and a 1.06 WHIP through six starts
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When I first started making fantasy baseball content three years ago, reaching 10K followers on Twitter seemed like a hilariously unattainable goal
I can’t believe I hit that mark today
A sincere thank you to all who consume and interact with my work, it truly means so much
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Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ Erick Fedde had another great start today against TB
8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 0 BB, 28% CSW, 13% SwStr
He lowered his ERA to 2.36 and his WHIP to 1.02, to go along with 39 Ks and 9 BB through six starts and 34.1 IP
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Garrett Crochet absolutely dominated the Braves tonight
7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 1 BB, 37% CSW
He made one mistake to Marcell Ozuna, but he was incredible all night
Only 51% rostered on Yahoo…
There is no higher priority pickup
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Kevin Ginkel
2. Victor Scott II
3. Max Meyer
4. Jordan Hicks
5. Jack Flaherty
6. Jared Jones
7. Luis Severino
8. Tyler Wells
9. Jacob deGrom
10. Yimi Garcia
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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Quick Hits for Friday
⚾️ Taj Bradley looked fantastic in his first start of 2024
6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 30% CSW, 11.8% SwStr
He’s still just 36% on yahoo and should be considered one of the priority SP pickups on the wire right now
Upside: Top 25 SP
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Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ Casey Mize has been excellent in his return to the majors this year, and lowered his ERA to 2.95 today
6 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 K, 3 BB, 29% CSW, 10% SwStr
He’s done enough to earn an add in most leagues, and he’s 28% rostered on Yahoo
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Tyler Glasnow had the best outing of any SP so far this year
7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 14 K, 0 BB, 48% CSW!
He led the day with 21 whiffs and now has a 2.25 ERA, .75 WHIP, and 29K:7 BB
A breath of fresh air, to say the least
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Quick Hits for Friday
⚾️ Nick Pivetta picked up exactly where he left off in 2023
6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 10 K, 0 BB, 37% CSW
The one blemish was JP Crawford taking him deep in the 6th, but Pivetta looked like an ace tonight and I am very excited
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Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ It looks like Jack Flaherty is back to his old self after a strong spring and great first start today
6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 33% CSW
He’s an absolute must roster player, and he’s still on way too many waiver wires
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Jack Flaherty had an incredible start against STL, who dealt him at last year’s deadline
6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 14 K, 1 BB, 46% CSW, 25.8% SwStr
This is no fluke. He came into today ranked 4th in K-BB% (25.8%) and 5th in SIERA (2.69)
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Oswaldo Cabrera
2. Michael Conforto
3. Jared Jones
4. Tanner Houck
5. Brady Singer
6. Abner Uribe
7. Jason Foley
8. Dean Kremer
9. Zach Littell
10. Luis Campusano
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Edward Cabrera made his season debut against the Giants, and he was absolutely dealing
6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 10 K, 1 BB, 42% CSW, 18.6 SwStr%
His main issue has always been command, but he was able to throw 68% strikes in this one
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Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ Dare I say that Alek Manoah is back?
7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 30% CSW, 10.7% SwStr
He has made three starts since rejoining the Blur Jays, and has posted a 3.00 ERA, .94 WHIP, and 19 K/6 BB through 18 IP
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
Leagues
1. Luis Severino
2. Mason Miller
3. AJ Puk
4. Kutter Crawford
5. Cristopher Sanchez
6. Junior Caminero
7. Byron Buxton
8. Luis Rengifo
9. Edward Cabrera
10. Brayan Bello
Let’s dive in and see why⬇️
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Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Jared Jones continues to be so damn impressive
6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 29% CSW, 16.5% SwStr
He didn’t even have a count get to three balls tonight and now has a 2.89 ERA, .91 WHIP, and 63 K in 53 IP
Top 10 SP? Probably
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Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ Ryan Pepiot had a very impressive outing, especially considering it came in Colorado
6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 11 K, 0 BB, 39% CSW
His FB generated a 51% whiff rate on his way to 21 total swings and misses (by far the most of today’s SPs)
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Erick Fedde has been one of the lone bright spots for the White Sox, and he had the best start of his career tonight
6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 11 K, 0 BB, 34% CSW, 17.9 SwStr%
He now has 30 K, 9 BB, 2.73 ERA, and a 1.14 WHIP in 26.1 IP
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Garrett Crochet continued his amazing run in Toronto
6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K, 1 BB, 29% CSW, 11.8% SwStr
He has not allowed a run since the 4th inning of his start on May 5th, and he now has a 3.75 ERA, .95 WHIP, and 74 K in 57.2 IP
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Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Jack Flaherty continues to be one of the best SPs in baseball
6.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 9 K, 1 BB, 32% CSW, 14.4% SwStr
It’s absurd that he is still just 72% on Yahoo
If the season ended today, he’d be my choice for the AL Cy Young
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Jared Jones hasn’t looked quite as sharp over his last few outings as he did initially, but he’s still consistently posting quality starts
6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 3 BB, 32% CSW, 17.2% SwStr
The sign of an ace in the making
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Quick Hits for Friday
⚾️ Mackenzie Gore is one of the most undervalued players on Yahoo (50% rostered)
7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 1 BB, 36% CSW, 17.3% SwStr
10 starts, and no more than 3 ER in any of them
He’s also been doing this against very strong opponents
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IMO, these are the active players who are already 100% guaranteed Hall Of Famers as of today
Clayton Kershaw
Justin Verlander
Max Scherzer
Zack Greinke
Craig Kimbrel
Joey Votto
Mike Trout
Shohei Ohtani
Nolan Arenado
Freddie Freeman
Bryce Harper
Paul Goldschmidt
Mookie Betts
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Reese Olson continued his amazing run today with a dominant outing against MIA
8 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 0 BB, 29% CSW, 13.5% SwStr
He has a 2.09 ERA, .99 WHIP, 41 K/15 BB in 47.1 IP
He’s allowed > 2 ER just once this season
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Some absolute must roster players on
@YahooFantasy
who are <60%
Jose Caballero
Jo Adell
Edouard Julien
Brenton Doyle
Mackenzie Gore
Trevor Megill
Erick Fedde
Taj Bradley
Christian Scott
Davis Schneider
These guys shouldn’t be available in any
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Mitchell Parker continued his impressive run today in Atlanta
6.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 0 BB, 31% CSW, 17% SwStr
He hasn’t allowed more than 3 ER in any of his 8 GS, including matchups with LAD, HOU, TEX, and BAL
Pretty incredible
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Jack Flaherty continued his amazing run with another QS against CLE
6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 6 K, 1 BB, 34% CSW, 14.8% SwStr
He’s been one of the most dominant SPs to start the year, and he’ll be inside the Top 25 in my next update
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Elly De La Cruz hit his first two dingers of the season and also stole a base, and his season line is looking beautiful
.297/.366/.595, 11 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 SB
This was also the first game this year where he didn’t strikeout
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Brice Turang
2. Seth Lugo
3. Garrett Crochet
4. Brady Singer
5. Michael Conforto
6. Ronel Blanco
7. Lance Lynn
8. Tanner Houck
9. Michael A. Taylor
10. Alex Kirilloff
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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Welcome Royals twitter!
Salvy has less fWAR as a catcher than Gregg Zaun, Alex Avila, Francisco Cervelli, Geovany Soto, and Paul Lo Duca
Spare me your arguments
#FantasyBaseball
Quick Hits for Sunday
⚾️ Jose Butto was able to shut down the red hot Royals lineup, who rank 7th in wRC+ and 9th in wOBA
6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 9 K. 1 BB, 27% CSW, 17.5 SwStr%
I would be very surprised if he doesn’t remain in the Mets’ rotation going forward
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Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Ronel Blanco no-hit the Blue Jays tonight in only his 8th career start at age 30. Wow
9 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 32% CSW
He performed really well in spring training and carried that over in a big way with 20 whiffs (10 on his CH)
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Quick Hits for Saturday
⚾️ Paul Skenes had an excellent MLB debut
4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 33% CSW, 16.7% SwStr
He threw 17 pitches 100 MPH+ and hit 101.9 in the 1st inning
It’s great that he’s finally up, Skenes is an absolute joy to watch
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Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Zack Littell dominated a Braves lineup that featured Acuna, Riley, Murphy, and Ozuna
5 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 0 BB
He has yet to give up a run in 10 IP this spring and his K/BB ratio is 10/1
Have the Rays done it again? Probably
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Quick Hits for Saturday
⚾️ Luis Gil absolutely dominated the White Sox
6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 14 K, 1 BB, 41% CSW, 22.4% SwStr
His command has been very shaky so far, but he threw 66% strikes and has only walked three batters over his last 12 IP
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
Leagues
1. Logan Allen
2. Jason Foley
3. Jake Cronenworth
4. Jordan Hicks
5. Jack Flaherty
6. AJ Puk
7. Frankie Montas
8. Martin Perez
9. Garrett Crochet
10. Victor Scott
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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Some of the trades today sending away Julio Rodriguez on Yahoo are shocking
Justin Verlander
Alex Bregman
Marcell Ozuna
Teoscar Hernandez
Colton Cowser + Giancarlo Stanton
Evan Phillips + Jarren Duran
Have some shame, people
You spent your
#2
overall pick on him 3 weeks ago
#FantasyBaseball
Quick Hits for Monday
⚾️ Taj Bradley got some tough results but still had a strong outing against the Red Sox
7 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 10 K, 0 BB, 36% CSW, 23.9% SwStr
He led all SPs with 22 whiffs today and now holds a 4.00 ERA, .94 WHIP 23 K/3 BB in 18 IP
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I’ve updated my SP Rankings
1. Zack Wheeler
2. Tyler Glasnow
3. Corbin Burnes
4. Tarik Skubal
5. Freddy Peralta
6. Kevin Gausman
7. Pablo Lopez
8. Luis Castillo
9. George Kirby
10. Logan Webb
You can check out the rest of the list on my new Patreon (link is in my bio)
8th grader, Blake Thompson (
@BThompson2028
) up to 86.4 tonight 🤯🤯🤯
This was one of the craziest things I’ve witnessed as a coach but is not surprising one bit. Blake gets after it every single day he’s in the facility whether that is throwing or the weightroom.
Clearly a
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Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Mackenzie Gore held his own while taking a tough loss against the Dodgers
6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, 27% CSW, 16.7 SwStr%
He led all SPs today with 17 whiffs, and now has a 3.12 ERA, 38 K, and only 8 BB over 26 IP
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Reese Olson had another great start today against CLE
6 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 2 BB, 27% CSW, 12.3% SwStr
That makes five consecutive starts if at least 5 IP and two or fewer ER allowed
2.52 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 35 K/15 BB in 39.1 IP
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Quick Hits for Wednesday
⚾️ Alec Marsh continued his great run today in Seattle
5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 29% CSW, 15.6% SwStr
That brings him down to a 2.43 ERA and 1.05 WHIP, and he hasn’t allowed more than 5 H/1 ER over each of his last four outings
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Quick Hits for Tuesday
⚾️ Shota Imanaga had another dominant outing as he cruised past SDP
7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 1 BB, 30% CSW, 19.6% SwStr
He reallytook advantage of a team that struggles against LHP (92 wRC+, .292 wOBA
The Cubs are 7-0 in Imanaga starts
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Zach Eflin was done a disservice by his manager today
He was cruising for the first 5 IP, but clearly didn’t have it in the 6th.
Gives up 2 HR and remains in the game for five more batters just to get shelled
Shame on Kevin Cash, that never should have happened
The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Travis d’Arnaud
2. Heston Kjerstad
3. Reed Garrett
4. Mitchell Parker
5. James Paxton
6. Daulton Varsho
7. Luis Severino
8. Bryce Elder
9. Bryan De La Cruz
10. Amed Rosario
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Ryan Pepiot got back on track against the Angels after struggling against the Giants last week
6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 3 BB, 32% CSW, 18.4 SwStr%
His 17 whiffs were by far the most of any pitcher on today’s short slate
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The 10 most added players today in Yahoo
#FantasyBaseball
leagues
1. Cody Bradford
2. Logan Allen
3. Reid Detmers
4. Ronel Blanco
5. Connor Joe
6. Reynaldo Lopez
7. Tanner Houck
8. James McArthur
9. Brice Turang
10. Jackson Merrill
Let’s dive in and see why ⬇️
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It is pretty much impossible to win your league on draft day.
You win throughout the season by staying on top of the daily news cycle and being active on the waiver wire
Don’t give up mid-summer if you are down in the standings.
Play it out, you never know what’ll happen
#FantasyBaseball
Quick Hits for Thursday
⚾️ Tanner Bibee got back on track in a big way against the Twins
5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 9 K, 0 BB, 33% CSW
We held our breath after a 5 BB debut against the A’s of all teams, but those who bought in can collectively exhale
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