So there were plenty of people believing in Brandon Woodruff as the man to own this week - I did put him in the third tier of last week's two-start article after all - and as he faced the Pirates tonight, it was assumed he was the streaming pick to grab. Remember, he had a 1.52 ERA in his first four starts...but that .250 BABIP and 90.2% LOB rate caught up to him today as he went 5.0 IP, 6 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 3 Ks. I'm not going to ramble on today - you have plenty of things you need to do and there are more important remarks in this roundup like a terrible terrible Miranda blurb - but now Woodruff gets the Marlins + Cubs to close out the year and if any of you were really banking on him, I suggest you stop doing that. His stuff just isn't all that great and I expect more bad than good. Also, The List is coming out tomorrow morning for those wondering, I went a bit crazy with adding extra pitchers and eventually elected to pull them back to get it out early Tuesday morning. It's a whole lot of mess at the backend, by the way.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Wow, early one. Good for us on the West Coast. Was just checking in on your Stephenson write up and ranking. You make it happen.
It’s how they should be. I’ve been slacking this year.
Also, can’t say I’m shocked to hear you’re from the West Coast with a fantastic name like that.
Must be a Mariners fan. The sog has hit us hard this year.
In other news, I’m torn whether to start Manaea or not (points league). I have lots of two starts this we so I think I can get away with it. Any thoughts?
Get away with not starting him, that is.
Yeah I think you’re okay benching Manaea tonight and playing it safe.
Loving the early Roundup! Goes nice with morning coffee.
Any advice on Lance Lynn against the Reds tonight?
He’s been great against them this season, but I’m always nervous starting him against red-hot hitters
I think it’s the Vargas Rule where you kinda need to keep rolling with Lynn until he hits that wall.
Haha fair enough! Thanks!
Hey Nick, are we getting an updated Pitcher List this week?
Yes! Finishing it up now. Sorry for the wait!