What a night for Joe Biagini who went 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 Hits, 1 BBs, 10 Ks against the Orioles last night. It's been a tumultuous season for Biagini as he's bounced around from the pen to the minors, and as a starter he's had some success mixed with plenty of clunkers. If you've been following the site, you'll know that I do believe in the skill set of Biagaini - Fastball at 94-95 that sinks a ton, Changeup that moves even more, and a Curveball with a boatload of drop. (Yes, he features a Cutter in there two but I want that to stop being thrown all together as it's terrible so let's move past that.) I still firmly believe that over a large enough sample, Biagini can overcome his horrid 62.5% LOB Rate, letting his 57.7% groundball rate and 8.00+ K/9 shine. I'm not talking Top 25 arm here, but someone that you're happy to have as your #5/6 through the season. If you're reading this Toronto - I know you are - please let him start in 2018 out of the gate. Anyway, the bad news here is that he gets the Sawx, Twins, and Yanks in four of five final starts and I don't have the confidence to start him in any. So let's just watch Biagini the rest of the year and hope he defies the odds and has success, allowing us to get a possible steal in the 2018 draft.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
How does Salazar coming back affect the Cleveland rotation? Does Clev or Tomlin get bumped out?
Salazar is available on my wire. I have Reynaldo Lopez still on my DL. So, I’d have to drop 2. Is it worth dropping 2 of these– Peacock, Maeda, Taillon, Heaney, Lopez– to acquire Salazar? Don’t want to jinx it, but sitting on a 1st round bye next week. So, looking ahead to the semis the following week.
If you’re sitting on a bye, you can probably drop Peacock. He likely won’t last past your bye. I’d monitor Salazar’s start tomorrow and if he brings it, I’d be ok dropping Taillon for him.
With Alex wood coming back would you rather drop Morton or Clevinger? Also if Wood still has decreased velocity is he still better than those two?
Who won the gallows pole today?
Good question!
Split between Taijuan Walker and Gausman at 16 whiffs apiece
Nick! I’ve been going crazy with the football drafts but I’m still here! Locked for the playoffs too, thanks to you.
I was wondering what your take on Gibson’ recent success was? I’ve read he’s made some mechanical tweaks that have yielded positive results. Do you trust him with his mostly soft schedule ROS?