I feel like each year we need to remind everyone of the same Corey Kluber flaw, but it's 2017 and nothing has changed after he went 6.0 IP, 5 ER, 6 Hits, 3 BBs, 6 Ks against the Rangers. What's that flaw? Well, for the months of March/April since 2014, Kluber's ERA has been 4.14, 4.24, and 4.24. He's notorious for having a poor first month and I completely buy that Kluber is a pitcher who needs to rev up his engine first before giving you the stud numbers you want. Does that mean treat him like a DL stash for all of April? Nah because that's overdoing it. All I'm getting at is don't undersell him if he takes a moment to get out of the gate or look to buy him if his owner is freaking out after his third straight meh start to begin the season.
Let's see how every other SP did yesterday:
I thought Gray was elite for 4 innings…and then…you know, he wasn’t. He’s got the stuff. No question there.
How far out of the rankings do you have Wei-Yin Chen, and what do you think about his chances this week @NYM? Love the rankings, just missed Lynn for $1 ($1000 FAAB), need one more starter to fill out the roster.
Don’t love it much. Chen’s Fastball command has been terrible since his days with the Orioles. Even though its the Mets, I still don’t like his next start and find it tough to endorse him outside of NL-only leagues.
Think Desclafini or Kazmir would be worth a DL stash?
I’d prefer Tony Disco over Kaz, but would drop them in a heartbeat if I needed the DL spot.