If you told me that with Lester, Sale, Severino, and Quintana starting on a given day that Scott Feldman was going to be the one to earn a CGSHO, I would have had a good chuckle. A hearty, healthy chuckle that indicated we should be friends. But there it is, 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 Hits, 1 BBs, 5 Ks against the Giants. Feldman Schmeldman. Alright, you deserve more than that today after 27 outs of zero ER. He's a TEEs in my mind as his 3.54 BB/9 is horrendous, xFIP of 4.23 sounds about right, and his 7.08 K/9 rate doesn't give you enough upside to chase. Heck, his IPS is still under 6.0 even with this complete game. The reason for his "success" thus far has been an improved Curveball, but man do his other pitches fall way behind. I wouldn't be shocked if his deuce doesn't keep pulling the weight and everything falls down in a hurry.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
“regression angels” come on. a clear rip off from Razzball and their regression fairies term. stay original
No way!
I’ve been saying that for years. Trust me, I have zero intention trying steal terms from Razzball. They do great stuff, I have to believe I can come up with something original here!
Regression Angels come from me talking about the BABIP Gods, so they send their Angels to take care of business for them.
Weird. Thanks for the heads up though, I probably should change it slightly to make sure there isn’t any confusion here.
Great work Nick. Quintana or McCullers ROS? I’m in a 10 team H2H ESPN 6×6 category redraft?
I personally think something is wrong with Quintana this year but McCullers’ health issues in the past do concern me. What do you all think?
I’d go with McCullers. Injury risks are a bit lessened this year given how many injuries have happened overall (and with many “non-injury risks”.
The List link has (recurring) problems. Either old page or doesn’t load fully.
Super weird, thanks for the heads up Manley.
You said in regard to Luis Severino – Would you honestly tell me you’d rather have Danny Duffy, Jose Quintana, Marcus Stroman, Julio Teheran over Severino? Didn’t think so.
I have Quintana… You would drop Quintana and pick up Severino? Would you own Aaron Sanchez over Quintana?
It’s Severino > Quintana > Aaron Sanchez in my book, so yes I’d drop Quintana for Severino.
Fair enough. So based on that input and my roster in a H2H yahoo 12 team league (with only 8 teams active currently)…
You’d pick up Severino, drop Aaron Sanchez, and keep Quintana rostered?
My current SP roster is:
– C. Kershaw
– E. Santana (dropping for Severino)
– J. Quintana
– J. Lester
– M. Fulmer
– L. McCullers
– C. Martinez
– A. Sanchez (DL)
Should I drop Sanchez now? Once he gets off DL I would need to drop someone to make roster space for him. It’d either Sanchez or Quintana.
Gotcha. In an 8 teamer, it may be best to chase Sanchez’s upside instead over Quintana long term. Short term I still hold Quintana.
Quintana is the safer play, but Sanchez does have a higher ceiling. In the short term, Quintana is the better hold given I don’t want to trust Sanchez in his first start or two back.