There were a trio of interesting starts last night that are sure to make owners wonder what they are supposed to do. It's actually pretty simple for each and we'll start with Amir Garrett who is getting a ton of love after going 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 Hits, 2 BBs, 4 Ks. This often cracks me up. When a pitcher making his MLB debut isn't touted highly at all before his first start and then does well, the first knee-jerk reaction is referencing one person who was on his side in the depths of the internet and everyone says How were we so blind? But then we write off James Shields throwing three great starts later on in July. I watched this outing from Garrett and I wasn't all too impressed. I think the Cardinals hit themselves into outs often, while Garrett's heater was all over the place. His mechanics don't look too repeatable, making me believe that his consistently high BB/9 marks (4.12 BB/9 across 67.2 innings in AA) are going to stick around, while that K rate is going be roughly around 7.00 per nine given that he does have a decent Slider that induced some pretty bad swings from St. Louis. But that's really it, this guy isn't your breakout candidate of 2017 that you need to get now, so don't do anything rash where you're dropping legitimate players for him. I don't want him in 12 teamers unless I'm truly desperate and would consider Garrett for 14 teamers and beyond.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
What do you feel about streaming Clayton Richard today?