I know I'm not the only one who doesn't love Gerrit Cole. He has the stuff that makes you swoon in the mirror, but he simply doesn't execute the way it should. After last night's 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 7 Hits, 1 BBs, 5 Ks, Cole holds a 4.23 ERA, 8.61 K/9, 2.46 BB/9, and 4.16 FIP. That's pretty terrible. It's replaceable through streaming for the most part, but more realistically his spot in your staff would have been better off chasing upside arms like Godley, Corbin, Bauer, Castillo, etc. But for next year, I am willing to bet he will be in the consensus Top 35. His HR/FB rate was 16.1% after a career under 10%! His velocity increased! He could be like 2015 again! Yep, I've heard it all and I don't want to do it again. 2015 looks like an anomaly with every other year since 2014 holding a 3.60 ERA + 1.20 WHIP or worse. At what point do we stop buying into a guy "turning it on" and realize that he's just not going to have everything go right for a full season again? I don't blame you if you want to chase it, it might be worth the value in your draft. I simply doubt that I'll be the one ready to pull the trigger before "the guy that loves Cole" snatches him. Because every league will have that guy. Don't be that guy.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Hey Nick- Looks like Junis may start Monday against NYY. Do you still like this for a stream? Also, who else would you look to stream on Tuesday? Urena, T. Anderson and Mengden are on the wire in my league…. Thanks!
Who do you like better? McHugh @ TOR, or Junis @ yankees tomorrow?
*McHugh @ TEX
Both of those are not a good stream IMO.
Both teams have a high wOBA, and McHugh is rated as a cold matchup against Texas despite his ok outing against them last time. Certainly you have better options to pick from?
If CC Sabathia is available I would pick him up as that’s probably what I’ll be doing for Monday.
Thanks for your thought Ryan. Other option I could pick up are Sabathia or Sims… I don’t really like either of those! So I may just pass. My opponent has 13 starting pitchers for the week to my 7… I’ve got 5 picks for the week so trying to choose wisely!
McHugh gets my vote.
Thanks Nick! How about these Tues streamers: Gausman @ PIT, or Mengden vs SEA? Mengden looks to have another start on Sunday @ TEX, but not sure if this second start is worth it…
Gausman definitely.
Would you stream CC Sabathia vs the Royals?
Seems like a decent stream. 3 cold hitter matchups against him, KC ranks 24th in wOBA, pitched well against them last time out, and more than likely a win with NY’s offense behind him.
It’s not the worst option out there, but CC himself is very hit or miss and the ceiling isn’t high enough for me to risk the floor in most cases.
Believe your Matt Boyd blurb got cut short.
It did! Thanks for pointing it out. It’s been fixed.
Nick — A thousand thanks! From early Nola and Verlander love to mid/late season pickups like Morton, Castillo, Faria, Weaver, you guys helped me dominate pitching and win a second straight H2H championship. Until next year..
Sweet man, congrats!
Hope to see you through the off-season and 2018!
I lost by 20 points. If it wasn’t for Quintana’s CGSHO I could’ve been competing for the ship. Arghhh! Still playing for 3rd in both of my leagues, so I can’t complain too much. Thanks again for all the help!
Nooooo!
Sorry Matt, if it makes you feel better, I lost a league solely because of Blake Parker’s save.
Great having you around for another season here!