It's been a weird season for Eduardo Rodriguez thus far who went 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 Hits, 2 BBs, 9 Ks against the Cubs last night. On one hand, he holds a ridiculous 11.96 K/9 and 14.9% whiff rate (whoa!) paired with a 2.70 ERA, but on the other is a 5.40 BB/9, 34.0% Hard Contact, 3.84 SIERA, 89.7% LOB Rate and .239 BABIP. It's really not what we expected in any way from the southpaw. Now, he's only had four starts, with his last three being the super good ones - 8, 7, 9 Ks respectively and just 3 ER total - though that came with 11 walks...not to mention that Eduardo is a flyball pitcher to the extreme right now (26.0% groundball rate!) and if he's not doing that with a ton of weak contact (under 16%) then I have to imagine that ERA is going to rise quite a bit, knock him out of games quicker and strikeout far fewer batters. Still, I'd be super happy to own him and would let this one ride as I'm sure you won't get enough for him on the trade market. His future schedule looks smooth as well and this could be one of the better wire adds you've made...or fall flat with that LOB rate and horrific walk numbers catching up to him. Should be a fun month.
Let’s see how every other SP did yesterday:
Would you drop JC Ramirez or Ryu for Berrios?
Definitely not JC, I’d wait to hear more about Ryu’s schedule. If Ryu gets SDP, no way I’m not going after that start.
How about Velasquez?
Feel free to drop Velasquez.
I have a feeling that you would drop Keuchel if he got lit up by the A’s. Guy deserves some credit despite the long-term outlook…
I’m a bit scared to throw Gsellman out there @ ATL, given his last outing. Do you still recommend starting him, or would you prefer streaming someone like Chatwood/Morton that you recommend?
I’d prefer a stream from Chatwood or Morton instead.
Even if we get 2014 keuchel instead of 2015…isnt that still a top 30 guy?
I think we’re on the same page here. I already had him in the Top 30 last week (#24 actually) and will again today.
Need a SP. Here are my options. Which one?
– Lance McCullers
– Ivan Nova
– Jerad Eickhoff
– Julio Urías
– Lance Lynn
– Matt Shoemaker
– Luis Severino
Nova for ratios short term. Severino for Ks short term. McCullers overall long term.
Shallow league?
Ya. 12 team H2H, but have only had 8 active teams past couple years.
I was thinking streaming Severino today then dropping and picking up Nova. It’s just a fill in till Aaron Sanchez gets healthy again. If he does…
I’m working on The List now, but I’m wondering how different Sanchez’s ranking should be relative to those names…
With Aaron Sanchez back on DL, need to pick up an SP. Who do you like– JC Ramirez, Gsellman, Daniel Norris, J-Monty, or Corbin? 12-teamer.
JC Ramirez