Every Monday during the season, I will be releasing "The List" where I rank the current value of the Top 100 pitchers in fantasy baseball for the rest of the season. Use these rankings to help understand what to expect from pitchers for 2017 and as a tool to gauge trade value in your fantasy leagues.
Let's see how the SP landscape has changed:
Pick up Biagini for any of Godley, Guerra, Vargas or Wacha? Dynasty no contracts
Mccullers on dl. Hoffman, biagini, mccarthy, sabathia best short term add? Fyi, the add may be longer term too since i am losing patience with rich hill. I need quality starts amd a guy who cant go 6 doesnt help me.
Surprised to see you being so aggressive on Hoffman, considering your usual reserve towards Rockies pitchers (was peak Gray ever even ranked this high?) and we haven’t really seen him in Coors yet.
I’ve had enough of Porcello. I read a great article today about holding him but come on, rocked by the Phillies??
Hey Nick, thanks as always for the work you do here! I have a couple questions for you…
1. I get Verlander not being ranked anywhere close to where he was to start the season, but #44? According to these rankings I should be dropping him for the likes of Nola, Gray, Nelson, Hoffman, Pomeranz, or Biagini (who are all available on my WW). However, I just don’t see myself doing that. What would you suggest we do with Verlander in a league that doesn’t really do trades?
2. Again, according to these rankings, both Tyson Ross and Carlos Rodon are better DL stashes than Hamels (who I currently have on my DL). Would you make the swap for either of them?
I’d be quicker to deal Verlander than drop him. I’m sure you can get someone better than those guys, but don’t forget that he struggled in the first half last year and then became an absolute machine down the stretch.
I’m totally with you on Verlander being able to recover and I’ve written a ton about what Verlander did last year to make that rebound starting on May 8th…
…which was a full month earlier than where we are now. It’s getting harder and harder to sit on our hands and wait for Verlander to make an adjustment.
Cotton, Faria or Chatty today?
Chatty.
Hey Nick, I know Cueto has been dropping in your rankings but his peripherals don’t seem too bad. Any chance at a resurgence in the 2nd half?
Would you give up A Reed + S Casilla for Cueto + Robertson? (10 team 6×6 roto with holds as the 6th cat)
I have Jansen, Bush, and Neris as my other closers and A Miller as my holds man and could pick up a speculative Kahnle (who is somehow unowned) in case CWS gets frisky.
(SP are Scherzer, Kluber, Berrios, Taillon, Bundy, and Jimmy Nelson with Rodon on DL)
Can I ask why Porcello is still so high? Sure, his BABIP is a little high, particularly for a fly ball pitcher, but his FIP, xFIP, and SIERA do not exact inspire confidence. He’s allowing more fly balls than ever, and 42.5% hard hit rate. My only guess is that, as you say, it’s a crap shoot after Lester, and that 34-52ish aren’t that far apart.
I say this because I’m considering dropping Porcello (or Nelson) for Monty.