Fantasy Baseball Pitching Preview: Hayden Birdsong to help!

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This week’s lineup of two starters is one of the few we’ve seen so far during baseball’s playoff season. There are only two surfer streamers for all formats, and three more hurlers who can be considered in the deep roto and head-to-head teams.

On the hitting side, pitching the Mets should be the plan for the next few days.

Birdsong is arguably the most exciting option on this week’s roster, as he has struck out 20 batters while allowing two runs over 11 innings over his past two games, though both starts come against the lowly Rockies. However, he has more than two starts against offenses that rank slightly lower in earned run average and are among the bottom seven in OPS. Birdsong should be active in all leagues.

Thanks to a little luck (.265 BABIP), Manaea has put up respectable pieces this year (3.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP). The left-hander is collecting his share of whiffs (8.9 K/9 rate) and is positioned for a middling matchup against the Cardinals and a good one against the Mariners’ offense. 27 in runs scored and first in strikeouts. Matches can be broadcast in all leagues.

Sears would usually be near the bottom of this list. In addition, he fields one of the worst lineups in baseball, struggles to record whiffs (6.9 K/9 rate) and has posted unimpressive strikeout ratios (4.53 ERA, 1.25 WHIP). However, with a slight disadvantage for two starting pitchers, Sears could be a viable option due to matchups against a Blue Jays team that ranks 24th in runs scored and a team of The White Sox are in last place by a wide margin. The lefty also deserves credit for posting a 3.07 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and a 9.2 K/9 rate over the past five years.

Rea greatly exceeded expectations by going 9-3 with a 3.59 ERA and 1.20 WHIP for a Brewers team that tends to maximize the success of their pitchers. The veteran has a 4.45 FIP and could soon be depressed, but those who need to chase the pitch at this point in the season can take a risk that he can keep things going for one more week. Two games against midlevel lineups are in Rea’s place.

Festa’s third career start was his best, when he collected six hits and held the Mets to two runs over five innings on July 30. The rookie struck out 89 batters in 60.1 Minor League innings this season, which shows he has a lot of potential. for managers who need to make aggressive moves in the last two months of the season. However, Festa allowed 12 runs in his first two MLB games, making him the top pick this week for two starts against offenses. middle of the pack legal.

Pallante has been active in 10 appearances as a starter, producing a dangerous 1.26 WHIP while using a heavy pitching lean to limit scoring (3.61 ERA). But his game-to-game results are all over the place, as his starts are largely dictated by whether pitchers sneak onto the field at the wrong times. Two tough games this week against top-10 offenses pushes Pallante down the list.

Meyer is one of baseball’s most exciting prospects, though he has allowed seven runs over nine innings in two starts since being recalled on July 27. theirs will come against a dangerous Padres offense. Between his poor recent results and lack of support, Meyer sits lower than expected on this list.

Feeling lucky? Falter has respectable averages (3.95 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) that would look even better if not for a couple of outings leading up to the IL. He returned on July 30 and pitched a tough Houston game over 5.1 earned innings, and will now pitch two more innings. With a very poor ability to produce whiffs (6.0 K / 9 rate), Falter has a low ceiling and a low floor.

In order, here are the best streamers of the week, by their start date and Yahoo! list rate in parentheses.

  • José Quintana @SEA (Friday, 39)

  • José Soriano @WSH (Friday, 21)

  • Tobias Myers vs. CIN (Saturday, 53)

  • River Ryan vs. PIT (Saturday, 41)

  • Joey Estes vs. CWS (Wednesday, 5)

  • Martín Pérez @MIA (Saturday, 9)

  • Luis L. Ortiz vs. SD (Thursday, 25)

  • Kyle Gibson vs. TB (Thursday, 34)

  • Michael Lorenzen vs. STL (Friday, 20)

  • Yariel Rodríguez vs. OAK (Saturday, 8)

  • Simeon Woods Richardson vs. CLE (Saturday, 26)

  • Dean Kremer @TOR (Thursday, 20)

  • Carson Spiers @MIL (Friday, 17)

  • Mitch Spence @TOR (Friday, 4)

  • Keider Montero @SEA (Wednesday, 1)

  • Javier Assad vs. MIN (Wednesday, 29)

  • Aaron Civale vs. CIN (Friday, 33)

New York has the best games in the first half of the week, as they will play a four-game stretch that includes three contests at Coors Field against the worst pitching staff in baseball. Harrison Bader (9%) is the best player in this group.

Giants @ Machaba

San Francisco will play four games over the next four days, and three of those contests will come against manageable strengths. Casey Schmitt (0%) is the starter of the series, as he often lands second in the lineup against southpaws.

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