Saturday, June 25, 2022
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • CCPA
  • DMCA
News Two Daily News
  • Home
  • Headlines
  • US News
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Health
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Headlines
  • US News
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Health
No Result
View All Result
Morning News
No Result
View All Result
Home Sports

Boring Pitchers To Target

  • Sponsored results for Boring Pitchers To Target

  •  
March 1, 2021
in Sports
Boring Pitchers To Target


As the saying goes, boring is better. A lot of fantasy baseball players look for the next best thing. This is mainly due to the fear of missing out on a breakout or new exciting young player. Sure, it’s extremely valuable to find those pitchers but it’s also really hard to find them. What most don’t realize is that taking those “old” boring players can be just as valuable. With a long track record and decent numbers, these pitchers could give you stable innings and ratios with a predictable floor.

Although his ADP seems appropriate this year (for the first time ever) I can’t say the words “boring” without mentioning the fabulous Kyle Hendricks. To me, Hendricks is like water. A lot of people prefer things with flavor but water is essential to your body making it extremely underrated (terrible analogy). 

Hendricks typically drops down the draft board due to a lack of strikeouts. His career average strikeout rate is just 20.8%, which definitely hurts his value. Perhaps the fantasy baseball world has overvalued his lack of strikeouts. The reason being, the superior ratios he produces year in and year out as well as the high floor.  In his entire career, Hendricks has averaged a 3.12 ERA and 1.10 WHIP. His two highest ERAs for a season are 3.95 (2015) and 3.46 (2019). 

Hendricks is able to have so much success by painting the corners, creating deception, and having exceptional tunneling abilities. His sinker, changeup, four-seam, and curveball all are used over 15% of the time. In 2020 all four of these pitches had a positive pVAL as well as an ISO under .200. He is the king of boring, and the king of boring can be a lot more valuable than the young and exciting.

Mike Minor came out of 2019 riding a pitch mix change by going four-seam/changeup heavy. It clearly worked (3.59 ERA) and made so much sense since his changeup always had so much movement. He essentially rode that same pitch mix into 2020 except he produced completely different results with a 5.56 ERA. 

It’s evident that the reason for his step back was the four-seam fastball. In terms of velocity, it dipped two miles per hour from 92.5 to 90.6. Now if you look at his four-seam numbers from 2020 compared to 2019 they are basically identical. What it did affect was the changeup. You now take a difference in velocity from a solid eight MPH to just six MPH. This lead to a higher wRC+, ISO, wOBA, and HR/GB% against his changeup.

Mike Minor’s fastball has averaged over 92 MPH the past four seasons. This leads me to believe the shortened season ruined his typical ramp-up routine and he could never get it going. That velocity should come back and with it that fantastic four-seam/changeup combination. Not only that but the Royals are going to need innings out of him. He is a veteran that shouldn’t hold any restrictions and he did pitch 200 innings in 2019. 

Is Dallas Keuchel a sub-two ERA pitcher? No. But he has had an ERA above four just once in the last seven seasons. Keuchel is almost a Hendricks lite. With a career average 3.59 ERA, 3.77 FIP, and 1.25 WHIP how could one not see Keuchel as a solid anchor for their rotation?

Sure the strikeout rate of just…



Read More News: Boring Pitchers To Target

Tags: baseball analysisbaseball blogbaseball statisticsBoringpitcherstarget

Related Posts

Bro! Austin Nola’s 1st hit off brother Aaron is a game-winner
Sports

Bro! Austin Nola’s 1st hit off brother Aaron is a game-winner

June 25, 2022
2022 NBA Draft trade tracker: Knicks send Kemba Walker to Pistons; 76ers acquire
Sports

2022 NBA Draft trade tracker: Knicks send Kemba Walker to Pistons; 76ers acquire

June 24, 2022
Cavaliers Acquire 49th Pick From Kings
Sports

Cavaliers Acquire 49th Pick From Kings

June 23, 2022
Westminster Dog Show 2022 Live Updates: It’s Time for Best in Show
Sports

Westminster Dog Show 2022 Live Updates: It’s Time for Best in Show

June 23, 2022
Dodgers add OF Thompson to active roster
Sports

Dodgers add OF Thompson to active roster

June 22, 2022
New York Jets 53-man roster projection includes secondary bolstered by Ahmad ‘Sauce’
Sports

New York Jets 53-man roster projection includes secondary bolstered by Ahmad ‘Sauce’

June 21, 2022

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trend Today

Peru President, Martín Vizcarra, Survives Impeachment Vote

Peru President, Martín Vizcarra, Survives Impeachment Vote

September 19, 2020
Suspect killed in shootout with officers in Midvale, 3 others arrested

Suspect killed in shootout with officers in Midvale, 3 others arrested

September 19, 2020
Presentation Pac-12 presidents and chancellors saw before postponing sports featured

Presentation Pac-12 presidents and chancellors saw before postponing sports featured

September 18, 2020
US to declare UN sanctions reimposed on Iran despite disagreement from allies

US to declare UN sanctions reimposed on Iran despite disagreement from allies

September 17, 2020
Hurricane Sally unleashes

Hurricane Sally unleashes

September 16, 2020

EDITOR'S PICK

Watch: When ISS astronauts celebrated Christmas in space and Santa paid them a visit

Watch: When ISS astronauts celebrated Christmas in space and Santa paid them a visit

December 27, 2020
German government ad hails couch potatoes as virus heroes

German government ad hails couch potatoes as virus heroes

November 15, 2020
Mnuchin says significant new aid package still needed to help economy recover from

President Kais Saied fires ministers, suspends parliament – The Washington Post

July 27, 2021
Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg reveal they SECRETLY welcome twins: ‘We got double

Jamie Chung and Bryan Greenberg reveal they SECRETLY welcome twins: ‘We got double

October 25, 2021

Headlines

Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade abortion landmark

Reactions to U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade abortion landmark

June 25, 2022
Live Updates: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

Live Updates: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022
Stocks Close Higher After Fed Chairman Testifies

Stocks Close Higher After Fed Chairman Testifies

June 23, 2022
As Biden touts gas tax pause, even some of his own officials balk

As Biden touts gas tax pause, even some of his own officials balk

June 23, 2022

Sports

Bro! Austin Nola’s 1st hit off brother Aaron is a game-winner

Bro! Austin Nola’s 1st hit off brother Aaron is a game-winner

June 25, 2022
2022 NBA Draft trade tracker: Knicks send Kemba Walker to Pistons; 76ers acquire

2022 NBA Draft trade tracker: Knicks send Kemba Walker to Pistons; 76ers acquire

June 24, 2022
Cavaliers Acquire 49th Pick From Kings

Cavaliers Acquire 49th Pick From Kings

June 23, 2022
Westminster Dog Show 2022 Live Updates: It’s Time for Best in Show

Westminster Dog Show 2022 Live Updates: It’s Time for Best in Show

June 23, 2022

World

Oslo Pride canceled after deadly ‘terror’ shooting at gay bar in Norwegian capital

Oslo Pride canceled after deadly ‘terror’ shooting at gay bar in Norwegian capital

June 25, 2022
EU plans for life without Russian gas amid inflation spike

EU plans for life without Russian gas amid inflation spike

June 24, 2022
Live Updates: E.U. Leaders Give Ukraine Coveted Candidate Status

Live Updates: E.U. Leaders Give Ukraine Coveted Candidate Status

June 23, 2022
Ukraine may have endured its worst week since the fall of Mariupol

Ukraine may have endured its worst week since the fall of Mariupol

June 23, 2022
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • CCPA
  • DMCA

© 2020 Newstwo.net

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Headlines
  • US News
  • World
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
  • Science
  • Health

© 2020 Newstwo.net

Get more stuff like this
in your inbox

Subscribe to our mailing list and get interesting stuff and updates to your email inbox.

Thank you for subscribing.

Something went wrong.

We respect your privacy and take protecting it seriously