re: FSBDL 2018 - MWG is your Champion

Jim Bowden is the king of hyperbole. He’s still young too, if he was a good GM he’d have a job

He’s on espn for a reason

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Nick Pivetta's hot start can be traced to a number of improvements in his curveball, The Athletic Philadelphia reports.

Analysis:The curve has improved in just about every way possible. It's now dropping by 10 inches after dropping just 5.7 inches last year. Its horizontal movement is up from 3.3 inches to 6.3 inches. Pivetta's now throwing it at 80 mph after it averaged 77 mph in the first half of 2017. The changes stem from a change in grip after he decided to copy the spiked grip used by teammate Aaron Nola. Pivetta has also quieted his hands during his windup, which has helped not just the curve but also his overall command, and he's now walking just 3.6 percent of the batters he faces. Pivetta's 2.57 ERA seems at first glance easy to dismiss as a small-sample fluke after his 6.02 ERA last year, but changes in the curve seem to be driving a legitimately improved performance from the young righty, and his 2.28 FIP backs up the idea that he's deserved his excellent results.

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NOT OTB btw.

Was going to pick him up after reading some MLB sleeper article. I decided to go with Marco instead. He looks good so far though.

So where does Brad Miller's 30-HR 2016 rank among fantasy fluke seasons?

Its up there. Im still waiting for Didi Gregorius to get busted for peds or a corked bat.

Another contender... Fernando Rodney in 2012.

74.2 IP, 48 SV, 0.60 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, 9.2 K/9

He's been fantasy relevant plenty, but that one came out of nowhere.

2012 was also the year Chase Headley blew up.

95/31/115/17 .286/.376/.498

His career highs aside from that year are 77/14/64.

Interesting....

Last year his vel was back but it's dipped again. He's throwing one of the best CB in the league according to Quality of Pitch though.

After Sawchik mentioned the thing about stuff that made sense. He's nowhere close.


So I searched by avg. vel., pitch types%, pitch values, release points and release extension. Turns out him and Gio are near an equal match in stuff.

Even their locations were identical if you account for pitching hand.

Like I told DJ about the trade, there's also a chance he be Clayton Richard.