Nick Pollack and Alex Fast are back to talk all things Starting Pitching in Fantasy Baseball in Episode 40 of On The Corner. This week, they discuss Dinelson Lamet, Jacob Faria, Trevor Cahill, Kevin Gausman, Charlie Morton, Brad Peacock, Zack Godley, Johnny Cueto, and many others.
Timestamps:
Injuries & News
- Pitcher List store is live! (1:30)
- Matt Shoemaker (3:00)
- Eduardo Rodriguez (4:05)
- Chase Anderson (6:00)
- Kershaw vs. Scherzer (7:25)
- Carlos Rodon (9:15)
- Danny Duffy + Jon Gray (12:50)
- Trevor Cahill (15:50)
The List
- Charlie Morton (27:00)
- Brad Peacock (35:45)
- Aaron Sanchez (39:30)
- Dinelson Lamet (42:30)
- Luis Castillo (49:05)
- Jacob Faria (51:50)
- Kevin Gausman (55:25)
- Johnny Cueto (1:00:25)
- Aaron Nola (1:05:00)
- Steven Matz (1:06:45)
- Zack Godley (1:07:20)
Wednesday Night Starts (1:09:40)
Isn’t pitch outcome data pretty meaningless for a guy like Lamet? You are talking SSS and hitters are all getting their first look at him – things are going to change a lot when reality settles in, right?
Re: Luis Castillo
How much do you care about his minor league body of work or the general scouting consensus that he is not an impact starter (45 FV per Fangraphs)? Are any of you real prospect guys or do you all work with the limited MLB sample?
I generally don’t put too much weight on the scouts descriptions, though I do look into them, of course, and prepare myself by looking into the numbers he’s carried in his minor league history. I’m not sure if this answers your question but I definitely take into minor league reports and numbers instead of just their MLB performance.
However, I tend to favor how they look when they get here a little more than what the reports were before hand. Castillo is a great example, being discussed as a “95+” arm, yet he’s averaging 97.8mph is his first three starts, featuring 100mph in the fifth inning. Sure, that will come down a little once the early adrenaline wears off, but he’s clearly improved since the last report, and I think that happens plenty of the time.
Further into that point, his Changeup was also ranked as being below average and that is very far from the truth that he’s displayed thus far. He’s simply not the same guy that the reports said he’d be.
I hope that answers your question? Sorry, I’m not sure I articulated that well.