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Straight Cheese Streaming Pitchers Week 10 – Caleb Smith, Skaggs, Heaney

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Tyler Skaggs, Los Angeles Angels

Chris’ Stream-O-Matic 2000 is heating up as he on a nice two-week run of solid streaming pitcher results. For Week 10 he checks in with three pitchers, two from the LA Angels including Tyler Skaggs.

Straight Cheese, an exercise identifying less than desirable, questionably talented, low-owned pitchers that you can use for a spot start for your fantasy baseball team. These are streaming pitchers Week 10.

First, lets take a look back at my picks from last week.

Week 9 Review

Name Date GS IP ER H BB K Dec ERA WHIP
Wade LeBlanc 5/31 vs. TEX 1 5.00 1 4 2 4 W 1.80 1.20
Jordan Lyles 5/31 vs. MIA 1 7.00 2 6 1 7 W 2.57 1.00
Tyler Skaggs 6/3 vs. TEX 1 6.00 0 4 3 6 W 0.00 1.17
Kyle Gibson 6/3 vs. CLE 1 5.67 2 2 2 7 - 3.17 0.71
Total for Week   4 23.67 5 16 8 24 3-0 1.90 1.01
Running Total   33 185.00 84 171 62 179 12-9 4.09 1.26

Not as good as the previous week, but I’ll gladly take it. Each and every game means more data, and with more data comes more confidence in the Stream-O-Matic 2000. The downside of having more confidence in my process means that I am less willing to “reach” for pitchers to stream. In fact, this week I only have three recommendations for you, my loyal readers.

With that out of the way, let’s swipe right on these pitcher’s profiles!

Streaming Pitchers Week 10

The pitchers are listed in order of appearance as of Wednesday morning. Ownership info from Yahoo! (Y) and ESPN (E) and all 2018 stats are through Tuesday, June 5th.

LHP Caleb Smith, MIA
Owned Y39%/E31% · vs. San Diego Padres – Friday, June 8th

First things first, the Marlins may suck but this guy is good. Through 12 starts he has a 4.03 era, 1.19 whip and 74 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings (29.6 k%). He got shelled in his last outing in Arizona (5 earned runs in 4 innings) but don’t let that scare you. He’ll get the Padres at home where he excels. In home games he has a 3.51 era, 1.21 whip and 33 strikeouts in 25 2/3 innings (31.1 k%).

San Diego comes into the matchup with a 0.276 wOBA (26th), 0.171 iso (10th) and striking out 28.2% of the time (worst in MLB) vs. LHP on the road. At first the iso looks worrisome but Caleb is currently holding batters to 0.140 iso when he pitchers at home. He’s in a great matchup that we all can take advantage of.

LHP Tyler Skaggs, LAA
Owned Y49%/E44% · @ Minnesota Twins – Saturday, June 9th

That’s right! I’m rolling with Skaggs again this week. Through 12 starts he has a 3.27 era, 1.27 whip and 70 strikeouts in 66 innings (25.1 k%). His numbers are even better when you look at his road splits: 2.94 era, 1.16 whip and 33 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings (only 23.2%). He’s good and the argument could be made that he should be owned in more leagues.

The Twins are currently putting up a 0.299 wOBA (19th), 0.103 iso (28th) and striking out 26.8% of the time (29th) vs. LHP at home. In fact, playing around with the splits leaderboard over at FanGraphs I see that Minnesota in the first 5 innings vs. LHP at home have 120 plate appearances, 0 homeruns, 0 triples, 5 doubles, 0.243 wOBA, 0.046 iso and 22.5 k%. If you look up the word “inept” in the dictionary, it says, “See Minnesota Twins vs. LHP at home in 2018.”

LHP Andrew Heaney, LAA
Owned Y44%/E32% · @ Minnesota Twins – Sunday, June 10th

You just read about how bad the Twins are vs. LHP at home. Well, Heaney is a southpaw, too. Through 10 starts he has a 3.12 era, 1.10 whip and 58 strikeouts in 60 2/3 innings (23.6 k%). Heaney isn’t as skilled on the road as Skaggs: 4.43 era, 1.43 whip and 20 strikeouts in 22 1/3 innings (20.4 k%). But, he is holding batters to a 0.108 iso and hasn’t allowed a homerun on the road yet in 2018.

Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself. Back in April I recommended streaming Heaney when he faced off against the Giants. Things did not go well. He served up 3 homeruns in that game… out of only 4 he’s allowed all season! I’m saying roll him out there again this weekend. He wouldn’t do me wrong again… Would he?

Remember, these suggestions aren’t ludicrous. They’re @Roto_Chris.

Straight Cheese Week 9 Streaming Pitchers – Skaggs, Gibson, LeBlanc

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Seattle Mariners Wade LeBlanc

Chris wouldn’t think of rostering Wade LeBlanc under normal circumstances, but facing the Texas Rangers provides the right circumstances to include LeBlanc in his week 9 streaming pitchers.

Straight Cheese, an exercise identifying less than desirable, questionably talented, low-owned pitchers that you can use for a spot start for your fantasy baseball team. These are week 9 streaming pitchers.

First, lets take a look back at my picks from last week.

Week 8 Review

Name Date GS IP ER H BB K Dec ERA WHIP
Ross Stripling 5/25 vs. SDP 1 6.67 0 6 0 10 W 0.00 0.90
Daniel Mengden 5/26 vs. ARI 1 9.00 0 2 0 5 W 0.00 0.22
Marco Gonzalez 5/28 vs. TEX 1 6.67 0 4 4 4 W 0.00 1.20
Week 8 Total   3 22.33 0 12 4 19 3-0 0.00 0.72
Season Total   29 161.33 79 155 54 155 9-9 4.41 1.30

Well, like the new Han Solo movie, that went better than I anticipated. Cahill’s start was pushed to Monday vs. the Rays but I wouldn’t have recommended him since they actually do alright vs. RHP on the road. Didn’t matter as he went out and tossed 8 scoreless innings; striking out 6 and only giving up 4 hits with no walks. The only real blemish from last week was falling further under my self-imposed strikeout per inning goal.

With that out of the way, let’s check all our jean pockets looking for a few dollars!!!

Week 9 Streaming Pitchers

The pitchers are listed in order of appearance as of Wednesday morning. Ownership info from Yahoo! (Y) and ESPN (E) and all 2018 stats are through Tuesday, May 29th.

LHP Wade LeBlanc, SEA
Owned Y11%/E7% · vs. Texas Rangers – Thursday, May 31st

Recommending LeBlanc is more about pointing out just how bad the Rangers are vs. LHP on the road. Through Tuesday in that situation they are putting up a 0.250 wOBA (worst in MLB), 0.124 iso (25th) and striking out 28.8% of the time (worst in MLB).

Let me make it clear. I wouldn’t think of rostering Wade LeBlanc under normal circumstances. His 2.70 era and 1.10 whip are an illusion. His 4.38 xFIP, 0.277 babip and 83.8 lob% are all signs telling the buyer to beware. Stuff like this could be overlooked if he was striking batters out… but he isn’t (19.1 k%). The Rangers are the perfect team to stream an otherwise unattractive pitcher against.

RHP Jordan Lyles, SD
Owned Y16%/E8% · vs. Miami Marlins – Thursday, May 31st

Much like LeBlanc, Jordan Lyles is a middling starter finding himself in an advantageous situation this week. I’ve picked on the Marlins numerous times in this column and for good reason. They struggle on the road and especially against righties. Currently vs. RHP on the road they have a 0.272 wOBA (29th), 0.119 iso (worst in MLB) and 25.7 k% (26th).

Lyles currently has an overall 3.83 era, 1.16 whip and 40 strikeouts in 42 1/3 innings. I like him better since joining the rotation recently. In his 4 starts he has a 3.90 xFIP and 25.5 k%. As a reliever he has a 4.84 xFIP and 20.0 k%. I look for him to continue putting up good, usable numbers against the Marlins.

LHP Tyler Skaggs, LAA
Owned Y51%/E47% · vs. Texas Rangers – Sunday, June 3rd

Take everything I said earlier about how bad the Rangers are on the road vs. LHP and add it to how well Skaggs is pitching and you have news you can use. Through 11 starts, Tyler has a 3.60 era, 1.28 whip and 64 strikeouts in 60 innings. I’m not going to waste any more of your time on this one.

Unlike Rizzo’s slide, there is no debate here. Roll Skaggs out there confidently.

RHP Kyle Gibson, MIN
Owned Y18%/E20% · vs. Cleveland Indians – Sunday, June 3rd

It might be time to take a look at what Gibson is doing and graduate him from streaming. Through 11 starts he has a 3.57 era, 1.25 whip and 66 strikeouts in 63 innings. He’s striking out batters at a 24.8% clip while also holding them to a 0.290 wOBA and 0.132 iso.

The Indians are awful on the road. They are averaging a full TWO RUNS less in road games than home games (most in MLB). In fact their 5.93 runs per game at home is 2nd in MLB while their 3.88 runs per game on the road ranks 23rd in MLB. What’s even better for Gibson (and for us) is that on the road vs. RHP they have a 0.280 wOBA (25th), 0.160 iso (15th) and 25.3 k% (23rd). The stars are aligned for Gibson this weekend. Take advantage.

Remember, these suggestions aren’t ludicrous. They’re @Roto_Chris [Editor’s Note: Oy 🙄]

Fantasy Baseball 2013 Consensus Top Prospects

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One of my favorite tasks prepping for the upcoming fantasy baseball season is compiling my consensus top prospects list, a ranking of the next best players in baseball. This is the fourth year publishing the list. Feel free to go back and check the top prospects from 2010, 2011 and 2012, and you’ll quickly see what a major impact these players have on the fantasy baseball landscape today. The top of this list are the guys you want to build your deep keeper and dynasty league fantasy baseball teams around for years to come.

This year I used 14 publicly available “top 100” prospect lists to form the basis of my list, although there were changes to the lists included in the consensus from last year. Players had to be named on at least seven of the lists to make the final cut. Players were given 100 points for a 1st place listing, 99 points for second, 98 for third and on and on down to 1 point for a selection as number 100.

Each list that formed the consensus is identified in the key below. Each player’s score for that list is indicated and their average is listed last. Scores are based on the number of lists they appear. I realize this simple system has the potential to skew the results of those picked on fewer lists, but overall it provides a good snapshot of the guys you should target for your rosters.

 

Player
 BA BP CBS DL KL MLB PP 361 SC SB S2S TBH TDG TPA AVG
1. SS Jurickson Profar, TEX
 100 100 99 100 100 100 100 100 99 100 100 100 100 100 99.9
2. RHP Dylan Bundy, BAL
 99 97 96 97 98 99 99 98 100 98 99 99 97 99 98.2
3. OF Oscar Taveras, STL
 98 99 95 99 99 98 98 99 98 97 93 97 99 97 97.6
4. OF Wil Myers, TB
 97 94 100 98 97 97 96 97 95 99 97 98 96 98 97.1
5. RHP Gerrit Cole, PIT
 94 98 92 95 93 92 97 96 97 96 92 94 93 95 94.6
6. RHP Taijuan Walker, SEA
 83 92 81 91 92 96 88 91 96 95 94 93 90 87 90.6
7. SS Xander Bogaerts, BOS
 93 89 89 96 96 81 95 90 74 89 91 96 95 86 90
8. RHP Zack Wheeler, NYM
 90 96 91 87 88 93 89 93 84 84 96 79 94 91 89.6
9. RHP Jose Fernandez, MIA
 96 95 84 93 85 94 93 92 80 87 95 80 87 94 89.6
10. RHP Shelby Miller, STL
 95 85 98 94 80 76 90 95 83 86 84 89 92 96 88.8
11. 3B Miguel Sano, MIN
 92 80 90 86 90 89 92 85 85 90 98 84 83 92 88.3
12. C Travis d’Arnaud, NYM
 78 86 97 85 87 95 80 88 93 92 86 85 91 76 87.1
13. RHP Jameson Taillon, PIT
 82 90 80 88 81 86 87 89 94 93 79 91 86 85 86.5
14. RHP Trevor Bauer, CLE
 87 77 85 90 76 84 94 78 86 91 88 95 80 84 85.4
15. LHP Tyler Skaggs, ARI
 89 84 77 83 89 91 86 84 88 83 85 86 78 90 85.2
16. SS Billy Hamilton, CIN
 81 87 94 81 71 90 75 94 75 94 77 90 98 80 84.8
17. OF Christian Yelich, MIA
 86 78 82 82 95 88 83 83 87 85 82 82 76 73 83
18. SS Javier Baez, CHC
 85 81 88 89 70 85 81 79 79 73 90 81 84 77 81.6
19. C Mike Zunino, SEA
 84 68 93 92 86 78 85 80 71 74 81 67 75 74 79.1
20. 3B Nick Castellanos, DET
 80 64 72 79 63 80 79 87 92 80 87 78 88 75 78.9
21. RHP Archie Bradley, ARI
 76 70 63 73 72 77 77 82 91 76 89 72 72 83 76.6
22. OF Jonathan Singleton, HOU
 74 76 66 80 69 74 72 74 73 72 75 70 85 78 74.1
23. OF Byron Buxton, MIN
 91 93 58 76 79 82 91 81 48 53 60 52 81 88 73.8
24. 3B Anthony Rendon, WAS
 71 66 62 65 84 73 82 86 64 77 73 68 89 70 73.6
25. 3B Mike Olt, TEX
 79 71 71 72 30 79 67 75 89 81 78 83 79 69 73.1
26. LHP Danny Hultzen, SEA
 72 51 74 71 35 83 69 64 90 88 83 92 71 79 73
27. SS Carlos Correa, HOU
 88 75 0 78 77 71 84 77 77 79 62 74 82 93 72.6
28. SS Francisco Lindor, CLE
 73 91 0 61 94 87 78 57 82 78 80 76 41 81 69.9
29. RHP Kevin Gausman, BAL
 75 88 61 77 75 64 74 55 59 71 47 69 50 82 67.6
30. RHP Carlos Martinez, STL
 63 58 64 62 62 68 68 70 63 75 57 87 69 60 66.1
31. OF Jorge Soler, CHC
 67 65 68 69 59 59 62 45 34 69 67 56 74 62 61.1
32. OF Jackie Bradley, BOS
 70 74 83 57 61 69 60 72 53 58 59 28 37 66 60.5
33. RHP Julio Teheran, ATL
 57 49 76 38 73 70 66 43 69 82 31 88 38 65 60.4
34. OF George Springer, HOU
 64 46 69 60 58 44 58 52 76 52 74 49 66 61 59.2
35. RHP Matt Barnes, BOS
 61 63 60 56 22 63 70 40 70 55 71 55 65 64 58.2
36. 3B Addison Russell, OAK
 53 79 0 70 91 53 71 62 61 56 55 41 67 56 58.2
37. OF Bubba Starling, KC
 66 52 0 44 56 75 52 36 66 68 76 75 55 68 56.4
38. OF Albert Almora, CHC
 68 83 0 54 68 62 65 65 65 57 56 33 30 67 55.2
39. RHP Kyle Zimmer, KC
 77 60 0 34 74 67 73 53 68 64 18 37 54 89 54.9
40. C Gary Sanchez, NYY
 44 54 0 68 83 65 54 67 72 34 68 66 46 41 54.4
41. OF Mason Williams, NYY
 69 50 0 40 66 60 56 76 58 62 50 51 49 71 54.1
42. RHP Aaron Sanchez, TOR
 36 69 0 66 82 66 76 38 52 49 70 0 62 55 51.5
43. RHP Noah Syndergaard, NYM
 47 73 0 74 4 72 40 46 55 54 63 59 45 57 49.2
44. SS Alen Hanson, PIT
 40 35 65 63 67 47 32 73 47 31 36 25 63 31 46.8
45. 3B Jedd Gyorko, SD
 30 17 86 49 31 51 50 42 50 65 26 57 60 33 46.2
46. RHP Trevor Rosenthal, STL
 62 56 70 75 43 58 64 26 32 29 33 0 47 43 45.6
47. 3B Nolan Arenado, COL
 49 44 67 10 0 39 55 7 67 70 46 64 58 58 45.3
48. RHP Chris Archer, TB
 65 72 59 43 48 55 47 0 42 66 21 20 59 36 45.2
49. OF David Dahl, COL
 48 61 0 59 64 43 42 71 41 42 23 18 53 52 44.1
50. RHP Taylor Guerrieri, TB
 39 53 0 67 54 57 49 63 30 7 72 19 43 17 40.7
51. OF Oswaldo Arcia, MIN
 60 41 56 51 42 8 46 49 9 51 8 39 64 46 40.7
52. RHP Robert Stephenson, CIN
 45 23 0 84 53 50 48 37 60 38 42 0 28 59 40.5
53. RHP Jake Odorizzi, TB
 9 18 0 36 33 56 53 60 56 59 69 71 27 18 40.4
54. OF Jake Marisnick, MIA
 37 30 0 0 19 31 30 66 81 60 45 54 42 42 38.4
55. 3B Kaleb Cowart, LAA
 41 59 0 0 78 34 35 56 45 50 51 4 51 14 37
56. LHP Max Fried, SD
 55 40 0 64 50 48 45 30 33 26 11 0 61 49 36.6
57. OF Brian Goodwin, WAS
 31 27 0 27 57 49 41 59 27 20 61 0 68 40 36.2
58. RHP Alex Meyer, MIN
 42 13 0 35 40 61 43 35 40 40 53 40 29 13 34.6
59. OF Gregory Polanco, PIT
 50 57 0 55 46 36 23 69 0 0 17 23 56 53 33.5
60. RHP Casey Kelly, SD
 56 24 0 48 41 32 39 0 26 61 34 0 70 37 33.4
61. 2B Kolten Wong, STL
 17 11 73 29 5 22 61 41 44 43 35 42 33 3 32.8
62. OF Rymer Liriano, SD
 0 62 0 0 47 46 0 68 57 0 65 35 73 0 32.4
63. SS Nick Franklin, SEA
 22 29 0 46 32 54 57 4 54 67 7 58 23 0 32.4
64. 3B Tyler Austin, NYY
 24 0 0 39 49 26 13 47 39 33 20 65 57 28 31.4
65. SS Trevor Story, COL
 5 67 0 25 16 2 44 54 18 23 41 61 48 26 30.7
66. RHP Kyle Gibson, MIN
 33 37 53 0 60 52 59 13 0 22 37 27 21 11 30.4
67. C Austin Hedges, SD
 43 82 0 58 65 28 34 14 0 0 52 13 0 27 29.7
68. OF Aaron Hicks, MIN
 29 55 75 11 52 3 28 16 24 39 27 7 31 5 28.7
69. LHP Justin Nicolino, MIA
 15 28 0 47 39 29 21 0 62 46 12 50 12 32 28.1
70. OF Yasiel Puig, LAD
 54 22 0 42 0 25 51 34 10 44 32 5 39 29 27.6
71. LHP James Paxton, SEA
 14 9 0 45 0 40 20 61 19 3 64 43 36 24 27
72. OF Adam Eaton, ARI
 28 0 87 18 10 4 27 58 0 45 0 8 34 45 26
73. RHP Allen Webster, BOS
 52 32 0 14 38 30 37 44 0 18 15 0 32 48 25.7
74. RHP Kyle Crick, SF
 35 36 0 53 25 15 24 27 43 27 10 0 13 47 25.4
75. RHP Wily Peralta, MIL
 32 33 57 0 28 37 0 0 28 47 0 53 35 0 25
76. LHP Tony Cingrani, CIN
 19 10 54 0 3 35 8 11 37 48 38 45 10 25 24.5
77. RHP Lucas Giolito, WAS
 34 31 0 31 24 27 38 5 0 24 3 0 40 72 23.5
78. 2B Delino DeShields Jr., HOU
 2 0 0 33 18 0 12 51 23 2 66 0 77 16 21.4
79. RHP Daniel Straily, OAK
 0 16 78 16 0 0 0 24 35 37 29 47 9 0 20.8
80. SS Hak-Ju Lee, TB
 11 26 0 0 23 45 5 0 78 63 9 10 0 20 20.7
81. LHP Jesse Biddle, PHI
 12 34 0 52 6 41 11 50 13 5 44 0 0 19 20.5
82. LHP Martin Perez, TEX
 20 42 0 26 8 6 19 1 46 0 22 63 1 38 19.9
83. OF Courtney Hawkins, CHW
 46 0 0 0 27 33 33 29 4 0 49 0 0 44 18.9
84. RHP Yordano Ventura, KC
 16 39 0 2 0 42 22 0 15 6 28 21 15 51 18.4
85. RHP Luis Heredia, PIT
 23 48 0 5 17 0 25 0 31 11 24 0 18 54 18.3
86. RHP Michael Wacha, STL
 25 45 0 41 0 18 63 23 7 15 0 0 0 12 17.8
87. 3B Matt Davidson, ARI
 13 12 0 13 26 24 9 20 51 10 0 26 26 7 16.9
88. OF Slade Heathcott, NYY
 38 0 0 0 44 0 31 48 21 0 0 0 0 50 16.6
89. RHP Zach Lee, LAD
 0 14 0 0 34 23 0 0 49 30 58 1 0 0 14.9
90. LHP Andrew Heaney, MIA
 58 0 0 0 0 20 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 63 13.2
91. RHP Clayton Blackburn, SF
 0 6 0 50 21 0 0 39 38 0 30 0 0 0 13.1
92. OF Michael Choice, OAK
 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 28 48 48 6 6 13.1
93. SS Jonathan Schoop, BAL
 0 21 0 0 51 0 0 17 0 0 0 60 20 0 12.1
94. RHP Bruce Rondon, DET
 6 0 79 0 0 9 4 31 5 21 0 0 0 0 11.1
95. RHP Arodys Vizcaino, CHC
 18 47 0 0 37 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 39 10.6
96. OF Avisail Garcia, DET
 27 0 0 21 0 0 15 0 2 9 0 38 0 30 10.1
97. RHP Cody Buckel, TEX
 0 0 0 30 11 14 17 0 0 0 5 62 0 0 9.9
98. RHP A.J. Cole, WAS
 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 8 1 41 6 44 3 0 8.9
99. RHP Daniel Corcino, CIN
 7 0 0 6 29 0 10 0 20 4 0 46 0 0 8.7
100. RHP J.R. Graham, ATL
 8 38 0 0 7 0 2 18 14 25 0 0 0 10 8.7
101. RHP Jarred Cosart, HOU
 0 0 0 3 15 12 16 0 16 0 43 0 7 0 8
102. SS Dorssys Paulino, CLE
 0 5 0 0 45 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 17 23 7.1
103. OF Marcell Ozuna, MIA
 26 0 0 0 0 0 14 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.6
104. 3B Joey Gallo, TEX
 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 29 0 0 4.1
105. OF Leonys Martin , TEX
 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 35 0 9 0 0 3.9