The trend has been obvious in recent weeks — the fantasy baseball waiver wire is full of appealing hitters but barren of impactful starting pitchers. Few skilled starters have recently been promoted to the majors, and the few who recently emerged — such as Griffin Jax and Jake Bennett — were quickly scooped up by managers who were desperate to add another arm.
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The free agent imbalance can be tied to the trade market, since wise managers are consistently balancing all methods to improve their roster. It may be a good time to trade hitters for pitchers, as managers can quickly fill the vacated hitting spot with one of the players mentioned in this most recent waiver wire article. With this plan in mind, here are some pitchers to target on the trade market.
Bryan Woo, SP, Mariners: Although it's normal for Seattle pitchers to fare best when working at their pitcher-friendly home park, the splits for Woo this season are eye-popping. The right-hander has pitched like a Cy Young winner at T-Mobile Park (2.20 ERA) and a minor leaguer on the road (6.28 ERA). Some of the gap stems from a superior strikeout rate at home, but much of the problem lies in BABIP gap of over 100 points. Woo entered the season with a reasonable ERA gap of 1.09 between his home and road marks, and the expectation here is that he will find better success in his road starts during the second half. If that happens, he will be a top-10 pitcher who can currently be acquired for a reasonable return.
Reid Detmers, SP/RP, Angels: After enjoying a dazzling five-start stretch (1.36 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 39:5 K:BB ratio) from late May to the middle of June, Detmers allowed exactly five earned runs in three of his final four first-half outings. Such is life for the inconsistent southpaw, who opened the second half by striking out seven Tigers over six shutout innings. Managers who already have a strong pitching staff may wish to avoid such an inconsistent hurler, but those who need to swing for the fences this summer should make a buy-low acquisition on Detmers, who has terrific swing-and-miss skills (10.2 K/9 rate) and a notable gap between his 4.16 ERA and 3.27 xERA.
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The free agent imbalance can be tied to the trade market, since wise managers are consistently balancing all methods to improve their roster. It may be a good time to trade hitters for pitchers, as managers can quickly fill the vacated hitting spot with one of the players mentioned in this most recent waiver wire article. With this plan in mind, here are some pitchers to target on the trade market.
Bryan Woo, SP, Mariners: Although it's normal for Seattle pitchers to fare best when working at their pitcher-friendly home park, the splits for Woo this season are eye-popping. The right-hander has pitched like a Cy Young winner at T-Mobile Park (2.20 ERA) and a minor leaguer on the road (6.28 ERA). Some of the gap stems from a superior strikeout rate at home, but much of the problem lies in BABIP gap of over 100 points. Woo entered the season with a reasonable ERA gap of 1.09 between his home and road marks, and the expectation here is that he will find better success in his road starts during the second half. If that happens, he will be a top-10 pitcher who can currently be acquired for a reasonable return.
Reid Detmers, SP/RP, Angels: After enjoying a dazzling five-start stretch (1.36 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 39:5 K:BB ratio) from late May to the middle of June, Detmers allowed exactly five earned runs in three of his final four first-half outings. Such is life for the inconsistent southpaw, who opened the second half by striking out seven Tigers over six shutout innings. Managers who already have a strong pitching staff may wish to avoid such an inconsistent hurler, but those who need to swing for the fences this summer should make a buy-low acquisition on Detmers, who has terrific swing-and-miss skills (10.2 K/9 rate) and a notable gap between his 4.16 ERA and 3.27 xERA.
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