The mountainous Alek Manoah achieves his successes by using his towering frame (6’6”, 260 lbs) to intimidate batters and by employing a four-seamer/sinker combo in concert with a devastating slider that excels because of its exaggerated horizontal movement (+6.5 inches of break vs. RPM) four-seamer, and incredibly effective slider ( 39.3% CSW) to well over 200 strikeouts and even better results as he adds more volume and builds off his strong second half (35% K%, highest in MLB), significantly outperforming his Steamer projection.Ģ8. velocity), high-spin ( 97th percentile, 2543 avg. He could have a true breakout this season by riding his blazing (96.7 mph avg. Dylan Cease – Chicago White Sox (86.07, 56 | 124)Ģ021 Stats: 13-7 W-L, 165.2 IP, 3.91 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 226/68 K/BBĢ022 Projections: 11-10 W-L, 170 IP, 4.04 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 204/68 K/BBĭylan Cease had a minor breakout last season, skyrocketing his strikeout percentage 10.4% from his 2019-20 rate to an elite 31.9% this past season, but didn’t see the same improvements in his ERA as he continues to have control issues (9.6% BB%).
X8lgEcJYgl- Chicago White Sox August 9, 2021Ģ7. If the right-hander can continue that run into next season, he will easily be a top-30 starter once again.ĭylan Cease recorded his seventh career double-digit strikeout game and sixth this season. After a blowup on June 21st, Montas sat with a 4.79 ERA (82.2 IP), but put together an incredible string of 17 starts (104.1 IP) after that, during which he pitched to a 2.24 ERA (3.40 xFIP) with a 28.9% K%, exhibiting great feel for his devastating splitter. I was surprised to see how impressive of a season Frankie Montas turned in when I punched in his line for this article because, while I did remember how amazing he was from July onwards, I also remembered how difficult it was to stick with him during the first three months of the season. Top-25 Fantasy Starting PitchersĪll stats via Fangraphs.
While these rankings can be used for all fantasy formats, they are a bit more on the points league/H2H side of rankings, meaning that I weigh volume slightly more than in standard leagues. It’s that time of the year again, as we begin to solidify opinions on last season’s breakouts and busts and rank players by position for your eventual fantasy baseball drafts.
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