Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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38.
Dylan Bundy
Bundy largely made good on the enormous amount of buzz that surrounded him after he moved from the Orioles to the Angels. He set career bests in ERA (3.29), WHIP (1.04), strikeout rate (27%), and walk rate (6.4%). Bundy's fastball, though it continued to trend down in velocity, was more effective than in years' past, in part because he cut way down on his usage of the pitch (just 33.6%, after throwing it at least 42.4% of the time in every previous season). His slider remained one of the best pitches in the game, and his remaining secondary pitches improved, too. At some point, Bundy's fastball velocity is going to become an issue, but there's little reason to expect that to come in 2021. Draft him as as an SP3.
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53.
Andrew Heaney
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62.
Shohei Ohtani
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75.
Griffin Canning
It's mostly about health with Canning, who offers a great deal of stability when he's on the mound. You can expect at worst a low 4.00 ERA, about a 1.30 WHIP, and roughly a strikeout per inning. But he did close last season notably strong, pitching to a 3.14 ERA, and a 1.19 WHIP, with a 14.5% swinging strike rate and a 10.4 K/9 mark over his final five starts. That's probably his ceiling, but it shows what he's capable of when he is healthy and gets into a groove. He's a fine pick at his cost (which is minimal), but bake in some injury risk.
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124.
Jose Quintana
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159.
Alex Cobb
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181.
Luke Bard
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190.
Patrick Sandoval
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228.
Felix Pena
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236.
Jaime Barria
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291.
Dillon Peters
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314.
Packy Naughton
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335.
Jose Suarez
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378.
Jesse Chavez
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390.
Jake Faria
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