Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2024 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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25.
Joe Musgrove
Joe Musgrove dealt with an injury-plagued 2023, where he started only 17 games for the underperforming Padres. He pitched 97 1/3 innings and struck out 97 batters with a 3.05 ERA and 1.14 WHIP. The 31-year-old pitcher remains in the 90th percentile in BB% at 5.3, but his K% has decreased in each year since 2020. If he stays healthy, he profiles as a decent SP3 for 2024, but be prepared for an uptick in his ERA.
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27.
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease had the letdown in 2023 that many fantasy experts predicted. After being the Cy Young Award runner-up in 2022, the 28-year-old returned and threw 177 innings with an ERA of 4.58 and an ugly 1.42 WHIP. Sure, Cease was snakebit by an unsustainably high BABIP (.330) and a terrible defensive squad behind him (27th in fielding runs above average at -64). He is an intriguing bounceback candidate with an xERA of 4.07 and xFIP of 4.08, but fantasy managers must note that none of his metrics suggest the 2022 version is ever coming back. Cease is best as an SP3/4 on fantasy squads.
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34.
Michael King
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40.
Yu Darvish
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155.
Jhony Brito
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181.
Randy Vasquez
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199.
Matt Waldron
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225.
Robby Snelling
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327.
Jay Groome
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349.
Jackson Wolf
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401.
Ryan Bergert
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433.
Kevin Kopps
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435.
Austin Davis
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453.
Stephen Kolek
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