Fantasy Baseball Player Notes
2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Notes
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49.
Marco Gonzales
If you want to buy into performances from the 2020 season, then you'll have Gonzales significantly higher than you would otherwise. He made major gains last year, including up his strikeout rate to a career-best 23.1% and lowering his walk rate to a career-best 2.5%. Bu even with the gains, Gonzales's swinging strike rate was only 8.4% (below his career average), and his fastball velocity is close to the worst in the league. As a pure back end of the rotation starter, he's fine, but do not expect anything close to a 3.10 ERA again, and bake in regression for his strikeouts.
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50.
James Paxton
Paxton missed almost the entire 2020 season after straining a flexor in his pitching forearm. Any forearm injury is worrisome because of the connection to the elbow, and Paxton has hardly been the picture of health in his career. He'll try to jumpstart his career again back with the Mariners, and the reports from his workout, where he reportedly touched 94 MPH, were encouraging after his velocity drop last year. When he pitches, he's almost always effective, so he's worth a late-round pick for the potential upside. But the injury history should keep him relatively low on your draft board.
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78.
Yusei Kikuchi
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89.
Justus Sheffield
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151.
Logan Gilbert
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168.
Chris Flexen
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169.
Justin Dunn
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207.
Erik Swanson
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219.
Ljay Newsome
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225.
Emerson Hancock
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248.
George Kirby
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275.
Yohan Ramirez
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282.
Nick Margevicius
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431.
Robert Dugger
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