Blake Treinen

Drafters should know better than to expect another 0.78 ERA from Treinen, but his ascension into an elite stopper was legit. He posted 100 punchouts with the third-highest swinging-strike rate (18.2%) behind Edwin Diaz and Josh Hader, and no reliever got opponents to chase outside the zone more often. Yet paying for any reliever's career year is dicey, especially a 30-year-old who had never struck out a batter per inning before 2018.

Blake Treinen wins arbitration case with A's

Blake Treinen has won his arbitration case with the Oakland Athletics and will make $6.4 million in 2019.

Fantasy Impact

The A's had offered $5.6 million. Treinen will receive a $4.25 pay raise from his fantastic 2018 season. Treinen posted a microscopic 0.78 ERA across 80 1/3 innings. He also struck out 100 batters and totaled a 0.83 WHIP. It was one of the best seasons from a reliever in recent memory. He'll be one of the first closers to come off the board in fantasy drafts this spring.