Patrick Corbin

Corbin largely followed up on his breakout 2018 season with the Nationals last year, again reaching the 200-inning plateau and pitching to a low-3.00 ERA. He continued to lean heavily on his outstanding slider, against which batters hit just .158. His walk rate and strikeout rate rose and fell just a tad from his peak, a trend that fantasy owners can expect to continue. But Corbin's baseline is excellent and even with further slow decline in skills, he should be an outstanding starter for a fantasy rotation.

Patrick Corbin throws 43 pitches in Saturday's intrasquad game

Patrick Corbin threw 43 pitches in an intrasquad game on Saturday.

Fantasy Impact

Corbin might not be ready for a full workload in his first start of the regular season but he shouldn't be far off. The Nationals open the season against the Yankees and Corbin will likely start one of those games. The 30-year-old southpaw struck out 238 batters in 202 innings last season while registering a 3.25 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. He's a top-15 starter in fantasy leagues this year.