Looking to cycle spot-starters each day? Check out the Stream Team, where we tab pitchers that are likely to help you in your quest for fantasy gold.After a long run of success, the Stream Team put up a couple stinkers over the weekend. Wade LeBlanc gave up four runs in five innings on Saturday, and Ryan Rowland-Smith gave up five runs in seven innings today. Both pitchers struck out three batters while allowing one walk, keeping us in line with our 3:1 K:BB ratio over the month. If we can stick to that, we should be successful more often than not.
Looking to tomorrow as we try and finish up your H2H playoffs strong, Hiroki Kuroda is still available in plenty of fantasy baseball leagues, although he really shouldn't be. In four starts over the past month, Kuroda has an outstanding 2.16 ERA and 0.88 WHIP, which has brought his season ratios down to 3.65 and 1.09, respectively. The last time he allowed more than three earned runs in a start was July 8th.
The 8-6 Kuroda faces Pittsburgh, a team he dominated two starts ago on September 16th. On that day, Kuroda allowed six hits and one earned run while striking out seven batters and walking none. The performance was in line with Kuroda's dominant line against the Pirates in his career, as he now has a 1.89 ERA and 0.89 WHIP in three starts against the team, going 2-0 with 11 strikeouts and one walk in 19 innings.
If Kuroda is unavailable, you might want to pick up Anibal Sanchez, who was excellent in his last outing (8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER) against the Phillies. He'll take on the Braves tomorrow. Good luck!
Stream Team Data
September: 166 IP, 14 Ws, 3.31 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 127 Ks, 42 BBs.
Post-ASB: 433.1 IP, 32 Ws, 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 330 Ks, 126 BBs.
Since 7/1: 495.2 IP, 36 Ws, 4.10 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 366 Ks, 142 BBs.
