Don't forget about him on draft day. Whether it was him trying to do too much in the first half or something related to his newborn child (his surge happened to coincide with his return from paternity leave), Ramirez's return to normalcy in the second half should give you plenty of confidence in his 2020 outlook. But for now, drop him down your draft board a few spots. He says that he's still dealing with his recovery, including some shortness of breath, but it appears likely that he'll be ready to go when the season begins. Chirinos' strikeout numbers won't help you, but his solid control allows him to limit the damage and keep his ERA and WHIP under control. Scherzer struggled a bit through the first month of the season, but went on a patented run in May and June that made him look like the Scherzer of old. But he simply has to cut down on the free passes if he wants to build on his breakout 2019.

His best case scenario likely includes some sort of innings limit with solid, but perhaps not league-winning numbers. There's risk from the injury and he may be rusty, but McCullers offers rare upside. Given that he had the highest swinging strike rate (14.6%) and chase rate (34.8%) of his career last year and will be moving to a division that saw three of the other four teams rank in the bottom seven in runs scored in 2019, consider the needle on Maeda moving up.
His strikeout rate, hard hit percentage, average exit velocity, and launch angle all remained nearly identical, while his steals (only four) continued to trend down to a now useless level from a fantasy perspective. Ramirez's overall 2019 season was obviously subpar, as much as a 23-homer, 24-steal year can be. But should you expect him to pitch closer to his second half than his first? When you add it all up, Berrios remains a starter that fantasy owners should covet, but perhaps temper expectations until he shows that he's ready to take that next step. © Copyright 2010-2020 FantasyPros.com For now, drop him down your draft board a hair, but don't shy away entirely. But Darvish pulled out of it and then some, walking only seven batters over his final 14 starts, during which he had a 2.95 ERA and 0.83 WHIP.

but with a reported stress fracture in his back and Opening Day looking doubtful, don't push Verdugo too far up your draft board. We knew Acuna would develop into an elite fantasy option one day, but few saw it happening this quickly. Castro never developed into the fantasy stud he looked like he might become earlier in his career, but he quietly set a career high in home runs and RBI last year with the Marlins.

With stolen bases as a whole on the decline, Turner has an absolute floor of 40 (barring injury) and a much higher ceiling.

Putting aside the almost certin win problems he'll have in San Francisco, it's doubtful that the 34-year-old can contribute meaningfully elsewhere at this stage of his career. He's a late-round filler for a deep pitching staff but little more. Can you fully trust Darvish? Keuchel moves from the Braves to the White Sox, which, on the surface, seems like a negative move given the change in league and home park. Yet he slightly lowered his walk rate from the past two years, cut his HR/FB rate, and got batters to swing at pitches outside the zone more than almost any other pitcher in the second half of the season.

Unfortunately, his success was short-lived, and he's shown nothing to suggest he's on the verge of figuring things out. Other than staying completely healthy, however, his numbers looked pretty much as they always have - just below the truly elite pitchers, but worthy of coming from your ace.
Hand didn't have a bad year by any means, but there were two major areas of decline. Mikolas took a step back from his stellar 2018 season, adding more than a run onto his ERA and 0.15 onto his WHIP.