Gavin Floyd allowed four earned runs against the New York Yankees Sunday in 5.1 innings of work.
Analysis: While it was not Gavin Floyd’s best performance, he has been pitching well as of late. In his two starts prior to the Yankee beating, Floyd’s line was- 2 wins, 0 earned runs in 13.1 innings pitched with 13 strikeouts. We know that Floyd has never been a low ERA type of starter but his 3.92 xFIP does indicate that his 4.91 ERA is much too high.
What Floyd does offer is strikeouts and plenty of them. Floyd’s 88 K’s are thirty-fifth in all of baseball and his 1.32 WHIP is good for fifty-eighth in the bigs this year. His 3.54 K/BB rate is better than Jordan Zimmerman, Mat Latos, Gio Gonzalez and David Price’s K/BB rate. If Gavin can keep the ball in the park he is one deadly lower tier fantasy starter. He doesn’t walk hitters, he strikes out 8.5 batters per nine and his solid WHIP is near his career average. Floyd is available in about half of fantasy leagues and he definitely makes a great buy low option at this point in the season. There are tons of injuries out there and making smart decisions while some of your studs heal is imperative.