Clayton Richard is going under the radar in fantasy leagues around the country while he continues to rack up solid starts.
Analysis: Clayton Richard has allowed three or fewer runs in six out of his last seven starts. He remains an underrated model of consistency in the National League. Richard’s 1.18 WHIP is good for twenty-seventh in all of baseball this year. While he’s not a strikeout artist he does limit the extra base runners. His 1.98 BB/9 rate is good for fourteenth best in the bigs. Richard is about as effective as you can be without being dominant. On a side note, his velocity is actually up a bit from last year which is always a good thing to see.
Richard is available in over eighty percent of leagues and his stock is actually dropping while he racks up quality start after quality start. Obviously with Richard you get a pitcher pitching at PETCO Park… it just doesn’t get any better.
At this point in the season there aren’t too many arms of value left on the wire so you must be careful. Richard will continue to eat up innings and not blow up your ERA or WHIP in roto leagues unlike Ubaldo Jimenez.