Ivan Nova notched his seventh win of the season Tuesday against the Blue Jays and now has three wins in his last four starts.
Analysis: The New York Yankees may have a lot of drama but Ivan Nova is quietly getting the job done and keeping the Yanks alive for a playoff berth. Nova is sporting a 3.17 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP this year. He now has an 8.55 K/9 rate which is 28th in baseball among pitchers with eighty plus innings pitched. Nova has allowed more than three earned runs just once over his past ten starts and he’s lasted more than 6.0 innings in each of his last eight starts. To put it simply… he is producing in every facet of the game.
Despite his consistency and playing in the New York market, Ivan Nova is still available in 20-40% of fantasy leagues. Keep in mind that over the last month of the season Ivan Nova is the 40th best fantasy starter. In that month long span he has outperformed Justin Verlander, Jered Weaver and Madison Bumgarner. It’s only a matter of time before he is universally owned.