Tag: Clayton Richard

Stock Rising- Clayton Richard

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.

Ubaldo Jimenez To DL, Who To Pick Up?

The Rockies have placed fireballer Ubaldo Jimenez on the 15-day disabled list because of a cracked thumb cuticle on his pitching hand. This leaves many options so early in the season on who to pick up, here are some answers for you.

Analysis: Kevin Correia of the Pirates now has two wins in two starts. Correia has pitched 13 innings allowing just two earned runs. In deep, deep leagues the right hander is a solid choice as he is owned in less than one percent of fantasy leagues. Edwin Jackson of the ChiSox is another widely available interesting option. E-Jax threw six innings of two run ball while striking out seven batters last Saturday against the Indians. Jackson is due to start Thurdsay against a struggling Rays team, look to take advantage. Another deep league option is Clayton Richard of San Diego. Richard’s next start is in PETCO against the Dodgers on Friday night. Richard may have the best season of all the pitchers mentioned here thus far just because of where he plays. Richard had a 3.75  ERA last year with 14 wins but he still doesn’t get any love. Look for Richard to be a consistent presence in the Padres rotation as they will again try to push the action in the NL West. Obviously, if it’s not too late to pick up Kyle Drabek then pick him up. For more information on Drabek just scroll down the page. Drabek possesses the most upside with the nastiest stuff of all these guys next to Edwin Jackson’s slider.