Grading SPs - AL West
A fast paced series to grade and re-rank SPs for fantasy leagues
Astros
Hunter Brown (HURT) - 7
The shoulder strain is keeping him out until at least mid June, and that particular injury is one of the most concerning, so it’s certainly possible he needs surgery or something and it will fall apart again.
My grades on injured guys have been inconsistent, but they’re not super relevant to this particular exercise anyways. So he’s a seven. You’re obviously just IL stashing him until he comes back. But I would be trying to find long-term solutions instead of banking on him to be your guy down the stretch.
Lance McCullers Jr. - 2
A 7.41 ERA! But a 4.36 SIERA! But the bottom line with McCullers is that we’ve read this book before. He can get strikeouts (25% this year), but he has no command no ability to stay on the field.
Peter Lambert - 4
He’s been good. Much better than expected. But his 3.94 SIERA towers above his 2.76 ERA. The K% isn’t fully backed up by the SwStr%, and he’s been very fortunate with just a 0.3 HR/9.