MLB DW Slate Preview - August 4
Thoughts, stats, DFS, player props, and more for today's slate of MLB action
Johan Oviedo will debut for the Pirates. He missed all of last season after elbow surgery, and then got hurt again this spring and has had his MLB return pushed back even further.
He made five rehab outings in July and piled up a nice 31% K% with a 6.2% BB%. Good stuff there. He has a 95-96mph fastball and a pretty wicked slider. The guy can get strikeouts. But the command was not very good when we last saw him in 2023.
It will probably be 65-75 pitches here against the Giants. I don’t expect him to be very interesting for fantasy purposes, but it’s worth noting that he has strikeout stuff. He has that in his game, so I’d feel pretty good about him grabbing 3-4 strikeouts in the return tonight.