I was going to make the title something stupid like “Lyles on my Buchholz” but I’m a mature adult; or at least that’s what my wife tells me. Last week was another great week to stream pitchers. I’m almost ready to ditch my bottom 3 SPs and just stream every week in my leagues! That’s kind of a joke, but maybe it isn’t? Most of the streaming options last week are long gone now in terms of ownership, so we just have to do more digging for this week. First, let’s look back at how last week’s streamers did.

Name Date Opponent IP H BB ER K W Marco Gonzales May 28, 2018 TEX 6.67 4 4 0 4 1 Marco Gonzales June 3, 2018 TB 6.67 5 2 1 6 1 Caleb Smith May 28, 2018 @SD 7 4 1 1 4 1 Daniel Mengden May 31, 2018 TB 8 6 2 3 5 1 Jordan Lyles May 31, 2018 MIA 7 6 1 2 7 1 Trevor Cahill June 1, 2018 KC 4.67 7 2 4 6 0

Not bad, huh? The final line last week looks like this: 6 Starts – 5 W, 2.47 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 32 Ks in 40 IP. We nearly doubled our win total on the season. The only weakness we have had this season is the K/9 which sits just over 8.0/9. However, our ERA at 3.02 and WHIP at 1.05 with 15 wins and 224 Ks basically means we have put up 220 IP of Zack Greinke-type quality from our streaming options this year! Let’s keep rolling with it this week.

Jordan Lyles (SD) 12% Home vs ATL on Tuesday 6/5

Since Acuña has gone down, the Braves don’t seem as dangerous. Albies has finally hit a snag in his incredibly hot start to the season. This start is at home away from Freddie Freeman’s strength when at home. Lyles may be getting a little lucky but he’s increased his curveball and decrease the use of his sinker. Both his curve and fastball are now plus pitches and he’s improved on his swinging strike rate. Getting a W may be tough but, I think he’ll get you solid ratios and around 6 Ks. STREAM

Tyler Mahle (CIN) 10% Home vs COL on Wednesday 6/6

The Rockies on the road are not all that scary, they have a .654 OPS on the road and a 23.4% K rate as a team. However, GAB is also a launching pad. As a prospect, Mahle had great command, so far in the Majors he’s near a 10% BB rate. However, his K rate has improved to 22%. Those still aren’t great numbers and the Rockies have DJ LeMahieu back. The top of the Rockies order concerns me and I doubt Mahle can get through three times without giving up a few runs. I think I just talked myself out of this one so if you’re desperate, give him a shot. But I’m STAYING AWAY

Clay Buchholz (ARI) 13% Away vs SF on Wednesday 6/6

I get it, it’s Clay Buchholz and he’s been extremely lucky in his small sample of 3 starts. But the Giants have a 24.9% K rate and a wOBA of .315 as a team. However, much of that production is tied to Brandon Belt who hit the DL with an emergency appendectomy. Buchholz has actually been missing a decent number of bats and his change up and cutter have registered positive results. I’m not recommending Buchholz long term, but I thought no he can keep the Giants in check in that huge ballpark. The DBacks have picked it up if late offensively, so a cheap win is a good possibility as well. STREAM

Tyler Anderson (COL) 8% vs CIN on Thurs 6/7 or Jason Hammel (KC) 3% vs OAK

I’m going to be honest, I really wanted to find another mid-week streamer but these two are was too volatile. Both pitchers are very homer prone and the teams they are facing can mash. You’re more likely to end up with 6 ER in 4 innings and tie you to the WHIP-ing Post as I like to say than 6 IP of 2 ER ball. STAY AWAY from both

Clayton Richard (SD) 6% Away vs MIA on Sunday 6/10

I bet you didn’t realize that Clayton Richard had a 56.5% ground ball rate and a 20.6% soft contact rate. I also bet you didn’t realize his his SIERA is sub-4.00 and he’s averaging over 6+ inning per start. Clayton has his slider working for him this year and is posting a career low 77.8% contact rate. All these numbers are borderline 12-team owneable. However, you can pick him up for free off waivers against the 28th worst offensive club against lefties. Richard may not pile up the strikeouts, but I think he can go 6-7 IP with 2 ER and a WHIP near 1.00 and a great shot at a W That’s something I can Quality Control. STREAM

Shot in the dark: Jose Urena against the aforementioned San Diego Padres. Urena is better than his number indicate and the Padres are weak. I’m envisioning a pitcher’s duel with Richard in Miami’s pitcher friendly stadium and not a whole lot of hitters to be concerned of. If you’re desperate next Sunday, grab both, you’re sure to get a win and decent ratios.

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