I’m a firm believer in early win-now teams in dynasty leagues, usually relying on myself to pick up the breakout names to help build out my farm system rather than draft the preseason top 100 names. As a result, I’m usually a buyer at the trade deadline, seeking ways to put my team in the best position to beat other competing managers.

The MLB trade deadline is today at 4 p.m. ET and our fantasy ones are typically in the next two weeks. So rather than advising on some prospect buys, I’m turning my attention to major league starters who can help you in H2H playoffs or help boost your roto score down the stretch.

I didn’t want to highlight expensive players because if you’re like me, your prospect cache sometimes isn’t that deep and you can only cut into your major league production so much. So here are five pitchers that aren’t going to break the bank but should provide solid or better returns.

Sonny Gray - One of my favorite stat filters is pitchers who have >25 K% and >50 GB%. Strikeouts are the best form of run prevention and groundballs are another great limiter. The two thresholds above represent above-average production from each. Right now, only six pitchers meet each benchmark:

Clayton Kershaw (25.2 K%, 51.3 GB%) Stephen Strasburg (29.6 K%, 50.9 GB%) Charlie Morton (31 K%, 50.6 GB%) Luis Castillo (28.6 K%, 55.6 GB%) Frankie Montas (26.2 K%, 50.8 GB%) Sonny Gray (28 K%, 54 GB%)

Simply put, Gray’s season is 100 percent real and you shouldn’t fear a decline the rest of the way. Gray, who was reunited with his pitching coach this year in Cincinnati, tweaked his arsenal. He made his four-seamer his primary heater, added drop to his slider and began using it when the batter was behind rather than to steal a strike. He also began attacking LHB inside more, relying on his sinker in that scenario. It’s been a revolutionary year for Gray.

Trading for him won’t be cheap. You have to hope his owner is out of the race because there’s no way a win-now team would move him. You also have to bank on his owner not looking terribly deep at his changes and hope his 2018 reputation still lingers. But Gray is a bonafide SP3 in leagues this year and is the best name on this list.

Anthony DeSclafani - Maybe it’s that skyline chili, but there’s some good juju going on in Cincinnati. Over his last five starts, Tony Disco has been fantastic. In 28.2 IP (essentially the month of July) he has a 33/7 K/BB and just four earned runs (2.20 ERA). His knuckle-curve has been a revelation this year notching a 15.6 SwStr% along with a slider at 12.6 SwStr% clip. He’s also added a tick of fastball velocity and is averaging 94.7 mph, a career best for the 29 year old.

There are two warnings, though. Despite the velo bump, his four-seamer has been rough, producing a 4.67 FIP. But in that five-game span, he’s begun changing his location.

Look at the (obnoxiously large) first heat map below. It details four-seamer usage through his June 23 start. More often than not it was middle middle and he’d try to get batters to chase up top.