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AJ Smith-Shawver – SP, ATL: 23% rostered
Smith-Shawver made really good use of his two-start week this week and now has a 2.76 EERA and 24.6% strikeout rate in 32.2 innings so far this season. I’m happy to add him because he’s a young pitcher on a good team with clear talent, but I want us to be rational in our bids. This two-start week was against a mediocre Cincinnati offense and a bad Pirates offense. Smith-Shawver had a great statline against the Reds, but he threw 60% fastballs and basically just challenged Reds’ hitters in the zone, and they couldn’t make contact. His splitter had just a 14% CSW in that game, and so I think Smith-Shawver is still just an arm we want to use in plus matchups.
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