Fantasy Baseball SP Roundup – br4x0r Garrett

Welcome to the SP Roundup, my daily fantasy baseball article reviewing every starting pitcher’s performance from every Sunday game. I apologize for the jokes written in my delirium in advance. Have questions? Ask me during my office hours on Twitch weekday mornings from 10 am-12 pm ET.  

Braxton Garrett (MIA) vs CIN (ND) – 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 8 Ks – 14 Whiffs, 43% CSW, 82 pitches.

Just two games removed from allowing 11 ER, Braxton Garrett is sure to have won over the trust of fantasy managers as a streaming option following today’s phenomenal 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 8 Ks – 14 Whiffs, 43% CSW, 82 pitches outing against the Reds. That’s a King Cole as his slider was stupid good at 46% CSW while the sinker stole a ton of strikes. Then there’s the cutter – a pitch he’s thrown just 9% this year – was utilized 29% of the time and returned an absurd 88% strike rate. Wild.

That last part about the cutter is a fun new thing he introduced last time out (35% usage) and considering the sinker has returned a 42% hard contact, this seems like a good fix to help stay afloat and get through games. It’s almost like his demise of a day sparked “h’ok, I need to do something different.” It may make Garrett something worthwhile moving forward, and the Giants next could work out well. Huh. Funny how quickly things can change.

Let’s see how every other SP did Sunday:

Mitch Keller (PIT) @ BAL (W) – 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 Hits, 0 BBs, 13 Ks – 12 Whiffs, 42% CSW, 93 pitches.

Hahahahahahaha. Of course he did. THE LIST CURSE ISN’T REAL Y’ALL. His four-seamer and sinker combined for 52% CSW as the Orioles allowed 18 called strikes between them. Meanwhile, the sweeper held an 85% strike rate and the cutter was once again heavily featured over the plate. I still don’t feel like I quite understand it, but does that really matter? You keep starting the man and forget everything you knew about mattresses Keller.

Kyle Freeland (COL) vs PHI (W) – 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 Hits, 1 BBs, 8 Ks – 13 Whiffs, 33% CSW, 88 pitches.

With starts like this from Freeland and legit pitchers left and right failing to excel, it just makes this season feel like chaos. CHAOS. His curveball returned 41% CSW with 9/29 whiffs, incredibly remarkable when its season high was five whiffs before this start. And yes, he still throws 88/89 mph fastballs. I don’t get it y’all. Is his command really that good? Despite a 30% hard contact rate for the season? That’s baseball, Suzyn. THAT’S MADNESS JAWN.

Tony Gonsolin (LAD) vs SD (W) – 5.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 Hits, 1 BBs, 6 Ks – 7 Whiffs, 21% CSW, 85 pitches.

The velocity is still up at 93/94 mph (phew) but the splitter returned a…4% CSW. But at least it got strikes and held him survive against the Padres. This feels like he lucked out like ole times. Yep, like ole times. Please keep it going against the Cardinals.

Collin McHugh …