Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Two-Start Pitchers Dominate This Week's Options
Aaron Harang, Philadelphia Phillies
Yahoo Ownership: 22%
ESPN Ownership: 26%
Aaron Harang has started the last two seasons (2014 was with Atlanta) in fine fashion for a pitcher with unspectacular stuff.
| Year | IP | Hits | ERA | HR | BBs | Ks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18.2 | 9 | 0.96 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 2015 | 18.1 | 13 | 1.96 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Not much has changed in his pitch usage or ability to miss bats, but his BABIP in 2015 is 83 points lower than in 2014, so perhaps regression is coming.
But Harang is off to another decent if unspectacular start, meaning now is about the only time you would want to use him. His only start this week is against the Atlanta Braves, who have been hitting the ball to the tune of a .253/.323/.426 slash line through two weeks against righties. The Braves hit a fair amount of ground balls (0.95 ground-ball to fly-ball ratio, 12th in MLB) and are in middle of the pack having hit into seven double plays. Harang is getting ground balls 33% of the time and has seen his home run-to fly ball ratio drop over three seasons from 12.7% in 2013 to 4.3% so far in 2015. Much like Chris Heston, enjoy the streaming potential now while the getting is good.
