STARTERS: Very early slow start sells, 2023
Apr 22 2023
This is the time of the year when we preach the value of exercising excruciating patience when it comes to early bad results.
That said, very bad early stats or skills by some SP can be signs that should make you consider selling them, particularly if their skills show signs of worry. This especially is the case if you have big holes in other areas of your roster that you can patch by trading away SP that are carrying ominous early-season skills.
Here are several SP in each league that might be worth shopping, benching, or dropping.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Andrew Heaney (LHP, TEX) was drafted as a solid mid-rotation starter (221 ADP). So far, he hasn't even looked the part of an end-rotation arm (4.97 ERA, 1.42 WHIP in 13 IP). He does have a...
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