2023 Deep Sleepers: Pitchers

Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 7:41 p.m.

Eno and Al talk about processes for finding deep pitching sleepers, and then they discuss several pitchers whom fantasy managers should tuck away as late-round targets, especially in deeper league. They consider three groups of pitchers who may be undervalued: contact managers, pitchers on lesser teams and rookies.\n\nRundown\n1:12 - Eno talks about the projection system he uses to identify sleepers\n7:05 - Is contact management actually a thing?\n9:14 - Deep sleepers: contact managers (Kyle Bradish, Tyler Wells, Graham Ashcraft, Hayden Wesneski, Nick Martinez)\n30:22 - Deep sleepers: starters on lesser teams (Spencer Turnbull, Matthew Boyd, Michael Lorenzen, Shintaro Fujinami, Drew Rucinski, Paul Blackburn, Braxton Garrett, Ryan Yarbrough)\n48:56 - Deep sleepers: rookies (Andrew Painter, Luis Ortiz, Ryne Nelson)\n\nFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris\nFollow Al on Twitter: @almelchiorBB\ne-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com\n\nSubscribe to The Athletic at $2/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels\n\nSubscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices