Tyler Gilbert (SP, ARI) - Week 23 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 14+ teams

ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues

ANALYSIS: While he hasn't repeated the performance from his first career start, Gilbert has still been solid on the mound over three starts now, going 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA, 1.000 WHIP and 14.9 percent strikeout rate over 19 innings of work.

He'll open up the week against the slumping Padres, who are slashing .199/.281/.341 and averaging 3.4 runs per game over their last 14 games. Gilbert will have a slight edge as the Padres are hitting slightly worse against lefties (.241/.324/.388, 22.4 K%) than right-handers (.243/.324/.411, 21.7 K%), but they're putting up nearly identical numbers whether they're at home or on the road.

He'll then face off against a Seattle squad that has been hitting better as of late, as they're slashing .228/.298/.406 and averaging 4.7 runs per game over their last 10 games. They're putting up nearly identical numbers versus left-handers and right-handers, but in a potential knock against Gilbert, they are hitting significantly better on the road (.234/.305/.396) than at home (.210/.292/.367).

t's funny, a month ago one would think that San Diego would be the difficult matchup for Gilbert and Seattle would be the easy one. But in Week 23 it appears the opposite is true. He'll be a better option to target in deeper formats this week, but he should be in line for a couple nice outings.

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