Austin Gomber (SP, COL) - Week 23 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 12+ teams

ROSTERED IN: 34% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Gomber has looked pretty solid on the mound in his first year with Colorado, going 9-8 with a 4.38 ERA, 1.198 WHIP and 23.9 percent strikeout rate across 111 innings of work. Interestingly enough, most of Gomber's struggles have come on the road, as he has pitched far better at Coors Field this year (2.09 ERA, 0.951 WHIP) than on the road (6.08 ERA, 1.382 WHIP).

With that being said, Gomber will have to overcome those road struggles in his first outing this week against the Rangers. The Rangers have been hitting well over their last 10 games (.371/.312/.430, 4.6 runs per game), and on top of that they are hitting better at home (.232/.296/.386) than on the road (.222/.287/.361). Gomber will also have to deal with the fact that the Rangers are hitting better against left-handed pitching (.236/.291/.369, 22.4 K%) than against right-handers (.222/.291/.374, 24.2 K%).

In his second trip to the mound this week, Gomber will return to Coors Field to face off against the Braves. As mentioned before, Gomber has pitched significantly better at home this season, which should help him out against an Atlanta team that is averaging 5.5 runs per game over their last 14 games while slashing .242/.335/.444 over that span. This should be a favorable matchup for Gomber, as the Braves are not only hitting worse against left-handers (.240/.313/.424) than against right-handers (.243/.327/.432), but they are also hitting worse on the road (.237/.321/.420) than at home (.248/.326/.440).

It's a "one good start, one bad start" scenario here with Gomber. That Texas matchup could cause him some problems, but he appears in line to put up nice numbers against Atlanta. Managers looking for strikeout help should consider picking up Gomber this week, especially as Atlanta sports the 10th-highest strikeout rate in the majors at 23.8 percent.

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