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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues
ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues
ANALYSIS:
We had five pretty solid starts in a row from Bello there before a dud last week.
What has me still holding on is the above-average 12.8% SwStr% that goes with his elite 60% GB%. If you can manage an above-average strikeout rate while keeping balls out of the air at that elite rate, it's hard to not have box score success as well.
An interesting change has happened for Bello in these last two starts as he's really reduced the sinker usage in favor of the four-seamer.
Prior to these last two starts, he posted a 23.8% K% with a 9.2% BB% and a 62.4% GB%. Over these last two starts, it's a 21.3% K% and a 4.3% BB% with a 54.3% GB%. Fewer walks, but a lower K% and predictably fewer ground-balls (the sinker is the real ground-ball pitch). If I were making the decisions (I'm not for good reason), I'd probably have him go back to the sinker, or at least split the usage of them more evenly.
Regardless, the arsenal is deep and all of these pitches are pretty strong in their own right. I think there are a lot of ways for Bello to figure this out and become a very good pitcher, and it might just happen this year.
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