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Nicklaus Gaut profiles San Diego Padre Dinelson Lamet as a waiver wire pickup or add target for Week 24 of the 2019 fantasy baseball season as the flamethrower is back from Tommy John surgery and up to his old strikeout tricks.
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ANALYSIS: Coming off of a 10 K performance against the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet didn't exactly blow the doors off anyone in his last start, losing to the Colorado Rockies 3-2. But Lamet wasn't exactly bad, allowing one earned run in six innings, giving up six hits and striking out four. And it was also encouraging to see the hard-throwing rightie only walk one batter, after walking a total of five in his past two starts.
Next up for Lamet and the Padres is a date against the Chicago Cubs at home on Thursday. While the Cubs have won seven of their last 11 games, they also strikeout against right-handers at a 23.6% clip, and recently got the news that they will be without one of their best hitters for the foreseeable future, as Javier Baez is out with a broken thumb. Through 57 innings in his return from Tommy John surgery, Lamet has a 3.95 ERA and is striking out almost 12 batters per nine innings, making him a threat to strikeout double-digit batters every time he takes the mound.
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