Jake Faria Starting Wednesday, Chris Archer Thursday
7 years agoThe Tampa Bay Rays announced their starting pitchers for the next two games. After the postponement Tuesday, the Rays will now start Jake Faria Wednesday versus Baltimore, followed by ace Chris Archer on Thursday. In Faria's 86 2/3 innings in the majors during 2017, he struck out 84 batters while issuing only 31 walks. Perhaps the biggest concern is that he also gave up 11 home runs in those 86 2/3 innings. Faria is slated to be the third starter for the Rays and should be owned in most 12-team leagues. Outside of one terrible outing, he has been a strong starter this season. Archer has pitched over 200 innings each of the past three seasons and has struck out at least 233 batters in each season. The troubling part is that his ERA has been just over 4.00 the last two seasons and his win-loss record has been 19-31 those two seasons. He should currently be treated like second fantasy starter who is off to a slower start.
Source: Roch Kubatko
Source: Roch Kubatko