With the final month of the baseball season starting Monday, it’s time to make sure your fantasy team is ready for the final push.
That means making sure you have the depth needed, and targeting pitchers with swing-and-miss stuff to go along with solid matchups down the stretch is a good place to start.
Festa has swing-and-miss stuff, something that was on display over four seasons in the minors when he struck out 11.2 per nine innings. In 15 Triple-A starts this season, despite having a 4.03 ERA and walking 3.9 per nine, he had a 16.7 percent swinging-strike rate. The 6-foot-6 right-hander has a 95 mph fastball, but most of his damage is done with his secondary pitches. Opponents are hitting .262 against his slider but have a 23.2 percent whiff rate against the pitch.
His next start could come against the injury-ravaged Braves, a team that is hitting .243 in the second half and has the second-most strikeouts in that time frame. The most important skills to look for in starting pitchers are the ability to generate whiffs and limit hard contact, which Festa had done this month — going 1-0 with a 2.03 ERA , 14 percent swinging-strike rate and a .216 opponents’ average. He is widely available and should be on your radar for that final push.Entered Friday on a 10-game hit streak, going 14-for-39 with three homers, 10 RBIs, seven runs and a 1.124 OPS during that stretch.
— Toronto’s Bowden Francis entered Saturday’s start with a 4.38 ERA and .204 opponents’ average in his first seven starts, but was 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA, 22-1 strikeout-walk rate, .108 opponents’ average and a 14 percent swinging-strike rate over his past three starts.
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