ROTISSERIE: The *yle Hendric*s Plan

In case you haven't heard in just about EVERY guest episode of BaseballHQ Radio, starting pitcher prices are just bonkers this year.

For some context, 13 starting pitchers are going in the Top 30 picks of February NFBC drafts, which blows away anything we've seen before:

       # SP
Year  Top 30
====  ======
2014     4
2015     6
2016     5
2017     7
2018     7
2019     9
2020     9
2021    13

In a 15-team league, that means nearly every manager has picked their ace in the first two rounds. Some are pushing the envelope with the increasingly-popular "pocket aces" strategy of starting your draft with two starters, "full house" of going three SP in your top five, etc. You would've been laughed out of the room a few years ago with...

Almost!

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