SPECULATOR: September slowdowns, 2019

We've all been there. You're in the thick of a race in September—or even worse, your league's postseason—only to see news that one of your better starters has been shut down for the season. We know it’s coming, so why not plan for it?

This week, we’ll speculate on several SP pushing their innings envelopes who could be candidates for a late-season shutdown (or at least slowdown). The takeaway here is two-fold: redraft owners should start looking for Plan Bs or dangling these pitchers on the open market, while keeper/dynasty folks playing for 2020 should weave the potential shutdown risk into trade negotiations with stretch-run contenders.

For each player, we'll give IP totals for the last three seasons broken out by minor leagues (MiLB)...

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