STARTERS: 2017 Sixth starters
Mar 31 2017
One of the biggest draft day mistakes that owners make is to overvalue Opening Day roles.
It might seem natural to target Opening Day starting rotations when filling out your pitching staffs. After all, they include the guys who already have starting jobs, and we all want to get out of the gates quickly in our fantasy leagues.
But early-season roles on pitching staffs are fluid, especially when it comes to starting pitchers. Injuries will create openings. So too will poor performance, or strong performance from guys outside of their team's initial starting rotation.
Interestingly, one-quarter of all innings thrown by SP come from those that were not in an Opening Day rotation:
Year SP IP By Opening Day Rotation ==== ...
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