Fantasy Baseball: Waiver Wire Starting Pitcher Pickups-August 9, 2014
Don’t let the dog days of summer derail your fantasy baseball team–stay active and get your starting rotation optimized for this weekend. If you’re looking for a scheduled starting pitcher for Saturday, there are three options who are good calls to give you a nice boost.
Each afternoon, you can find my starting pitching pickups here on Fansided (archive here). After a nice showing from my Thursday picks, my recommended options are 10-4 with a 3.68 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a 7.73 K/9 rate. While not every one of my picks has been a hit this month, most of them have delivered and hopefully helped you stay in contention coming down the stretch of the fantasy baseball regular season.
Here are my three top pickups for Saturday: