Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Alert: Nats Calling Up Giolito

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: MLB Top Prospect Lucas Giolito to Debut Tuesday!

The Washington Nationals made big news Monday when they announced that top prospect Lucas Giolito would be called up Tuesday and start against the New York Mets. For those savvy fantasy baseball owners, this is an actionable event and considering Giolito is only owned in 24% of Yahoo leagues as of this moment, there is the potential you could get a game changing addition to your rotation for free.

Giolito is not only the Nationals top prospect but also the consensus top prospect in all of MLB and the expectation by scouts is that he will be an impact front-line starter for years to come.

Giolito is a hard throwing imposing figure on the mound, standing 6’6 and weighing over 230 pounds while being equipped with a 100MPH fastball and a plus curve ball.

In AA this season, through 14 starts, Giolito pitched to a 3.14 ERA, striking out 72 batters in 71 innings pitched. With the injury to Stephen Strasburg, this has opened up the opportunity for Giolito to join the big club and this could a case where a player gets called up and never looks back.

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For those in dynasty or keeper leagues, this is a must add talent and the case can be made for re-draft leagues as well as Giolito has the stuff to mow down MLB hitters and pitches for one of the best teams in the National League. For those of you in DFS, keep an eye on the status of Giolito prior to Tuesday’s games as he would be worth a flier if added to the player pool in his first start.