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Fantasy Baseball: 10 veteran pitchers who can be difference makers in 2020

By Darwin (Deni) Martin

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3. David Price, lefthanded starter, Los Angeles Dodgers

  • 2011 – Rated No. 15 by CBS fantasy baseball with 293 points
    • Starting pitcher for Tampa Bay Rays
    • 8-6 record on 7/4/2011
    • ERA – 3.43 / WHIP – 1.05
  • 2019 – – Failed to make Top 60 in the regular season according to MLB.com
    • Starting pitcher for Boston Red Sox
    • 7-5 record last year
    • ERA – 4.28 / WHIP – 1.31
  • Age – 34 / 12 years experience

Comments -Price was a dominant starter from the beginning to the middle of last decade.  He struggled with injuries while playing for Boston the last four years, but the Dodgers believe he could be their No. 3  starter behind Kershaw and Walker Buehler .

4. Daniel Hudson,  righthanded reliever, Washington Nationals

  • 2011 – Rated No. 13  by CBS fantasy baseball with 300.5 points
    • Starting pitcher for Arizona Diamondbacks
    • 9-5 record on 7/4/2011
    • ERA – 3.49 / WHIP – 1.17
  • 2019 – Failed to make Top 60 in the regular season according to MLB.com
    • Relief pitcher for Washington Nationals
    • 9-3 record last year
    • ERA – 2.47 / WHIP – 1.14
  • Age – 33 / 10  years experience

Comments – Hudson was a key member of a Nationals’ relief core that shut opponents down and earned them the MLB Championship in 2019.  He expects the intensity level to be higher this year, because it’s a shorter season of 60 games.

5. Michael Pineda, righthanded starter, Minnesota Twins

  • 2011 – Rated No. 23 by CBS fantasy baseball with 276.5 points
    • Starting pitcher for Seattle Mariners
    • 7-5 record on 7/4/2011
    • ERA – 2.65 / WHIP – 1.03
  • 2019 –  Failed to make Top 60 in the regular season according to MLB.com
    • Starting pitcher for Minnesota Twins
    • 11-5 record last year
    • ERA – 4.01 / WHIP – 1.14
  • Age – 31 / 6 years experience

Comments – Pineda is an imposing force  on the mound.  He’s 6-feet, 7″ inches tall and weighs 280 pounds.  “Big MIke” looks like the No. 4 starting pitcher in a rotation that features José Berríos, Jake Odorizzi and Homer Bailey.

6.  Anibal Sanchez, righthanded pitcher, Washington Nationals

  • 2011 – Rated No. 24 by CBS fantasy baseball with 299 points
    • Starting pitcher for Florida Marlins
    • 6-2 record on 7/4/2011
    • ERA – 3.30 / WHIP – 1.19
  • 2019 – Finished No. 27 among pitchers in the regular season according to MLB.com
    • Starting pitcher for Washington Nationals
    • 11-8 record last year
    • ERA – 3.85 / WHIP- 1.27
  • Age – 34 / 15 years experience

Comments – Ater his strong performance in the playoffs and the World Series, Sanchez is slated to be the No. 4 starter for the MLB champion Washington Nationals.

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