Jerad Eickhoff (SP, PHI) - 2017 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers & Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target ~185

CURRENT ADP: 205

ANALYSIS: Jerad Eickhoff may not be the most exciting option on the Phillies, but he was the most stable starter of the bunch last season. While the rotation was decimated with injuries, Eickhoff stayed healthy and threw a career-high 197.1 innings. He held a 3.65 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP, and was one of only 20 major league pitchers to throw at least 190 innings with a sub-3.70 ERA.

If you look at his season as a whole, he was as consistent as it gets; he never missed a single start, and pitched into the sixth inning in all but four outings.  Unlike most young pitchers, Eickhoff seemed to get stronger as the year progressed. His September ERA sat at a pretty 2.52, which was the 12th-best mark in the league for that month. He allowed three earned runs or fewer in his final eight starts, and held hitters to a .206 average over that span. Eickhoff has said he would like to get over 200 innings this season, and has been working on his changeup to help compliment his curveball, against which hitters hit just .159 last season. A guy that can give you 200 innings with a 3.50 ERA can be an extremely valuable fantasy asset.