4 years agoMinnesota Twins right-handed pitcher Jose Berrios delivered his best start of the season Thursday, reeling off six scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. Through his first six starts in 2020, he has been a seesaw fantasy option due to how hard opposing batters are mashing his fastball, in addition to how hapless they have been against his curveball. Throwing both just a tick over 30 percent of the time, the opposition has treated his fastball like batting practice with a .387 BA and .871 SLG; conversely, his curveball has produced a .094 BA and SLG with 16 strikeouts in 32 at-bats. After having been an All-Star in each of the past two years, Berrios’ Statcast metrics are trending in the wrong direction; but his next projected start comes against a Cleveland squad that he has had considerable success against since 2017 and enters play Friday with a Major League-low .202 average as a club, making him a high-upside DFS selection.--Jesse Borek
Source: MLB