Anthony DeSclafani (SP, CIN) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues / NL-Only Leagues

OWNED IN: 4% of Fleaflicker Leagues

ANALYSIS: DeScalfani was a sleeper among select fantasy pundits entering 2015 after a strong spring. He did nothing to dissuade them in his debut at Pittsburgh, holding the Pirates to two runs on five hits and one walk with six punchouts. Those are quality numbers versus a stout offense, and most of the damage occurred after returning from a one hour, fourteen minute delay.

I came away impressed in particularly with his ability to limit long at-bats; only two batters reached three ball counts.  The Redsare likely to watch his pitch counts early on, but if he can limit prolonging innings he should be a quality streamer for shallow leagues and a backend SP for deep and NL-Only leagues.