Joe Musgrove (SP, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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OWNED IN: 25% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Joe Musgrove has been on a bit of a roller coaster this season. Despite bearing the brunt of a 1-0 loss to the Mets on Sunday, fantasy owners should be able to look past the 4-5 record and see the improving 3.63 ERA and 1.28 WHIP. He has pitched at least seven innings in four of his last five turns, giving up just 10 earned across them. The fact that the Pirates are on a bit of a hot streak may also help him in the wins department and the addition of Chris Archer in the rotation will at least give him some support.

He finishes July with a 52%  groundball rate and a 24.2% soft-contact rate -- the ninth-best mark for a qualified SP. We doubt that the 18.8% strikeout rate goes up, but we are not touting Musgrove as a fix-all pitcher here. He is worthy of a pick up in most leagues, and could be held in deeper leagues, but you are mostly buying the ratios.