Shane Greene (SP, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues

OWNED IN: 57% of Fleaflicker Leagues

ANALYSIS: I’ll admit, I was not ready to buy Greene in shallower leagues after his first start vs Minnesota. Unfortunately owners in my leagues did not need his second start at Pittsburgh to make the move. Greene was dominant against the Pirates, pitching eight innings of scoreless baseball with three hits (all singles) and no walks to his name. All with just 81 pitches. The last pitcher to start a season with back-to-back eight inning zero-run ball outings was Felix Hernandez. Pretty good company.  He then followed up those two dominant outings with a solid 7 IP performance vs. the White Sox, with just 1 ER and 9 baserunners allowed.

Greene isn’t going to crack the top 30 SP this year but he needs to be owned in all leagues. He isn’t going to strike a ton of batters out but he should pile up plenty of Ws behind that potent Tigers offense. I expect a line around 13 W, 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 130 Ks from here on out. Grab him if he’s out there.