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CURRENT ADP: 325
RANKINGS STATUS: Undervalued
ANALYSIS: An injury to the shoulder and a breakout campaign by Alfredo Simon limited the production of Tony Cingrani in 2014. He was unable to match his rookie season success in which he logged 104.2 innings with a 2.94 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and 120 strikeouts (an incredible 10.4 K/9) while making spot starts for the oft-injured Johnny Cueto. His shortened sophomore campaign saw him strike out 61 batters in 63.1 innings, but he posted a 4.55 ERA and an ugly BB/9 of 4.97.
In 2015, Cingrani will be healthy and ready to take over the fourth spot in the Cincinnati rotation following the departure of Alfredo Simon and Mat Latos. He has tremendous upside, especially as he continues to develop his slider and his changeup and become a more complete pitcher. The most promising statistic of last season for Cingrani was his increased use of his slider (12.5% last year and only 4.2% the previous year) and his changeup (13.1% last season as opposed to 7.1% the previous year). Keep in mind that in every season (minors included) Cingrani has pitched before 2014, he has posted a K/9 greater than 10. Cingrani is currently an undervalued player and could be a very solid back end rotation guy for any fantasy team.
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