Wei-Yin Chen (SP, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Sometimes a player is so consistent and reliable over a long period of time that fantasy baseball managers forget about him because he isn't a new hot commodity, this is possibly the case with Wei-Yin Chen. In total in 2015, Chen has a 3.13 ERA, 1.185 WHIP, a 4.35 FIP, and 7.3 K/9. Chen's biggest struggle is allowing home runs, with a figure of 1.4 HR/9 on the year, but he effectively limits damage and counter balances his long ball vulnerability by only allowing 2.0 BB/9. It is because he plays in such a homer friendly park that Chen tends to excel more on the road with a 2.90 ERA and 1.237 WHIP in games away from Camden Yards.

Chen has been on fire lately and he has done it by attacking his weakness head on. In his last three starts, Chen has a 1.86 ERA, a 1.138 WHIP, and only two home runs allowed. Wei-Yin Chen is typically one of the safest widely available starting pitchers to add for fantasy baseball managers, but if he continues to limit home runs at this level, he is a must own starter.