Why Pitching Is The Hardest Thing To Rely On In Fantasy Baseball

By Sam McPherson
The news this weekend that Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray was going on the disabled list shouldn’t have surprised many baseball observers. Gray came into this season with a 2.88 career ERA, built over 74 starts from 2012 through 2014. He was as a sure bet as any starting pitcher to excel in 2016, and thus, Gray was picked before the fifth round in most standard fantasy baseball leagues.
Well, through nine starts this year, Gray has an unsightly 6.19 ERA, and