Fausto Carmona, SP, Cleveland Indians

by Tim Heaney on April 1, 2010 @ 00:00:00 PDT

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2010 Fantasy Baseball Projections

W	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
7	0	145	157	70	47	89	4.34	1.41

Groundball-reliant, dominance-light righty performed well in winter ball, making some adjustments that reportedly improved his sinking fastball and slider. Fausto Carmona's slight uptick in strikeouts and hugely lucky BABIP spiked his value in '07. It would take similar circumstances now. However, his strand rate has been an issue in the last two seasons - a mature approach with runners on base would help make him valuable in-season. Put him on your mixed watch list and take a late stab on him in AL-only end-games. In mono, he could be cheap gold.

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