STARTERS: 2017 Very early slow start sells
Apr 21 2017
This is the time of the year when we preach the value of exercising excruciating patience when it comes to early results.
That said, very bad early stats and skills by some SP can be signs that should make you consider selling high on them, especially if their skills show multiple signs of worry. This is especially the case if you have big holes in other areas of your roster that you can patch by trading away SP who have ominous early-season skills.
Here are several SP in each league that might be worth shopping.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yovani Gallardo (RHP, SEA) should not be owned in most leagues. His early results underscore why that is the case (6.19 ERA, 1.88 WHIP). And his underlying skills give no reason for optimism: 5.1 Dom, 3.4 Ctl,...
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