Fantasy Baseball: 10 Players With Huge Gaps in Value Between ESPN and Yahoo
Lance McCullers, Houston Astros
Yahoo ADP: 150.2 | ESPN ADP: 203.1
Lance McCullers couldn't stay healthy last year, either, but he has announced his presence with authority this spring.
Six up, six down for Lance McCullers in his Grapefruit League debut. He struck out three.
— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) March 9, 2017
He followed that up in his next start with six strikeouts and no walks over three innings, and it became obvious that we need to start buying this guy.
In 36 big-league starts over two seasons, McCullers has a 3.60 SIERA, 27.0% strikeout rate, 10.1% walk rate, and 50.5% ground-ball rate. You don't get that strikeout and ground-ball combo often, but McCullers is one of the exceptional few. You're getting a meaty injury discount here, making the obvious risks less concerning.
Because of how he has pitched, McCullers is criminally low in ESPN ADP, and he should start to spike soon. But he's also likely worth where he's going on Yahoo. This is a dude with the upside of an ace, and you don't have to pay a premium to get him no matter where you're drafting.
