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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers Whose Velocity Trends Should Have Your Attention
Early velocity readings show the stock for four fantasy arms trending up, while one former fantasy ace is showing signs of decline.

Kendall Graveman, Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics' number-one starter has never been much of a prototypical ace, but if Kendall Graveman's strong showing against the Los Angeles Angels this week is any indication, he could go from streaming fodder to must-own player in short order.

Graveman showed significant added velocity on all of his pitches on Monday, and as a result, the once contact-heavy hurler with a career 5.65 K/9 submitted a dominant swing-and-miss performance, with a 11.7 percent swinging strike rate that dwarfed his sub-8 marks from the previous two seasons.

It remains to be seen if this new, more overpowering Graveman is here to stay or a flash in the pan, but owners in need of starter depth could certainly do worse than to speculate. After all, even if Graveman's strikeouts prove a mirage, his spacious home ballpark offers him a fair amount of floor.

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