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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers to Stream for Week 20
Dinelson Lamet's results haven't yet lived up to the promise of his velocity, but with two home starts on tap for Week 20, the Padres' righty makes for an interesting high-upside streamer.

Ty Blach, San Francisco Giants

Starts: August 14th at Miami Marlins, August 19th vs. Philadelphia Phillies
ESPN ownership: 13 percent

Streamers are accustomed to honing in on the San Francisco Giants offense for mining their plug-and-play gold, and perhaps its the cognitive dissonance of seeing a San Francisco name on the pitching side of the ledger that has kept Ty Blach relatively unowned despite his recent success.

The 26-year-old lefty has indeed been on a nice run since the All Star break, with a 3.21 ERA over 42 innings despite a puny 13.1% strikeout rate.

In truth, it's less the name on Blach's uniform than the suspicious 4.37 xFIP and 37.4% hard-hit rate that have resigned him to deep-league consideration, but his upcoming two-start week should see his ownership spike just a tad.

After all, the Marlins are a bottom-third power producer at home this season, and thus unlikely to put the regression squeeze on Blach's conspicuously low 4.8% homer-to-fly mark. Add to that a weekend capper against the Phillies, the worst road offense in baseball, and Blach seems like a sneaky interesting add for fantasy owners in a pinch.

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