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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers to Stream in Week 8

Tom Whalen  —  @tomcwhalen May 21st, 2018
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​Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics

Starts: May 22nd vs. Seattle Mariners, May 27th vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
ESPN percentage owned: 14.4%

Trevor Cahill pulled a tough assignment upon returning from a minimum stint on the disabled list last week, posting one lone strikeout in five laborious innings against the fearsome Boston Red Sox's lineup. That start pulled Cahill's season-long strikeout percentage down from eye-popping to merely impressive, with the Oakland Athletics' righty posting a 28.6% strikeout rate over an admittedly slim 29-inning sample.

Regression caveats abound, of course, though a tight 6.7% walk rate and excellent 3.01 FIP have Cahill's 2.79 ERA looking fairly legit. Whatever the case, Cahill is one of very few widely available two-start hurlers worth a look in Week 8, especially with both starts falling in the pitcher-friendly Oakland Alameda Coliseum. Of particular note is a late-week turn against a Diamondbacks team that has been quite weak against righties, posting a .139 group isolated slugging and outsized 26.8% strikeout rate.

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