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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers to Stream in Week 21

Tom Whalen  —  @tomcwhalen Aug 20th, 2018
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​Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics

Start: August 23rd at Minnesota Twins
ESPN ownership: 38.4%

A "when healthy" fantasy mainstay whose only barrier to success seems to be the disabled list, Trevor Cahill has been upright and dealing since returning from an Achilles injury in mid-July. Aside from the injury hiccups, the veteran's 2018 homecoming with the Oakland Athletics has been quietly magnificent, with the 30-year old pairing a 3.12 ERA in 86.2 innings with a sharp 3.11 FIP and an impressive 17.5% strikeout-minus-walk rate.

The hard-throwing hurler looks to mow down a Twins squad with the American league's third-highest strikeout rate against right-handers over the last month. The only rub here is tearing Cahill away from the friendly confines of Oakland Coliseum, as the veteran carries a hair-raising 6.62 ERA in 34 road innings this season, though a 4.08 FIP suggests that Cahill's performance away from his home park might not be as poor as the results would indicate.

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