Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers to Stream in Week 2
Derek Holland, San Francisco Giants
April 9th vs. San Diego Padres, April 14th vs. Colorado Rockies
ESPN ownership: 2.5%
Shield your eyes from Derek Holland's ghastly 15% walk rate and consider that the four free passes he allowed against a scorching Los Angeles Dodgers offense in his most recent start might have helped him escape with a no decision. Still, no amount of selective stat pruning is going to make Holland look all that pretty, with the 10th-year vet sporting a dire 5.00 ERA and an equally suspect 5.50 FIP over nine innings on the young season.
What we have here is the NL West streaming special, with the San Francisco Giants lefty drawing two starts at the spacious Oracle Park and thus offering streamers an opportunity for some cheap quality innings. It helps that his weekend opponent, the Rockies, has been downright awful on the road to start the year, limping to a .086 ISO away from Coors with 23.5% strikeout-minus-walk clip.
The early-week turn against the upstart Padres could put a damper on Holland's overall production, but streamers in a pinch for a two-start option could do worse than rolling with Holland.
