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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers Primed to Improve Their Strikeout Rates
These five hurlers have some poor numbers at first glance, but their ability to get whiffs could have them rising up the fantasy ranks before long.

Luis Castillo, Cincinnati Reds

ERA: 6.02 (92nd of 95)

Swinging-Strike Rate: 15.6% (4th of 95)

Rostering Luis Castillo has been really tough early on this season. The young 25-year-old hurler has been as brutal as his ERA indicates. The coup-de-gras was a one-inning, six-hit, two-walk, five-earned run outing on April 27th against the Minnesota Twins. That kind of ugly performance likely damaged a lot of your ratios, at least in the short term, but don't let that scare you.

The swinging-strike and strikeout rate (22.9%) have remained tasty, and Castillo appears to be righting the ship thanks to some improved mechanics. In Castillo's last two outings -- both wins -- he's fired 11 2/3 innings, whiffing 15 batters, and allowing only 4 earned runs. In his last three outings, he's posted swinging-strike rates north of 18.0% in each.

Castillo may have some terrible traditional marks, but those could correct themselves soon enough.

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