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Fantasy Baseball: 5 Pitchers to Stream in Week 25

Tom Whalen  —  @tomcwhalen Sep 17th, 2018
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Matt Boyd, Detroit Tigers

Starts: September 20th vs. Kansas City Royals
ESPN ownership: 23.4%

The numbers in Matt Boyd's game log might give you whiplash, as the third-year Detroit Tigers' lefty has been alternating quality starts and stinkers for the bulk of the season.

Boyd's 49.9% fly-ball rate makes him a dicey play indeed, and he was touched up by his upcoming opponent, the Royals, for five earned on three homers just a couple of weeks back.

We still have to trust the process here, however. The Royals have otherwise been transcendentally bad against southpaws in the second half, with an MLB-worst .090 team ISO against lefties to go with a 25.3% strikeout rate, second-worst in the American League over that span behind only the free-swinging White Sox.

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