2011 Projections, No. 19: Why Phillies' Roy Halladay Is the Top Fantasy Pitcher
OurĀ 2011 fantasy baseball projections will be released one-by-one until the top 100 players have been revealed. These rankings consider past achievements, current performance and expected future results based on standard 5Ć5 H2H settings.
Fantasy managers generally avoid starting pitchers entering their age-34 season, but when youāve tallied no less than 220 innings for five consecutive seasons with a 2.96 ERA over that time frame, exceptions can be made. Thatās just the case with Roy Halladay.
During the aforementioned five-year span (2006-2010), Halladay has averaged a whopping 18 wins per season and posted a minuscule 1.51 walk rate.
But wait, thereās more.
Still speaking in terms of the last five seasons, Halladay has posted by far the best first-pitch strike rate (65.2 percent) and top O-Swing rate (30.7 percent) among qualified starters.
In 2010, Halladay boasted the bestĀ cutter in the majorsĀ to go along with an extremely effective fastball/change-up/curveball repertoire. The Philliesā ace hasnāt lost any velocity on his fastball (92.6 average MPH in 2010, 92.1 career), andĀ is among the league leaders in ground ball rate.
His slightly above-average strikeout rate (7.86 in 2010) is somewhat negated by the fact that he piles up so many innings, as heās posted 200-plus strikeouts in three consecutive seasons.
A tiny regression to the meanĀ may be in Halladayās future, though not enough to keep him from being the No. 1 fantasy pitcher in 2011. Draft him with confidence.
| Ā | IP | W | K/9 | BB/9 | ERA | WHIP |
| 2010 stats | 250.2 | 21 | 7.86 | 1.08 | 2.44 | 1.04 |
| 3-year average | 245 | 19 | 7.74 | 1.27 | 2.67 | 1.07 |
| 2011 FBI Forecast | 240 | 19 | 7.60 | 1.30 | 2.80 | 1.10 |
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