Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool: Strikeout Kings

Here are some reasonably available players to assist you in the strikeouts category.  Realize that some of these will come with high ERAs and WHIPs because if a pitcher has low numbers in those categories and a good strikeout total, they’re already spoken for.

Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants

The Strikeout for Troops founder makes a return visit to the pool.  Zito picked up 13 Ks last week in 12.2 IP (9.2 K/9) while going 1-1 with a 3.55 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP.  On the year he’s 5-8 with 79 Ks, a 4.43 ERA, and a 1.37 WHIP.  He’s owned in 25 percent of Yahoo!, 7.8 percent of ESPN, and 43 percent of CBS leagues.

Chad Gaudin, San Diego Padres

Gaudin is also a Strikeout for Troops guy.  He picked up 11 Ks last week in 11.2 IP (8.5 K/9) while going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP.  On the year he’s 4-7 with 85 Ks, a 5.03 ERA, and a 1.41 WHIP.  He’s owned in 19 percent of Yahoo!, 3.7 percent of ESPN, and 22 percent of CBS leagues.

Jorge de la Rosa, Colorado Rockies

His Ks were a little down this week as he had 11 in 14.1 IP (6.9), but his ERA (1.88) and WHIP (1.12) were great.  On the year he is 6-7 with 98 Ks, a 5.08 ERA, and a 1.43 WHIP.  He’s owned in 26 percent of Yahoo!, 6.4 percent of ESPN, and 34 percent of CBS leagues.

Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds

Bailey picked up 11 Ks in 13-1/3 IP (7.4 K/9) last week a 2.70 ERA and a 0.90 WHIP.  In four starts he’s 1-0 with 16 Ks, a 5.16 ERA, and a 1.37 WHIP.  He’s owned in 18 percent of Yahoo!, 1.3 percent of ESPN, and 28 percent of CBS leagues.

Doug Davis, Arizona Diamondbacks

Davis continues to get it done.  He was 1-0 last week with 11 Ks (7.4 K/9) with a 2.02 ERA, and a 1.73 WHIP.  On the year he’s 4-8 with 84 Ks, a 3.13 ERA, and a 1.40 WHIP.   He’s owned in 39 percent of Yahoo!, 11.4 percent of ESPN, and 53 percent of CBS leagues.

Originally published at LestersLegends.com.