Bleacher Report · Apr 7, 2020
2020 Fantasy Baseball: Analyzing Starting Pitchers Poised for Breakout Seasons
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Identifying a potential breakout candidate and adding him to your fantasy baseball roster in the later rounds can be the difference between winning and losing your league.
Just ask the owners who had the foresight to scoop up Shane Bieber last year.
The young right-hander went an inauspicious 11-5 with a 4.55 ERA in 19 starts as a rookie in 2018, but below the surface there were signs of bigger and better things to come. His 3.23 FIP and terrific 118-to-23 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 114.2 innings both pointed to a pitcher who was better than his surface-level ERA might indicate.