5 Sell-High Options for Season-Long Fantasy Baseball Leagues
Ervin Santana, SP, Minnesota Twins
Ervin Santana is allowing a BABIP of .217.
We could move on now, but I'll give you some more.
Not only is Santana's BABIP allowed the second-lowest among qualified starters, it would be the third-lowest clip since 2000.
Santana's good fortune has come despite the fact his hard-hit rate has climbed each month, and it's sitting at 32.6%, slightly above a league-average mark (32.1%), for July. His strikeout (18.4%) and walk (8.8%) rates are both worse than the league average, and his 4.86 SIERA -- the league-average SIERA for a starter is 4.46 -- doesn't line up with his 11-6 record or 2.99 ERA.
Santana has ridden his superb luck to a 12th-place fantasy ranking among pitchers, according to ESPN's Player Rater. Now is the time to see if you can swap him for someone who is, you know, a real fantasy ace.