True story: in a 15-team league last year, I toyed with dropping Corey Kluber in April. He was being dropped in multiple leagues, most shallower than mine. If you think I'm crazy as a loon wearing a "I'm crazier than a loon" t-shirt, you have selective memory about him from last year. I decided to stick it out with Kluber and he ended up winning the Cy Young last year. This true story, of course, makes me sound even more moronic than usual. It also highlights a point, Kluber likes the cold weather about as much as a chapped nipple. Or maybe he just takes some time to get going. Either way, his Aprils have been forgettable for the last two years. This year, his April is actually better than last year's by any measure that means anything. His K-rate is up, ground balls are up (not literally), fly balls are down (literally), xFIP is way down, walks are down and his K/BB is up. You have to do some serious digging to find something that is negative for him this past month other than his ERA. His velocity is down a hair (0.5 MPH on his fastball) and his line drive rate is up (people are making better contact). Everything else is nails, and not as in Lenny "Nails" Dykstra just invested me in this mutual fund and I lost my retirement savings. There's some worry to some that Kluber threw too many innings last year. That's not a worry. He's 29 years old; a jump in IP from one year to the next is for pitchers 25 years and younger. Also, plenty of great analysis here and elsewhere has shown that jump in innings isn't the end all/be all, even if it applied, which it does not. As the weather warms up, his sensitive nips will be less dry and he'll likely have months of a sub-2 ERA. If you can buy him now, do it. Quickly! Anyway, here's some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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