Message #3 by Rob Reed @ February 12, 2010, 11:43am eating crow So, in the latest Fantasy Baseball Index, I put this guy as the NL's most likely to be drafted late who will provide first round value... only to find that the magazine ranks Nolasco as the 10th best pitcher in all of baseball. Doh! I guess that the 5.06 ERA isn't scaring anybody away... as the magazines and pundits get more BABIP, FIP, and LOB% savvy, it becomes harder and harder to pretend to be an "expert."

Message #2 by Rob Reed @ December 29, 2009, 10:30pm drafted late? I saw a mock draft today when he went in the FOURTH round... wow, I need to take some breaths to get a proper pulse on the state of things this preseason (what with Torii Hunter going in the TENTH!!!!!).

Message #1 by Rob Reed @ December 28, 2009, 04:31pm his k rate probably keeps him in the fantasy discussion... if he were not for the Ks, this guy has solid sleeper all over him... doing a search for WHIP, FIP, ERA-, and LOB%-, he is the number 1 pitcher in all of baseball with a min 50 IP... this means that he suffered a ton of bad luck... the over 1.5/inning jump in Ks is HUGE... when players made contact, they were luckier against Ricky than the average pitcher I am pegging Ricky as the NL player most likely to be drafted late who will get you early-rounds value.

x=year; y=% of available fantasy points per year x 1000

PLAYERtrack player stats & ranks
        for Ricky Nolasco

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2013 34 33 199.1 13 11 7 0 3.70 17 1.21 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 165 7.45 195 .291 3.35 73% 17 2013 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 39

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2012 31 31 191.0 12 13 0 0 4.48 18 1.37 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 125 5.89 214 .304 3.85 70% 14 2012 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 115

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2011 33 33 206.0 10 12 0 0 4.67 20 1.310 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 148 6.47 244 .323 3.67 69% 18 2011 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 88

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2010 26 26 157.2 14 9 0 0 4.51 24 1.28 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 147 8.39 169 .308 3.94 73% 16 2010 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 60

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2009 31 31 185.0 13 9 0 0 5.06 23 1.25 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 195 9.49 188 .314 3.42 64% 2009 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 15

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2008 34 32 212.1 15 8 0 0 3.52 28 1.10 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 186 7.88 192 .267 3.76 77% 2008 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 15

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2007 5 4 21.1 1 2 0 0 5.48 3 1.64 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 11 4.64 26 .303 5.26 71% Did not pitch 50+ innings so not ranked

G GS IP W L SV HLD ERA HR WHIP 2006 35 22 140.0 11 11 0 2 4.82 20 1.41 SO K/9 HA BABIP FIP LOB QS 99 6.36 157 .299 4.52 72% 2006 OVERALL PLAYERTRACK RANK: 93