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Drafting pitchers in fantasy baseball is an art. If you can stomach his paltry K's, Piniero makes for a great value at the end of drafts. There are a lot of factors that go into a pitcher's performance every season such as health, fatigue, and experience. It's very difficult to predict whether a pitcher will get injured, or if he will just have a ôdownö year. For example, Ricky Nolasco and Cole Hamels were both touted as top-25 pitchers going into 2009, but bad luck and a couple rough stretches knocked them both out of the top 50. Here are some guidelines to help you pick out safe pitchers for 2010. 2009 Stats: Innings pitched: 100 or more.
Strikeouts per nine: 6.0 or more.
Walks per nine: 3.0 or less.
Strikeout-to-walk ratio: 2.5 or more.
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