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All In: Brandon Beachy

Found February 09, 2012 on TO Fantasy Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Brandon Beachy,  Mike Minor,  Julio Teheran
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves

I like being a sleeper T...it helps me with the ladies. Fantasy Sleeper 2012 Brandon Beachy wasn’t even the best Braves pitching prospect heading into 2011.  In fact, he was probably #3 behind Mike Minor and Julio Teheran.  Regardless, the Braves put him in the starting rotation from the beginning, and those guys started out the year in the minor leagues.  Well, Beachy gave them no reason to ever think he wasn’t meant to be there from the beginning.  He led the majors in K/9 inning for anyone with more than 2 starts.  He walked less than 3 guys per game.   He gave them 141 innings, and would have pitched more if it wasn’t for an oblique injury.  In that 141 innings, Beachy showed dominate control 169K/46BB, and an ability to make hitters take bad swings.  A notorious perfectionist, Beachy was ticked occassionally at missing spots, although his control was nearly impeccable.  That’s just the kind of mentality I like in a pitcher.  I also like his value based...
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