RBTN: Chad Gaudin and Carl Pavano Have Fantasy Value!

Chad Gaudin is 4-10 with a 5.13 ERA and 1.53 WHIP. Carl Pavano is 9-8 with a 5.37 ERA, a 1.38 WHIP, and is, well, Carl Pavano. These two pitchers cannot possibly help fantasy baseball teams down the stretch, right? Actually, they can. With Gaudin getting traded to the New York Yankees, and Pavano being sent to the Minnesota Twins, both of these fifth starters have gone from sorry bottom-feeding teams to playoff contenders. Decent starting pitching is harder to find in fantasy leagues right now than healthy players on the New York Mets, and thanks to their high ERAs and WHIPs, Gaudin and Pavano are probably available on many, if not most, fantasy league’s waiver wires. You know the longstanding fantasy rule I have echoed over and over in this column: when a player gets traded it normally increases his fantasy value. Will Gaudin and Pavano actually be worth picking up in fantasy leagues just because they are on new teams? Let’s take a look.   Chad Gaudin, Yankees: G...