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Posted at 12:30 PM EST.

8:10 PM EST. Mike Foltynewicz has 34 K’s over his past 28 frames. He opened a lot of eyes with the skills growth he displayed in the second half of 2016 and has followed that up with several dominating performances this season. In his last start, Foltynewicz struck out 11 batters over six innings and didn’t allow a run. Throw in a 13% swing and miss rate, a 3.57 xERA over his last 10 starts and Mike Foltynewicz is well on his way to becoming the great pitcher he was projected to be. He’s still under the radar, which presents this very good buying opportunity.

St. Louis Cardinals RHP Adam Wainwright was activated from the 10-day disabled list on Sunday, Aug. 6 to pitch against the Reds. On August 6th, Wainwright continued his mostly disappointing season. He was pulled after three innings, having yielded four hits, five walks and three earned runs but we’re going to take you back to that start because Wainwright was very lucky that he didn’t allow a bunch more runs in the first inning.

The Reds scored three first inning runs and had the bases loaded with nobody out. Wainwright had thrown 44 pitches up to that point without recording an out but then an extremely lucky double play allowed Wainwright to escape without further damage. Matt Carpenter scooped up a shot down the first base line, stepped on first (thus removing the force at home) then a perfect throw to home completed the double-play, otherwise that inning might have been the ugliest one in Wainwright’s career. He struggled for two more innings before being removed with 88 pitches thrown in three innings. Wainwright continues to regress. His spotty command throughout and hard hit balls allowed does not reflect in his surface stats. There aren’t many starters that require more TLC than Wainwright does right now but you’ll pay a serious premium to back him here.

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