2010 MLB Sleeper Player Profile: Rick Porcello, SP Tigers

Written By Todd Farino, http://www.fantasybaseballsearch.com/

• Player: Rick Porcello
• Team: Detriot Tigers
• Throws: Right
• Position: SP

Fantasy Baseball Search Sleeper Rank: 9/30

Rick Porcello broke onto the scene at the age of 20 during the 2009 season and never looked back.  In his rookie season he made 31 starts with 171 innings.  He had a remarkable season and showed tremendous poise at that age.  I'm excited to see what Porcello will do this year with a full MLB season under his belt.  Going on 22, Porcello should improve this season for several reasons one being familiarity with all the teams.  He will also have an improved bullpen and offense, which should add to his win totals.  He deserved his nomination for ROY, but it wasn't a perfect year for Porcello. In several bad games, he had problems establishing hit two fastballs that contributed to his high number of walks and some very bad innings.  Improving his control will be the biggest improvement we'll see from Porcello this year.
From August 28th and on Porcello was great.  He was 4-1 with a .ERA, 22 strikeouts in 42 innings.  Porcello even improved his BB/9, which was 2.14 during that period as to 2.73 for the season.  Porcello will be a great late round draft pick for your fantasy team.  He will increase his strikeouts and decrease his walks.  He will continue to develop into a far more dominant pitcher in his sophomore season.  Draft Porcello as your number #3 fantasy starter, but expect a #2 starter performance .

2010 Projections: 16 wins, 123 Ks, 3.23 ERA, 1.24 WHIP 

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