Chad Billingsley of the Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the San Diego Padres for 8-plus innings allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out 11 batters in leading his team to a 6-0 victory to earn Full Spectrum Baseball’s “Line of the Day” award.
Line: 8.1 IP | 3 H | 0 ER | 1 BB | 11 K; W (1-0) | QS
My fantasy perspective: Billingsley struggled this Spring (5.91 ERA) but came out of the gates firing on all cylinders with 11 strikeouts and just one walk. He has a nice career 8.0 K/9 ratio but a horrific 3.9 BB/9 ratio, too. Fantasy owners should be dancing in the streets over this performance, especially those who got a #2 starter with an ESPN ADP of 227.8. At the time of this posting, he was owned in 81.4% of all ESPN leagues (and rising). Check your league’s waivers, especially in smaller leagues, to see if he’s somehow available. He may be worth a pickup if you have a vacancy due to injury or less faith in one of your other back-end starters. Good luck.
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