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Tommy Milone

The Orioles’ Opening Day starter.

Another pitcher for you to keep an eye out is Tommy Milone. The 33-year-old veteran pitcher was the Orioles’ Opening Day starter this year. Although the pairing for Opening Day between Milone and Nathan Eovaldi of the Red Sox received some criticism, confusion, and disgust, Milone earned my respect to be on this list.

I will be honest, Milone had a bad Opening Day start, throwing only three innings and giving up four earned runs. But, his last two starts have been great, maybe a glimpse of his 2012 year.

In 2012 with the Athletics, Milone had a 3.74 ERA and went 13-10. Nothing too flashy, but respectable and had good fantasy value back then.

The past two starts have shown flashes of that year when he threw five innings against the Rays and gave up only one earned run and eight strikeouts. In his other start against the Nationals, he threw six innings of scoreless baseball.

Both the Rays and Nationals are good teams also, it is no fluke that Milone had a good stat line.

I think Milone could be a sneaky waiver wire add, and is available in almost all leagues. He is rostered on 2.5% of fantasy baseball teams. I would not be surprised if he has another outstanding outing and fantasy owners go crazy for him.

Despite his not so impressive track record in the league, he could offer some value for owners looking for starting pitching. Don’t wait too long if he continues to pitch well, because he could be gone instantly.