Choosing Between Fantasy Pitchers: Insight on King vs. Imanaga

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00:00We're talking with George here, and we're giving him players, different ADPs, and asking

00:04him whom he'd rather.

00:05With the starting pitcher position now, 58th player off the board is Michael King from

00:10San Diego.

00:11He should get close to 200 strikeouts with an ERA, pitching to maybe a 3-4 ERA.

00:15And Shote Imanaga, 62nd player off the board, pitched to a 3-1⁄2 ERA, give you 174 strikeouts.

00:21George, whom would you rather and why?

00:23I'm always going to like both guys here.

00:26Imanaga looked great, though, on the Tokyo series there.

00:29I think he'll be fine again here.

00:31People get all worried about Wrigley.

00:32We sort of forget that.

00:33The wind blows in much more often than it blows out at Wrigley.

00:36Yeah, when it's blowing out, OK, it's—and listen, you need to check that.

00:40All right?

00:41Wind's blowing out here.

00:42All right?

00:43Not starting Imanaga that day.

00:44I'm not starting.

00:45I'm going to get all my bats in if you're betting.

00:46I'm going to start paying some home run props on the over there.

00:49And I do check the wind.

00:50You have to.

00:51It's blowing out here.

00:52You know there's going to be a lot of runs.

00:53Blowing in is the exact opposite of that.

00:54We take a bazooka at a home run there.

00:56So I like Imanaga a bunch here.

00:58That being said, Michael King.

01:00This guy may be your top free agent pitcher in Major League Baseball next offseason.

01:04Think about that for a second.

01:06He has become that good.

01:07He's got that sweeping curveball.

01:09I like King a little bit better than Imanaga, mainly for the strikeouts.

01:13You already mentioned that.

01:14He's going to get you about, you know, one extra strikeout per start.

01:17It's really what he does here.

01:18But I have no problem with either guy here.

01:20And if the price was immensely different—in this case it's not, the only difference

01:23is maybe half a round here.

01:25That's why I'll go with the King.

01:26If the price is a round, then I would take Imanaga.

01:29I'll take the better ADP here.

01:31But Michael King, probably not getting as much love as he should.

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