Why Bryce Elder Is the Fantasy Baseball Trap of the Week

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00:00Now, the next guy here we're going to talk about is Bryce Elder,

00:03who I think is the trap of the week on the waiver wire.

00:06He is rostered in 35% of leagues.

00:08He is available for a reason.

00:11Now, earlier he had a 12 strikeout performance against the San Francisco Giants, right?

00:16So everyone was like, oh, my God, whoa, where did that come from?

00:19Eight strikeouts, excuse me, eight innings, 12 strikeouts for him,

00:21incredible performance.

00:23Not a guy that is getting a lot of strikeouts typically.

00:25We've seen Bryce Elder many times now with the Atlanta Braves a couple years ago.

00:29He had a magical run, but all the deeper metrics screamed regression.

00:33And of course, it did and has ever since.

00:35Then this weekend, I guess the Colorado Rockies, a great matchup.

00:39He goes just three and a third innings, gives up four runs.

00:41I'm staying away from Bryce Elder.

00:43I think if the Braves find their way into this in the next couple weeks,

00:48that they will go out there and acquire a Mitch Keller or some other kind of starting pitcher.

00:52And I don't think Elder's long for this rotation.

00:54So I'm staying away, George.

00:55But I recognize there's a lot of open spots and rotation.

00:59Would you be adding Bryce Elder?

01:02That's the thing there.

01:03I agree with everything you said there.

01:04He's not special, you know.

01:07But, boy, we start generally nine pitchers, right?

01:10And you got the guys on reserve here.

01:12So if he's out there, odds are, yeah, I'm going to add him.

01:15He's not a guy I'm starting week in and week out.

01:17I will be looking at matchups.

01:19I think this week that's tough.

01:20Okay, I'm not going to start up against the Mets.

01:23You know, I don't need to see him get beat up there.

01:25But, you know, there's numbers four, one, three, one, three, two, three, one.

01:29Those are his earned runs for, you know.

01:31He rarely gets destroyed, but he rarely does very well either here.

01:35So, you know, it sort of is what it is.

01:37He's a roster filler.