This is two starts in a row where Matt Moore has not looked good. Yesterday he wasn’t commanding any of pitches for the majority of the games. He did look good in extremely short bursts, but that was far and far between. The Rays commentators noted the Orioles hitters were very comfortable at the plate and they were covering pitches (on the outer half) they shouldn’t. His fastball velocity is down nearly two mph and the performance of his last two starts, makes me believe he’s hurt. If you remove yesterday’s start and look at his seven previous starts he has a 4.78 ERA. 1.63 WHIP with a strikeout rate of only 13.5 percent and walk rate of 12.8 percent. I ranked him 25th in my starting pitcher rankings, but after watching his last start I’ve benched him in all my leagues for David Phelps and Corey Kluber.

Edwin Jackson threw a lot of quality strikes, challenged hitters and looked like the same pitcher last year. The biggest thing I noticed was he didn’t pitch from the stretch when men were on base. With a FIP of 3.39 and xFIP of 3.59 and how he’s looked in his two previous starts you should go get him right now.

In the preseason I wasn’t a believer in Tyler Skaggs because the stuff was still a work in progress. Yesterday I saw him for the first time in about 4-5 starts and he still has to work on refining repertoire. He throws a beautiful curveball, but that’s not enough to get hitters out especially when his fastball sits 88-90 mph. The changeup and two-seam fastball needs a lot of work. Without throwing those for quality strikes it’s making him more hittable. Other than a deep NL-only league Skaggs shouldn’t be owned.