Anthony Reyes

Anthony Reyes has gotten off to a rough start to the season thus far. He's 0-8 with a 6.08 ERA and a 39/18 K/BB ratio in 50.1 innings. However, a deeper look into his numbers reveals a pitcher we should be paying attention to rather than ignoring.

Season	IP	ERA	xERA	H%	S%	Ctl	Dom	Cmd	hr/f	hr/9	BABIP
2007	50.3	6.08	4.23	30%	55%	3.22	6.97	2.17	14%	1.07	0.297

The positives: Good dominance, hit rate is normal, strand rate is probably going to go up

The negatives: Command, control and hr/f are not exactly where we want to see them but not exactly terrible either

The xERA of 4.23 tells us that Reyes should be performing better than what his current stats show. He's had five starts this year where he has allowed three runs or less yet he has no wins to show for those performances. That can be partially blamed on the St. Louis offense and partially on Reyes' inability to work more than five innings in three of those outings.

I think Reyes is a good buy low candidate in NL only and deeper mixed leagues. He's likely on the waiver wire in shallow leagues so there is no rush to pick him up. However, he can probably be of use in shallow mixed leagues at some point this season so if your pitching staff is weak or you have an open bench spot it wouldn't be a terrible idea to stash Reyes away for a bit.