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Zach Thompson is a fantasy baseball waiver wire pickup for Week 20 of the 2021 MLB season. Consider adding the SP if he's free agent in your leagues.
BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 12+ teams
ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Miami has been having a good year with their young pitching staff, and Thompson has been one of the highlights for the Marlins. Over the first nine starts of his major league career, Thompson is 2-4 with a 2.53 ERA, 1.102 WHIP and 24.3 percent strikeout rate over 42 2/3 innings of work.
The Cubs should prove to be the better matchup for Thompson in Week 20. Not only are the Cubs hitting worse against right-handed pitching (.221/.300/.389) than against lefties (.246/.324/.416), they are also hitting worse on the road (.218/.290/.364) than at home (.239/.325/.434). Thompson has already faced off against Chicago once this season, and while he pitched just four innings in that outing, he only allowed one unearned run on three walks with seven strikeouts.
That Padres start could be a challenging one for Thompson, but he will have a great matchup going against the Cubs at the end of the week. If Thompson can at the very least put up a repeat performance against the Padres, that outing against the Cubs should pick up the slack in terms of fantasy value.
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