J.A. Happ (SP, STL) - Week 24 Waiver Wire Pickups

J.A. Happ is a fantasy baseball waiver wire pickup for Week 24 of the 2021 MLB season. Consider adding the SP if he's a free agent in your leagues.

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 12+ teams

ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Happ was not putting up great numbers with Minnesota this season, but since being traded to St. Louis he has shown some signs of improvement, as he's gone 3-1 with a 4.30 ERA, 1.330 WHIP and 18.7 percent strikeout rate over 29 1/3 innings with the Cardinals.

He'll be at home for both starts this week, and he'll kick things off against the Dodgers who are slashing a paltry .196/.268/.361 and averaging 3.5 runs per game over their last 10 games. Along with those recent struggles, the Dodgers have also been hitting worse against left-handers this season (.234/.311/.424) than against right-handers (.246/.339/.422). Happ closes out the week against Cincinnati, as he'll look for a better performance this time around after getting shelled by the Reds to the tune of seven runs in one inning of work in his latest trip to the mound. While the Reds are hitting worse against lefties this year (.231/.311/.383), what should help Happ more this week is that Cincinnati is hitting worse on the road (.241/.317/.401) than at home (.260/.343/.465).

The start against the Reds will be the biggest question mark in terms of his value this week. Obviously it's not a good sign seeing him have that poor outing in his last start against the Reds, but managers could also see that as a fluky outing and could hope for better results with Cincinnati on the road. If you're willing to bet that Happ will rebound from his latest showing, then he is a good pitcher to target off the waiver wire for Week 24.

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