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Hunter Greene 2026 Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Elite Strikeout Producer Carries Both Upside and Health Risk
Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene earned his first All-Star nod in 2024 and was well on his way to another bid in 2025 before a groin injury sidelined him from early June to mid August. As a result, the right-hander tallied just 19 starts, the fewest of any season since he debuted in 2022, and has now pitched fewer than 126 innings in three of four years. The 6-foot-5 hurler was strong in those 19 starts, though, as he posted a 2.76 ERA and a phenomenal 0.94 WHIP. Not only that, the former first-rounder produced a better-than-average walk rate for the first time in his career, coming in at 6.2 percent, which helped him to an elite 25.2 percent K-BB%. Already armed with a triple-digit fastball, a devastating splitter was added to his arsenal over the last two seasons, which has transformed the 26-year-old into one of the most dangerous pitchers in baseball. He'll come into 2026 fully healthy, and although he's yet to be a significant producer of wins in his young career, the flamethrower should provide plenty of strikeouts along with a low ERA and WHIP. With an NFBC ADP around 49 overall, there is some upside here if Greene can manage to stay healthy for the entire season, which is reflected in RotoBaller's current ranking of 43 overall.
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