Pitchers Flying Under the Radar Who Looked Great in Their Opener.

Emerson Hancock

Landen Roupp

Lance McCullers Jr.

Jose Soriano

Randy Vazquez

Parker Messick

Reynaldo Lopez

Micheal McGreevy

Bryce Elder

Micheal Wacha

Micheal Soroka

Jack Leiter

Casey Mize

Andrew Painter

Eric Lauer

While all are worth considering (although I’d probably avoid McGreevy and Elder), my favorites of the group are Hancock, Messick, Soroka, Leiter, Mize, Painter, and Lauer. Hancock looked too dominant in his opener not to add. Messick blanked the Dodgers and controls the strike zone well. Soroka has high strikeout upside. Leiter has strikeout upside and could break out this season. Mize is solid all around. Painter was a big question mark coming in but looked nasty in his first MLB game and is worth taking a flyer on. Lauer is an underrated ace who will stick in the rotation for a while with all the injuries among the starters.