{"playerId":601,"percentChange":6.4,"averageDraftPosition":202.9,"percentOwned":29.3,"playerRaterSEASON":-0.3,"playerRater7DAY":-0.3,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Sabathia pitched five innings Saturday against the Blue Jays, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out four.","spin":"Sabathia got his 2018 season off to a nice start against the Jays, keeping their bats quiet with a combination of groundball outs and strikeouts. That's a familiar formula for Sabathia, who has had a 50 percent groundball rate in each of the past two seasons. He is no longer a flame-throwing ace racking up strikeouts, but he has settled in as a reliable back-end starting pitcher in deeper mixed leagues and will contribute a decent ERA with some wins upside.","date":"Sat Mar 31"},"fullName":"CC Sabathia","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"At this advanced stage of his career, Sabathia fits the \"crafty lefty\" label rather than the \"overpowering force\" description. His velocity is no longer what it was during his prime, and his lefty/righty split is widening. He's now a pitcher better mixed and matched in fantasy leagues, just as the Yankees have begun to pick and choose his spots. With teams increasingly hesitant to allow their weaker starters to go a third time through the lineup, Sabathia's numbers are as representative of the strategy (.322 wOBA the first two times through, .367 the third time forward, from 2013-17). Expect him to pitch fewer innings than usual in 2018. In short, he'll require a lot of matchups homework this year, which is fine if you're the patient type, but it means he's not the type to lock into a mixed-league lineup.","seasonId":2018,"date":"Tue Feb 20"},"playerRater30DAY":-0.3,"playerRater15DAY":-0.3,"positionRank":85}