Garland, Jon

Even a lesser pitcher gets a bump going to the NL. It seems like the 30-year old Garland has been around forever, and basically he has, with over 1800+ major league innings pitched coming into 2010. Garland only seems to have been consistent because his numbers have been consistently outside what we would like in a fantasy pitcher. Yet even Garland posted his highest strikeout totals since 2006 and highest strikeout rate since 2003 after moving to the NL.

He probably has some value in San Diego with the benefit of PetCo behind him, but it's important to not get to excited about his strong finish with the Dodgers which came against very mixed lineups of non-contending teams. Garland was pretty reliable for wins on some strong White Sox teams in the mid 'oughts and then again in 2008 for the Angels as many years he approached seven innings per start and the extra decisions that means. With a weak San Diego team, he's unlikely to be a terrific source of wins and the strikeouts are still substandard for a fantasy starter in most formats (although in non-innings limited formats you can get away with these types). 12-0-4.25-1.30-105. 200IP