Howard Chen AKA Mr. Fantasy's Blog

It's only mere days into the fantasy baseball season, and owners are definitely on the lookout for any quality finds on the free agent market.

Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto just struck out 10 in a Reds win.  He's one of baseball's top young prospects, but notice how I didn't say best young PITCHERS.

Cueto's still an unknown MAJOR LEAGUE commodity.  His teammate and fellow top prospect Homer Bailey looked good too in his first game last year, but was really inconsistent, which kills any fantasy owner in ERA, WHIP, and the Reds usually don't win those bad games.  They're not the Yankees or Red Sox just yet.

So wait one more start by Cueto.  If he puts up another quality start with a good number of strikeouts, pick him up.

Just don't pick him up right now.  Not yet.