Cahill or Romero?

Getting Cahill in a dynasty would be huge, and now would be a good time to do it, too. With everyone predicting an ERA regression (and he probably won’t post a sub 3 ERA this year, but it will still be good), people are forgetting about his minor league strikeout rates. Cahill already has superhuman GB rates, and he’s young enough that he can flat-out get better, which we’re already seeing this year in terms of his strikeout rate. When you combine his elite GB rate with a K/9 hovering around 9, with his age, in that division, you get an elite fantasy pitcher. The A’s just locked him up to an extension - they’re obviously expecting big things, and if it’s one thing I trust the A’s to do, it’s evaluate young pitchers.

With Romero, you know what you’re getting, and while he’s a good pitcher in his own right, he’s in the AL East, and he’s a fair bit older, too. If you can get Cahill valued like a “mid-rotation workhorse” type starter, in a dynasty, jump all over it.