Wilmer Font Fantasy Stats

The San Diego Padres agreed to a minor-league deal with free-agent right-hander Wilmer Font on Thursday. The deal includes an invitation to major-league spring training. Font returns to the big leagues after posting a 3.03 ERA with a 24.5 percent strikeout rate over 28 starts in Korea over the last two seasons for the SSG Landers of the Korea Baseball Organization. The 32-year-old will likely stay stretched out this spring in order to give the Friars some more back-end rotation depth in case Nick Martinez and Seth Lugo don't pan out. In parts of six major-league seasons with the Rays, Dodgers, Rangers, Blue Jays, Mets and A's, Font had a 5.82 ERA (5.41 FIP), 1.48 WHIP and 22.3 percent strikeout rate in 151 2/3 frames over 96 outings (22 starts).

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Wilmer Font has been named the opener for Sunday's game against the New York Yankees. Right-hander Trent Thornton will follow him out of the bullpen and pitch a bulk of the innings. Font has a 2.65 ERA and 46/8 K/BB ratio over 34 innings this season with the Jays. It's not a helpful situation for DFS contests, but this could be a solid formula for the Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Wilmer Font will draw the start versus the New York Yankees on Saturday. Jacob Waguespack was expected to draw the start, but he will come out of the bullpen in this one. Font will act as an opener and pitch the first inning or two of this one. This is not a situation worth looking at in fantasy leagues. The Yankees have a strong offense and should be able to have a nice day at the plate.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Wilmer Font is set to make his first start as a member of the team Friday against the Orioles. The Blue Jays are the third team Font has played with this year. He began the season with the Rays, then spent about two months with the Mets before joining the Blue Jays. Font made three starts with the Mets but has primarily been a reliever this season with 26 relief appearances. He has a 5.09 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP on the year. Even though the Orioles are a favorable matchup, Font is a risky start and should remain on waivers.

Originally, the New York Mets were going to deploy Drew Gagnon as their opener for tonight's game, but now they have turned to Wilmer Font to take the ball first. Font has made two starts this season for the Mets, in which he went four innings (60 pitches) against the Padres and 2 1/3 innings against the Nationals (63 pitches). It seems as if Font is on more of a pitch count limit rather than an innings limit, but starting him on your team is not for the faint of heart, as he has a 7.08 ERA over 20 1/3 innings on the season.

New York Mets right-hander Wilmer Font was torched on Wednesday in a loss to the Washington Nationals. Font only lasted 2 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits to go along with only two strikeouts. The newly-acquired right-hander should not be expected to be a long-term starting pitcher in the Mets rotation. In fact, with Steven Matz and Jason Vargas nearing their returns, it will most likely be Font who loses his spot for the foreseeable future.

Days after being acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets pitcherWilmer Font made his first start for the Mets. Taking on the San Diego Padres in a series finale, the 28-year-old went just four innings, allowing two runs on three hits while throwing 60 pitches in the process. Font's spot start, just the fifth of his career, came as a result of Steven Matz's forearm injury. All things considered, it wasn't a poor performance, with his offense being the biggest culprit in the loss. Still, Font was handed a no-decision as the losing run came in the latter stages of the game.

The New York Mets have told pitcher Wilmer Font that he will start on Wednesday against the Padres after just being acquired from the Rays. Font is stretched out to throw around 75 pitches on Wednesday, so he should be avoided for fantasy purposes. However, with both Jason Vargas and Steven Matz injured, the right-hander could be in line to make a few more starts for his new team. The 28-year-old had made 10 relief outings for the Rays this year and had a 5.79 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and 11.6 K/9 in his 14 innings. He's unlikely to go long enough to qualify for a win against the Friars on Wednesday.

Tampa Bay Rays reliever Wilmer Font (lat) is likely done with pitching in the majors in 2018. The lat strain has proved to be more severe than they hoped and so he is still recovering. With the Rays unlikely to be a playoff team, there is not much emphasis for them to hurry Font along. He has been gone long enough that the impact of his absence has already filtered into the appropriate teammates. He can be safely dropped in redraft formats.

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Wilmer Font (lat strain) could miss eight weeks with his injury. The Rays do not plan to promote another player to the position of starter but instead run another bullpen or opener day until Chris Archer returns. In the case of Archer, that could be July 8 or 9 if everything goes perfectly. In terms of Font, he is now a safe drop in all but the deepest seasonal formats.