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[tag]Yovani Gallardo[/tag] is starting his age 21 season in 2007 and the big question is where. Gallardo enjoyed a huge breakout season last year where he lead all of minor league baseball in strikeouts with 188 (in 155 innings) and ranked 3rd overall in ERA with 1.86. Here’s his 2005 and 2006 minor league numbers.

2005 A West Virgina - 2.74ERA 1.24WHIP 2.15K/BB 121.1IP 7.42H/9 3/78B/9 8.16K/9

2006 A+ Brevard County - 2.09ERA 0.99WHIP 4.48K/BB 77.2IP 6.26H/9 2.67BB/9 11.94K/9

2006 AA Huntsville - 1.63ERA 1.01WHIP 3.03K/BB 77.1IP 5.82H/9 3.26BB/9 9.89K/9

Those numbers are pretty powerful, which may be why Baseball America has Gallardo as #16 on their Top 100 Prospect list and Brewerfan.net has him as #1 on their Power 50.

Right now, Gallardo is ranked 6th on the starting pitching depth chart in Milwaukee. Most people think that he’s headed to AAA to start the season. However, nobody has ruled out Gallardo making the big club out of camp as either the #5 guy or a long reliever. A good spring could solidify just that happening as there really isn’t anything left to prove for him in the minors.

You can take a chance on Gallardo in deep NL only leagues or in very deep mixed keeper leagues if he’s headed back to AAA. If the Brewers announce that he’s made the major league team, you should immediately think about adding him to your fantasy team in any format.

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