Julio Teheran has wowed Fantasy owners as he has earned the Braves' fifth starter job with a dominant spring. His strikeout and walk rates from his two seasons in Triple-A have been nondescript, and a surging flyball rate in 2012 was particularly concerning, so I've been skeptical of his Grapefruit League success so far.
However, it's hard not to be impressed by Teheran's 35 strikeouts in 26 innings. He has also allowed only two home runs, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Teheran has started relying on a sinker. He's improved his ground-out-to-air-out ratio, but then again, we are looking at a small sample of innings. Teheran also has walked nine batters, so his control hasn't quite been impeccable.
So while I'm averse to drawing conclusions from spring training stats, some of Teheran's numbers are at the very least intriguing. If, like me, you are still a skeptic, you should at least keep a close watch on his early season stats to see if he is worth pursuing.