Quietly, Corey Seager (2-for-3, 4 RBIs, twenty seventh and twenty eighth homer) has stayed wholesome all yr. ‘Quietly’ as a result of I feel should you would’ve informed anybody that he’d play in 95% of his crew’s video games he’d be a high 20 man, simply. Earlier than yesterday, he had thirty extra at-bats than Zach Neto and precisely the identical quantity of worth on the Participant Rater. He’ll transfer up after final night time, so that you don’t need to factcheck me. ACKSUALLY, by no means factcheck me. I’m factcheckproof! You come at me with “You appreciated Seager this preseason” and I’ll say, he’s been first rate, not a bust in any respect. You come at me with “You have been down on Seager” and I’ll say, sure, he was drafted within the high 25, and he’s not value that. See, I fence information. I hedge information. An incredible duel of me vs. information and I’ll Aaron Burr the information. How’s dem information? Candy! Was considering yesterday when individuals began making the case Ohtani isn’t the NL MVP frontrunner, how you should use stats to win any baseball argument. Don’t like HRs and SBs? Level to WAR for protection. That doesn’t do the argument justice? Level to his final month’s stats. There’s a truth for any argument. Any hoo! Corey Seager is a stable 30/.270 hitter, the issue isn’t any steals, so his fantasy worth may be very hooked up to his runs and RBIs. That’s simply the information. Or is it? Anyway, right here’s what else I noticed yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jacob deGrom – Plan is for him to make 4 scheduled rehab begins earlier than being activated. Oh, Rangers and your giant-headed supervisor along with your tiny child brains. He’s by no means going to make it by way of 4 rehab begins.
Alex Cobb – Hit the IL with a fractured nail. Possibly when he returns he can exclaim, “Man, I, remedy!”
Kyle Harrison – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.00. Should you’re not streaming everybody you possibly can vs. the White Sox, you’re not making an attempt exhausting sufficient.
Freddie Freeman – 0-for-4. Has a hairline fracture of his center finger. A profession ender for a truck driver, however Freeman is opting to play by way of it. I think about he’ll be nice, perhaps much less energy.
Max Muncy – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his tenth homer as he was activated from the IL. He mentioned he couldn’t say the place he’s been all season solely that he now “believes in extraterrestrials.”
Gavin Lux – 1-for-3 and his ninth homer, 2nd homer in 4 video games, hitting near-.400 within the final month. After I misplaced Rengifo, I turned to Lux, and he’s been stable for every thing however steals. Sure, I would like steals, however that’s not his fault.
Gavin Stone – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.44. It’s kinda indicative of our time that Stone had his career-high in Ks final night time. I do know, it’s not like he’s a ten-year vet, however nonetheless it was ten strikeouts. He was presupposed to be an ace when he was first promoted. It’s nice. Hopefully he has an extended profession in entrance of him, however he’s by no means had double-digit Ks earlier than. That feels important.
Tommy Edman – 1-for-3 and his 1st steal, as he was activated. He mentioned he was “chasing ET’s with Muncy.” Undecided what he means. Plenty of questions on Edman yesterday. He’ll hit ninth and has some pace, perhaps 2/6/.250 within the closing six weeks. It’s nice, I feel there’s prolly higher guys out there in most blended leagues.
Bryan Woo – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.12. Had allowed one hit by way of six and a 3rd after which Lux stomped Woo. Boo.
Connor Norby – 1-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI as he was recalled. Hmm, so I didn’t agree with sending him down, as a result of he was clearly prepared, they usually gave the impression to be doing it simply to govern his service time, however should you’re going to do this, why name him up now and never wait two weeks? So, he has energy and pace, however may hit underneath .200. The 29.2% Ok% within the minors with the Marlins is regarding. May see grabbing him in deeper blended leagues, however he is likely to be a median danger.
Ketel Marte – Hit the IL with a sprained ankle. Should you have been counting on Ketel, it’s time to begin consuming precisely that.
Adrian Del Castillo – 2-for-4, 6 RBIs and a grand slam (3) and legs (1) in 9 video games. It’s as simple as ADC, 1, 2, 3, you and me now! The good factor is ADC hits like a third baseman (24 HRs, .319 in 100 video games in AAA). The wonderful factor is he has catcher eligibility. The much less favorable information is that if Moreno ever returns, he’s an precise catcher and Del Castillo catches like he’s a third baseman.
Joc Pederson – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his twentieth homer. Joc is having a season that’s so useful in 15-team blended leagues and deeper that you simply set and neglect like Ron Popeil, however a really troublesome season to roster in 12-team blended leagues if it’s weekly and also you see him platooned out twice every week.
Brandon Pfaadt – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.08. Is it me (it’s not me) or are the Marlins more durable to stream towards than they’d appear to be?
Kevin Gausman – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.24. I’m sufficiently old to recollect Verlander changing into a seemingly 4th fantasy starter in his early 30’s, then getting again to greatness, as a result of I’m not underneath 12 years previous, however Gausman wants to do this. This [motions to Gausman’s entire statline] has turn into a quantity 4. This isn’t an off yr. He must learn to pitch otherwise.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1-for-3 and his twenty sixth homer. Cake Batter is the polar reverse of Gausman. He’s truly rediscovered what made him particular. Fortunate, as a result of there’s like six Vlad Jr.’s behind him able to take his place. “My child batter don’t sleep.” That’s Vlad Sr.
Ernie Clement – 1-for-3 and his eighth homer, 2nd homer in every week, however I picked him up two weeks in the past as a result of he has an underneath 8% strikeout price. He might hit .300 with some pace and energy within the season’s closing burp.
TJ Friedl – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his tenth homer. I used to be so out on this man about three weeks in the past, and, to not get all Mr. Prorater on ya, he’s on a 30/20 tempo.
Paul DeJong – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his twenty first homer, hitting .237. Colonel Mustard within the tape deck with a Kool Moe Dee cassette!
Seth Lugo – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.02. Nothing fairly like getting a horrible lineup to place you again on monitor. Angels’ lineup had Niko Kavadas as their cleanup hitter. Now you need to ask your self, “Is Gray making up that title? Is that, like, his shampoo’s title and he’s doing a goof on me? Rattling it, he does have good hair. Ugh! I don’t know!” Right here’s a touch: Kavadas didn’t go to the plate wrapped in grape leaves. “Ugh! What sort of trace is that? Is he a Greek dessert and soaked in honey? I hate Gray!”
Zach Neto – 1-for-4 and his 18th homer, hitting .261. He was moved as much as 2nd within the order when Rengifo went all the way down to damage. Ron Washington will completely declare he taught Neto methods to deal with hitting excessive within the order, prefer it’s his doing.
Zebby Matthews – 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 1 Ok, ERA at 3.60. Welp, I picked him up for the two-start week, and this was the harder of the 2 matchups, so, yeah, I’m making an attempt to be optimistic! Shoot me!
Masataka Yoshida – 1-for-2 and his ninth homer, as he pinch-hit for Wong who was DH’ing. Yoshida is hitting near-.400 within the final month; Wong is a catcher. Oh…[walks the entire Appalachian Trail]…kay.
Jarren Duran – 1-for-4 and his sixteenth homer, hitting .287. There may not be a “too early” for the place I’m drafting him subsequent yr.
Luis Garcia – Gained’t return this yr. No, not that Luis Garcia. No, not that one both. No, not him both! No! No! No! Sure, that Astros one.
Yusei Kikuchi – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.37. Humorous how everybody simply assumes the Astros made Kikuchi higher “naturally.”
Yainer Diaz – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 14th homer, and seventh homer within the final month, as he hits third. BDon identified to me on the podcast this week that Diaz is your greatest catcher for the final month.
JJ Bleday – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his sixteenth homer, and was a scorching schmotato final week, and I’m saying it was extra like JJ Bleweek.
Joe Boyle – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.21. My FAAB bids this Sunday have been Zebby then Boyle. Why couldn’t individuals outbid me for Zebby?
Pete Fairbanks – Hit the IL with a lat pressure. Taking up him because the Rays’ nearer is [names everyone in their pen], however I like [whoever gets the first post-Fairbanks save]. If you need to seize somebody, I’d guess Edwin Uceta, Garrett Cleavinger or Manuel Rodriguez, that order, however Uceta was pitching within the 4th inning just a few weeks in the past, so I actually don’t know who’s getting saves.
Taj Bradley – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.55. Two strikeouts in six innings isn’t again.
Trevor Rogers – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.92. Rogers ought to apologize to the Marlins and be like, “I withdraw what I mentioned after I used to be traded. The O’s teaching is as dangerous because the Marlins’.”
Seranthony Dominguez – 1/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.24. I didn’t hear what Brandon Hyde mentioned after the sport, however I’d wish to suppose he mentioned one thing like, “Dominguez continues to be our man, this was only a good hitter moving into a superb pitch.” As a result of I’d snort at that man’s naiveté. Howl, even. Sure, Seranthony may be very protected. By no means given up a sport earlier than!
David Peterson – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.00. I informed you he was a sleeper! [tomato thrown just misses my head] Okay, it was for 2023, however c’mon! [more tomatoes are thrown as I run out of the room] For what it’s Wuertz, Streamonator hates his subsequent one, and I don’t absolutely belief it both.
J.D. Martinez – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his thirteenth homer. Who will hit lower than ten homers subsequent season, Arenado or Simply Dong?
Tarik Skubal – Feels like this previous Sunday’s begin could possibly be his final begin on common relaxation to restrict his IP. Don’t must let the canine unfastened to listen to a woof after that. I like baseball, clearly, and I’d take 365 video games a season, nevertheless it is likely to be time to shorten the season to 140 video games. Not simply because of Skubal, however September goes to be such a large number of 4 IP begins and different pitchers being shut down.
Austin Riley – Out for the yr with a fractured hand. Ever hear of Hiroo Onoda? He was a Japanese soldier in WWII who hid within the Philippines for 29 years by no means listening to the conflict ended. He surrendered in 1974, solely to search out out the conflict led to 1945. Nicely, as a substitute of surrendering, if he have been have been killed in 1974, considering the conflict was nonetheless occurring, that’s the form of luck the Braves have had this yr. They’re supposedly going with Luke Williams at third base, however the Braves ought to take into account hiding within the Philippines till 2025.
