Contending teams in ottoneu are gearing up for the stretch run, and rebuilding teams are turning every stone over in the hunt for a keeper. Let’s take a look at the most added players in ottoneu over the past week and past month.
Just in case you were going to use him, DraftKings has kindly informed me that Chris Hatcher has been traded to the Athletics. Thus, he will not receive fantasy points. You’re welcome.
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It’s time to speculate and to latch on to a new starter that could provide a boost to your counting stats.
• With Tyler Clippard moving to Houston the White Sox bullpen is a bit of a mess. Juan Minaya, Jake Petricka and Gregory Infante could all see the ninth but I’m going to roll out Juan Minaya to start. As of now we haven’t quite heard enough out of White Sox camp to make an exact call but Minaya is probably the best of the bunch. In 27.1 innings pitched Minaya has a 6.61/4.31/3.94 ERA/FIP/xFIP line but also has a 3.26 SIERA and a 31.9% K% and 10.6% BB%. You would like to see fewer walks but beggars can’t quite be choosers. Petricka and Infante aren’t particularly exciting or even usable for that matter in fantasy and I would look to grab Minaya first.
Here’s the transcript from today’s chat which included a surprising amount of Bogaerts panic.
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: Welcome to rad Johnson baseball chat. I noticed the typo too late, please excuse
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: I hate to waste your time asking this question but I’m desperate, so I hope you’ll be kind enough to provide your feedback. Need to fill the C spot in my AL-only league and the “best” options are Castro, Gomes, Vasquez and Chirinos. Any one of them stand out above the rest? Thanks!
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: I think Chirinos’ steady HR production is useful in that format. He’s probably top 10.
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: Alex Bregman has been very hot in the second half. As a whole, how has he compared to your expectations going into the season? Would you consider him a potential keeper at pre-season hype prices?
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: To answer the second part of your question first, that depends on just how hyped he was in your league
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Note: I was wanting to do Anthony Banda and Reynaldo Lopez but the camera angles for them are horrible so far. I do hope to write about them soon. In the meantime, check out newcomer Nick Pollack’s piece on Lopez.
• The 24-year-old righty started at the back end of several preseason top-100 lists. So far he’s made two starts for the Brewers and I watched the one on August 9th.
• Definite thrower. Everything is coming in at full effort. He just challenges hitters and hopes they miss.
We’ve been waiting all year for Reynaldo Lopez to show up in Chicago and he came out with guns blazing in his 2017 debut, fanning five in his first six outs en route to allowing just two earned runs in six frames. Plenty are buying into the hype Lopez has garnered after his first start, but is he for real? Is Lopez someone you can count on down the stretch in your fantasy league? Let’s walkthrough the entirety of Lopez’s 2017 MLB debut with plenty of GIFs to help us out.
On the internet, the term “hax” is most frequently used in video games to dismiss an especially good or lucky play. In the real world, it’s one of the few words cats say.
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Episode 288 – It’s Not Paul Blackburn Levels
The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live!
In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Dylan losing his voice, Reynaldo Lopez’s debut, Chad Bettis’ inspiring return, dueling picks, Dylan getting to see Ubaldo live, what would happen if the White Sox signed Mr. Jimenez, Matt going for the perfect podcast, what Tommy Joseph looks like, Scooter Gennett’s pitching appearance, going back to the Jhoulys Chacin well, Matt wishing Mallex Smith was on the White Sox, and if Brandon Phillips faced Tyler Flowers in a footrace.
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