With the season underway, owners need to start adjusting some player’s fantasy value. Some of the tweaks can be from talent changes (e.g. increase in talent) or role (e.g. moving for a long reliever to starter). Three players, Kenley Jansen, Trea Turner, and Luke Weaver, are three such players on the move.
The AL East is loaded with talent at both the big league and minor league levels. And the minor league talent is well-distributed throughout each club’s system from top to bottom. Most clubs, with Boston potentially being the anomaly, could receive significant impacts from their systems in 2018.
Previous Reviews:
AL West Top 10s
NL West Top 10s
NL Central Top 10s
AL Central Top 10s
NL East Top 10s
2018 Arrivals:
4. Jake Bauers | 1B/OF | 2018 Level: AAA
5. Willy Adames | 3B | 2018 Level: AAA
9. Justin Williams | OF | 2018 Level: AAA
2019 Arrivals:
1. Brent Honeywell | SP | 2018 Level: Injured
7. Nick Solak | 2B | 2018 Level: AA
2020 and Beyond:
2. Brendan McKay | 1B/SP | 2018 Level: A
3. Jesus Sanchez | OF | 2018 Level: A+
6. Joshua Lowe | OF | 2018 Level: A+
8. Lucius Fox | SS | 2018 Level: A+
10. Austin Franklin | SP | 2018 Level: A
Other Names to Know:
Sleeper: Ronaldo Hernandez, C
Beyond the Top 10 Help in 2018: Yonny Chirinos, SP
It’s friggin’ cold!
AGENDA
It’s certainly been a rough start to the season for Kenley Jansen thus far, but on Sunday the 30-year old was finally able to notch his first save of the season in the 10th inning against the Giants. He faced four batters, with all three outs coming via strikeout. Hunter Pence laced a one-out single and stole second base after a Brandon Crawford strikeout, but nothing came of it after Jansen caught Brandon Belt looking at strike three to end the game.
Though the leaguewide HR/FB rate is down (likely due in part to the cold weather), it’s clear that this fly ball revolution is here to stay. That’s bad news for fly ball pitchers, because now more of their fly balls are going to jump over the wall for a home run. The best way to keep your HR/9 rate in check is by inducing grounders. So let’s check in on the early starting pitcher ground ball rate surgers.
The Roto Riteup is flying into the work week like:
The Eagle has landed. pic.twitter.com/fJVJxEGcJU
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) April 5, 2018
With the questions, we may look at extending this chat another hour. -Jeff
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As we enter the weekend, the Milwaukee bullpen continues to be the most volatile situation to speculate for saves. The word from the Brewers today regarding Corey Knebel was unfortunately bad news. According to the Milwaukee manager, Craig Counsell, Knebel will miss “a minimum of six weeks” with his left hamstring strain. For those who missed the injury, it was a lot worse than it sounds. Knebel fell to the ground after delivering a pitch in the 9th inning down 6 to 0 in Thursday night’s game against the Cubs.
It’s Ohtani’s world, we’re just living in it:
Ohtani walks to bring in a run! Score is Athletics 8, #Angels 7 as we head to ⬆6⃣. pic.twitter.com/j9mvY6Avuy
— Angels (@Angels) April 7, 2018
Here’s the transcript from Friday. Lots of Reynaldo Lopez and Nick Pivetta!
| 2:15 |
: Hello, everyone!! Welcome to the chat! |
| 2:16 |
: Patrick Corbin a 10-team hold (as opposed to stream) now? If so, any of these players you’d drop to add him?: Yonder, Brach, Kingery. Thanks! |
| 2:17 |
: Ya I think we gotta hold him in all formats. Corbin is throwing his slider a TON and getting big results (42% K, 18% SwStr). It won’t stay this great, but he’s also not a fluke |
| 2:19 |
: Is Chase Anderson’s velo drop concerning? |
| 2:20 |
: A little in that I was going to be watching his velo early on anyway just to see if he held the ’17 gains |
| 2:20 |
: What kind of upside to Newcomb and Gohara have? |