Gosh, it’s already difficult enough keeping up with playing time changes earlier in the season. It’s even more challenging now with expanded rosters and teams with no shot at the playoffs giving younger hitters a chance, or perhaps more evenly dividing the playing time among multiple players. Unlike any of my teams, many of you are likely fighting for a prize finish, so keeping abreast of all the changes is vital to finishing strong. So let’s discuss four more hitters who are now seeing regular playing time.

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The calendar has finally flipped to September 1, which means that teams can now expand their active roster from 26 to 28 players. It’s a fun time for fantasy owners as oodles of new players are recalled, some of whom could make significant impacts over the final month of the season. Let’s review some of those callups, along with some additional names recalled a bit earlier than yesterday.

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Not every callup is a top prospect, of course, like some of the names in yesterday’s post. That, however, doesn’t mean that lesser prospects can be ignored. So let’s review another six recently recalled hitters to determine how excited we should be.

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More rookie callups! Gosh I love this part of the season when new prospects are constantly being recalled, giving fantasy owners plentiful opportunities to fill holes. Today, let’s discuss a slew of recent callups who may offer some serious fantasy potential.

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This is a fun time in deep leagues as rookies ascend from the minor leagues and could deliver big value, even if you might not consider them in shallow mixed formats. I specifically like evaluating starting pitchers, as I always found it a bit easier to predict success or failure based on minor league metrics than hitters. So let’s discuss five recently recalled rookie starting pitchers.

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Though it feels like the end of the season is actually closer (maybe it’s just me), we still have about a quarter of games left to play. If you haven’t already been doing so, now is definitely the time to start focusing entirely on the individual category standings. Forget about overall fantasy value and worry about how many points you could realistically gain and lose in each statistic. Have a surplus of home runs and limited downside, but could gain a handful of stolen base points? Let’s discuss nine targets that are a mix of projected rest of season stolen base leaders and strong PA/SB ratios that could potentially be bigger contributors with more playing time.

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Yesterday, I discussed 10 hitters that have recently joined starting lineups as every day or near every day hitters. However, there were so many of them that I only got through half the teams. So let’s get through the rest to see if we can uncover some potential gems over the final two months of the season.

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The trade deadline is now officially in the rearview mirror, which means we’re now seeing lots of new faces in starting lineups. It could be very difficult to keep up with all the playing time changes. So let’s once again dive into 10 names who are now starting regularly, whether due to trading of the incumbent opening up a spot, injury atop the depth chart, or hot hitting.

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Yesterday, I dove into the park factors to help speculate how Josh Naylor and Ryan McMahon’s new homes might impact their results. Of course, the trades have a domino effect, both on the players whose positions they are filling on their new teams, and the players who will now replace them in their former lineups. Let’s now review the fallout on the teams they were traded from.

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We finally got some trade deadline action! Last Thursday, the Mariners acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondback and then on Friday, the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon from the Rockies. Let’s dive into the park factors to find out how the trades might affect their offensive results.

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