Yesterday, I asked you to vote on which group of pitchers you expect to post a better ERA over the rest of the season. One group was composed of the 10 biggest SIERA overperformers, while the other comprised the underperformers. For just the second year, I’m going to take the same polling idea and use it for hitters. So let’s follow the same concept and compare two groups of hitters based on xwOBA overperformance and underperformance. We know that xwOBA isn’t perfect. Neither is SIERA. In fact, no estimated/expected/forecasted equation is going to be perfect, because there will always be players that do something we have a difficult time quantifying. Furthermore, there will always be players each year that fall into either end of the extremes for no other reason than complete randomness. So let’s keep that in mind when reviewing these two groups.

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Since 2013, I have polled you wonderful readers on which group of pitchers you think will post the better aggregate ERA post all-star break. The two groups were determined based on ERA-SIERA disparity, pitting the overperformers versus the underperformers during the pre-all-star break period.

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Let’s continue reviewing the rookie pitchers. Today, I will update my review on another trio of pitchers I first discussed in late May. Let’s remind ourselves how each pitcher had performed through that point and what each has done since.

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Today, let’s flip over to re-reviewing the rookie pitchers I first discussed in late May. Like I did for the hitters, I’m going to compare their skill metrics through my original post with how they have performed since.

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Let’s keep it going with the rookie hitters, as there are several more that have made impacts, both in fantasy and real baseball.

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Let’s review another trio of rookie hitters. Since I have finished updating my reviews on the hitters I first reviewed earlier in the year, I won’t be comparing performance splits from before I posted my review with after. Instead, I’ll focus on the full season performance. Today’s trio represent another handful of top prospects. Let’s see how they have performed.

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Let’s continue reviewing the rookie hitters. Today, let’s discuss the three hitters I initially reviewed in mid-May. Like in my rookie review last week, I won’t be formatting this update as a good news/bad news list, but compare their performance through the time I posted my first review with what they have done since.

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Back in mid-May, I started reviewing some of the top rookie hitters. Back then, a little less than a month and a half were in the books, so we were still in small sample territory. Let’s now review those same three rookies and find out how they have performed since.

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Let’s run through one final set of new everyday players. This group includes a bunch of interesting names and top prospects.

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We’re going to continue the rundown of new everyday players, as these are your deeper league targets, and sometimes even shallower leagues. With so many players suddenly finding themselves with regular playing time, or being recalled from the minors and handed a starting job, it’s easy to miss someone.

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