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: Greetings Mr. Spider, |
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: Rude! |
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: Do you expect Jordan Walker to rise up boards like Julio Rodriguez did last season? |
| RANK | PLAYER | TM | LG | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | AL | 1B/DH |
| 2 | Freddie Freeman | LAD | NL | 1B |
| 3 | Pete Alonso | NYM | NL | 1B |
| 4 | Paul Goldschmidt | STL | NL | 1B |
| 5 | Matt Olson | ATL | NL | 1B |
| 6 | Vinnie Pasquantino | KC | AL | 1B |
| 7 | Nathaniel Lowe | TEX | AL | 1B |
| 8 | José Abreu | HOU | AL | 1B |
| 9 | Christian Walker | ARI | NL | 1B |
| 10 | C.J. Cron | COL | NL | 1B |
| 11 | Rhys Hoskins | PHI | NL | 1B |
| 12 | Josh Bell | CLE | NL | 1B |
| 13 | Wil Myers | CIN | NL | 1B/OF |
| 14 | Joey Meneses | WAS | NL | 1B/OF |
| 15 | Ty France | SEA | AL | 1B |
| 16 | Josh Naylor | CLE | AL | 1B |
| 17 | Anthony Rizzo | NYY | AL | 1B |
| 18 | Andrew Vaughn | CHW | AL | 1B/OF |
| 19 | Ryan Mountcastle | BAL | AL | 1B/OF/DH |
| 20 | Jose Miranda | MIN | AL | 1B/3B |
| 21 | Brandon Drury | LAA | NL | 1B/2B/3B |
| 22 | Matt Mervis | CHC | NL | 1B |
| 23 | Rowdy Tellez | MIL | NL | 1B |
| 24 | Seth Brown | OAK | AL | 1B/OF |
| 25 | Joey Votto | CIN | NL | 1B |
| 26 | Miguel Vargas | LAD | NL | 1B |
| 27 | DJ LeMahieu | NYY | AL | 1B/2B/3B |
| 28 | Triston Casas | BOS | AL | 1B |
| 29 | Jake Cronenworth | SD | NL | 1B/2B/SS |
| 30 | Luis Arraez | MIN | AL | 1B/2B |
| 31 | Spencer Torkelson | DET | AL | 1B |
| 32 | Trey Mancini | FA | 1B/OF | |
| 33 | Luke Voit | FA | 1B | |
| 34 | Keston Hiura | MIL | NL | 1B |
| 35 | Jared Walsh | LAA | AL | 1B |
| 36 | Yuli Gurriel | FA | 1B | |
| 37 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | SF | NL | 1B/OF |
| 38 | Carlos Santana | PIT | NL | 1B |
| 39 | Wilmer Flores | SF | NL | 1B/2B/3B |
| 40 | Brandon Belt | FA | 1B | |
| 41 | Nick Pratto | KC | AL | 1B |
| 42 | Ji-Man Choi | PIT | NL | 1B |
| 43 | Eric Hosmer | FA | 1B | |
| 44 | Dominic Smith | FA | 1B | |
| 45 | Isaac Paredes | TB | AL | 1B/2B/3B |
| 46 | Kyle Manzardo | TB | AL | 1B |
| 47 | Bobby Dalbec | BOS | AL | 1B |
| 48 | Jesús Aguilar | FA | 1B | |
| 49 | Mike Moustakas | FA | 1B/3B | |
| 50 | Hunter Dozier | KC | AL | 1B/3B/OF |
NOTES:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the king of the position, though I do feel like 2021 will remain his high watermark. He hit 44% of his 41 HRs in just 28% of his season plate appearances at the two temporary homes they used before returning to Rogers Centre. He is a good bet to get back to .300-30-100-100.
While Freddie Freeman doesn’t always deliver that cornerstone power at 1B, he more than makes up for it with his other four categories, often highlighted by a premium AVG (.325 last yr; .298 career). He even spiked a career-high 13 SBs last year to counterbalance his 21 HRs, his lowest over the last six full seasons.
12/23/22
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Transcript is below! Have a wonderful Holiday Season! (no chat next week)
As of right now, these four are penciled to be the sixth man (or at least in contention for that sixth spot) in their team’s respective rotations. Given that it’s mid-December, these situations are all subject to change so one or more of them could break camp with a rotation spot in hand. Even if they don’t, they could be the first man up when someone goes down. And I’m not trying to be pessimistic, it’s always “when”, not “if” as teams simply don’t use the same five starters for an entire season.
Hunter Brown | HOU
The 24-year-old had a brilliant breakthrough season with a 2.55 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and 21% K-BB rate in 106 innings at Triple-A along with a nice cup of coffee in the major (0.89 ERA in 20 IP). He has premium heat (96.7 mph fastball) and two solid breaking balls that has helped him consistently miss bats throughout his minor league ascent, netting a 31% K rate in 230 innings. He does have a 12% BB rate, too, so there is some control sketchiness to iron out, though he was down to 10% in AAA/MLB this year. Brown also has fantastic groundball rates throughout his career, including a 54% at Triple-A and then a bananas 68% mark in his MLB sample.
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: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!! |
| 1:02 |
: Is there a better top 5 in baseball then Tatis Jr., Soto, Machado, Bogaerts, Cronenworth? |
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: Altuve, Bregman, Yordan, Abreu, Tucker is certainly up there, but not many stand up to SD’s quintet once Tatis is back. |
| 1:05 |
: I’m at my wits end about our boy H. Bader! Still holding out hope for a bounce back in the Bronx? |
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: I’m still a fan! He is still pretty affordable in the late-100s (183 winter ADP) and that draft price covers some of his volume risk (has never reached 430 PA). If we don’t the returns this year, I’ll definitely start moving away from him |
| 1:08 |
: Are you over or under the steamer projection of 38 bombs for Schwarber |
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| 1:19 |
: Good afternoon y’all! |
| 1:19 |
: Why is Justin Mason so much better at fantasy, funnier, and better looking than you? Do you think your height holds you back from acheiving? |
| 1:19 |
: I’ve been saying it for years. I’m TOO tall!!! |
| 1:19 |
: Will the Dodgers trade Lux and Stone for a 3B? |
| 1:20 |
: I could see them making a big trade if they don’t find what they want on the FA wire, but it seems they like Lux so I’m not sure he’s part of it |
| 1:20 |
: Hope to see you in Vegas in the Spring for the Main Event! Ended up winning our ME league and finishing 17th overall and are using the winnings to go do our first live draft in Vegas in March |
