With news of the Blake Snell trade to San Diego (covered here and here by our fine folks at FG and Podhorzer will have a fantasy piece out Tuesday), there is a lot of chatter about his workload now that he’s out of Tampa Bay. This isn’t a particularly new issue – he didn’t complete six innings once in the regular season – but it all came to a head in Game 6 of the World Series when Snell was removed after 5 1/3 brilliant innings, allowing just a run on two hits with nine strikeouts and zero walks in 73 pitches.

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12/22/20

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• Michael Wacha to TB (3:20)

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12/17/20

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• Rafael Montero to SEA (7:02)
• Mike Zunino back to TB (11:44)

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12/15/20

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• James McCann to NYM (4:44)
• David Dahl to TEX (14:58)
  • The TEX lineup as a whole
• Nate Lowe traded to TEX (24:24)

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Calling someone a flop in two-month season requires some serious caveats, air quotes around “flop”, or both. That doesn’t mean there weren’t several disappointing players that deserve a deeper look to see what’s going on. This will be a running series this winter, check it out the other installments below.

• Part 1

Joey Gallo | TEX – OF – 77 wRC+

Gallo has been a fantasy darling for a while now spurred by back-to-back 40 HR seasons in 2017-18. The catch was a combined .208 AVG in those seasons so you had to plan around that deficiency if you wanted the power. Then in 2019 his BABIP soared to a career best .368, fueling a .253 AVG in the process, though it was just 70 games as injuries limited him. What I think was lost on many was that a .500 BABIP against lefties really drove the gains for Gallo.

In other words, it was fraudulent.

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12/10/20

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• Carlos Santana to KC (2:30)

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12/8/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Lance Lynn to CWS; Dane Dunning + Avery Weems to TEX (0:50)
• Raisel Iglesias to LAA (22:07)
• LAST SECOND MOVE: Adam Eaton to CWS (1:02:37)

2021 THIRD BASE, PT. 1

The King

• Jose Ramirez 8 (34:10)

The Stars

• Manny Machado 21 (38:10)
• DJ LeMahieu 28 (already discussed at 1B/2B)
• Nolan Arenado 34 (49:03)
• Alex Bregman 37 (54:02)

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Calling someone a flop in two-month season requires some serious caveats, air quotes around “flop”, or both. That doesn’t mean there weren’t several disappointing players that deserve a deeper look to see what’s going on. We will investigate some of them today and if you find this exercise worthwhile, we can make it a series!

Victor Robles | WAS – OF – 65 wRC+

Robles had the standard “better in fantasy” season in 2019 as his 17 HR and 28 SB overshadowed his uninspired .255/.326/.419 line. His proponents (of which I am one) acknowledged the poor batted ball profile but felt that it was premature to lock the 23-year old into his 2019 levels. Oh, he wasn’t locked in… turns out he could get worse!

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12/3/20

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• Non-tenders: Eddie Rosario, Kyle Schwarber, David Dahl, Adam Duvall, Travis Shaw, Archie Bradley, Nomar Mazara, Carlos Rodon (1:00)
• José Iglesias to LAA (39:30)
• Trevor May to NYM (43:14)

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