6/15/21

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INJURIES

• Shane Bieber shoulder strain, IL’d (1:50)
• Tyler Glasnow elbow inflammation (4:33)
• Max Scherzer not starting this wk (6:52)
• Matthew Boyd triceps, IL’d (8:25)
• Anthony Rendon triceps (12:07)

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6/14/21

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SUMMER STUDS: 4 BUBBLING BREAKOUTS

• Yoán Moncada (3:07)
• Eugenio Suárez (10:32)
• Whit Merrifield (16:00)
• Dylan Carlson (22:24)

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Most platforms have a feature where you can click something by the player’s name to put them on a virtual watchlist. It is smart to use this feature before the season starts because once it starts you be sorting by stats and you could miss out on someone you really want about to get a new role because you sorted by PA and he just didn’t show very high.

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Jake Fraley hit .333/.400/.500 with 1 HR and 2 SB in 20 PA since last Friday. Three lefties in the six games cost him a couple starts, so keep an eye on the schedule if you want to play him.

SHALLOW LEAGUES (mixed leagues – 10 or fewer teams)

Cesar Hernandez | 2B/SS, CLE

Hernandez is having an uncharacteristic power season with 9 HR already and a career-best .167 ISO. Unfortunately, it hasn’t yielded major dividends across his profile as he is hitting just .220 with a .299 OBP. He also hasn’t attempted a stolen base since September 8th, 2019, when he swiped a pair against the Mets. Obviously last year wasn’t a full season, but it has been 136 games. His .246 BABIP is 87 points off his career mark and should rise. If maintains the power with that rising BABIP, he could be a sneaky MI asset even without the speed contributions.

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6/10/21

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Tyler O’Neill 2 HR gm (2:42)
• Daz Cameron called up (12:00)
• Miguel Andújar hitting your radar? (15:41)
• Tucker Davidson rolling (20:31)

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Pardon the late start (and early finish…) but I didn’t want to miss entirely!

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6/8/21

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Jackson Kowar debut (1:40)
• Jack Flaherty out until ASB (8:20)
• Keston Hiura sent down (11:30)
• Jarred Kelenic sent down (15:15)
• Scott Kingery outrighted (19:28)

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Chances are if you picked up Trevor Larnach in a shallower league, you cut him after a couple of weeks due to poor performance. Two weeks in he was running a .186/.314/.326 with just a single homer. A week later he was at .228/.389/.456 so he was still hitting a lot of waiver wires despite some OPS improvement. The walks were great but there was little else in terms of production. Hell, even his .247/.389/.438 to date doesn’t scream “pick up!” And yet, that’s exactly what I’m doing because I see Larnach having a strong summer that will make him relevant across many formats.

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Most platforms have a feature where you can click something by the player’s name to put them on a virtual watchlist. It is smart to use this feature before the season starts because once it starts you be sorting by stats and you could miss out on someone you really want about to get a new role because you sorted by PA and he just didn’t show very high.

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Spencer Turnbull was sharp against the Yankees after appearing on last week’s list and will no doubt be picked up quite a bit this weekend, especially with Seattle on the docket next week.

SHALLOW LEAGUES (mixed leagues – 10 or fewer teams)

Willi Castro | SS/2B, DET

Castro generated some sleeper buzz after a strong 2020 that saw him hit .349/.381/.550 with 6 HR in 140 PA. After hitting just .191/.232/.277 through 25 games, Castro started popping up on a lot of waiver wires and understandably so. He is starting to get picked back up, though, thanks to a .254/.342/.460 line with 3 HR and 2 SB in 74 PA. He still has a 27% K rate in that run and that level of swing-and-miss is likely to foster more of these severe ups and downs. Ride the wave when things are going well!

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6/3/21

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Jack Flaherty to IL w/oblique (3:48)
• Elieser Hernandez returning today (9:20)
• Mitch Garver to IL w/groin (13:42)
• Justin Dunn to IL w/shoulder (20:30)
• Mike Yastrzemski thumb injury on defensive play (23:25)
• Stephen Strasburg to IL w/neck-trap (27:58)
• Madison Bumgarner leaves start w/shoulder (29:40)

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The Miami Marlins have become a starting pitcher haven as their three studs – Pablo López, Sandy Alcantara, and Sixto Sánchez – were heavily targeted during draft season while Trevor Rogers was a popular sleeper pick. Sanchez has been derailed by a shoulder injury, but Rogers has greatly exceeded expectations and ensured a trio of beasts atop their rotation.

And now, a new challenger has emerged!

Cody Poteet is making a case to be included with the others as all-formats studs, though we definitely need to take a closer look before anointing him to the level of Lopez-Alcantara-Rogers or even Sanchez (but he was shutdown for discomfort after a 20-pitch bullpen on May 28th). Even with a rough start last time out (4.3 IP/5 ER), Poteet still has a 2.95 ERA in 21.3 IP which tells you how insane he was in the first three starts – 1.06 ERA in 17 IP.

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