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Angels
• Jared Walsh has simplified his swing.
The Angels focused on those fluid, powerful hands as Walsh remade his swing again this summer. Walsh quiets those hands and allows them to be more efficient and effective in their movements. Walsh used to be hunched over the plate, his hands in constant motion — not just pre-swing but as he loaded his hands behind his body to release the barrel, until the Angels shifted him. He’s more upright now, his hands quicker to the baseball to let them cook. The timing issues he battled in his first taste of the big leagues evaporated.
It also eased the transition for Walsh, giving him the ability to focus on pitch selection rather than simply trying to catch up. His swing has clicked, if only for a couple of weeks.
He’s doing something right by hitting .315/.328/.759 with six homers in just 21 games.
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With just a week left in the season, the drop totals are more in line with a “normal” week. I did see two trends. First, starters are not being kept if they are useless over the last two weeks. Second, many failed closer dart throws were dropped. Finally, this will be this series’s last article since next week’s won’t matter. I’ll keep the article going next season.
For this analysis, I use the NFBC Main Event because of the number of identical leagues. Additionally, the managers stay engaged longer since each spent over $1000 per team. I tried to find that sweet spot between obvious and bizarre and will focus on players dropped in six to nine leagues.
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: Hello everyone
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: Here are the FAAB results from the two 15-team mixed leagues.
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: Auction
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: HBader: $158
AlexReyes: $66 RDolis: $56 JUrena: $40 DStewart: $38 TAntone: $31 MRojas: $21 BSinger: $21 TPham: $19 JWalsh: $13 TWatson: $2 DPeralta: $1 VVelasquez: $1 |
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: Draft
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: JRojas: $147
CMullins: $139 BSinger: $38 SBarlow: $32 MMinor: $32 SAkiyama: $32 LGarcia: $31 RJeffers: $21 JWalsh: $16 AniSanchez: $15 TClarke: $15 EOlivares: $15 HHarvey: $14 WCalhoun: $11 KCalhoun: $11 KBubic: $11 SCrichton: $6 TFlowers: $4 JMarmolejos: $4 RGuzman: $3 AKirk: $2 |
There are just two weeks left in the season. I’m trying to focus on how to extract the most value from those 14 days. For this reason, the pitcher rankings may seem off, but if I don’t see myself starting them, I didn’t rank them very high.
As usual, I’m going to at least cover the players in demand using CBS’s (40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered by my preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters.
| Name | Prev Own% | Current Own% | Change |
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| Adam Duvall LF | 12% | 49% | 37% |
| Daniel Bard RP | 18% | 39% | 21% |
| Jeimer Candelario 3B | 22% | 43% | 21% |
| Victor Reyes CF | 26% | 45% | 19% |
| Jeremy Jeffre SS RP | 38% | 55% | 17% |
| Deivi Garcia SP | 39% | 56% | 17% |
| Dean Kremer SP | 1% | 16% | 15% |
| Randy Arozarena RF | 4% | 19% | 15% |
| Trevor Rogers SP | 7% | 22% | 15% |
| DJ Stewart RF | 1% | 14% | 13% |
| Dane Dunning SP | 40% | 53% | 13% |
| Alex Dickerson LF | 26% | 38% | 12% |
| Bobby Dalbec 3B | 15% | 26% | 11% |
| Brandon Belt 1B | 34% | 45% | 11% |
| Rafael Dolis RP | 3% | 13% | 10% |
| Devin Williams RP | 26% | 36% | 10% |
| Ty France 3B | 12% | 21% | 9% |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP | 21% | 30% | 9% |
| Andres Gimenez SS | 12% | 20% | 8% |
| Justin Dunn SP | 17% | 25% | 8% |
| Keegan Akin SP | 3% | 10% | 7% |
| Rowdy Tellez 1B | 16% | 23% | 7% |
| Tony Watson RP | 18% | 25% | 7% |
| Yohan Ramirez SP | 1% | 7% | 6% |
| Jurickson Profar 2B | 29% | 35% | 6% |
| Jesus Aguilar 1B | 36% | 42% | 6% |
| Jackie Bradley CF | 13% | 18% | 5% |
| Tarik Skubal SP | 24% | 29% | 5% |
| Greg Holland RP | 26% | 31% | 5% |
| Corey Dickerson LF | 28% | 33% | 5% |
| Miguel AndujarDH | 28% | 33% | 5% |
| Corey Dickerson LF | 28% | 33% | 5% |
| Willi Castro SS | 3% | 7% | 4% |
| Tejay Antone SP | 4% | 8% | 4% |
| Jose Urena SP | 8% | 12% | 4% |
| Richard Rodriguez RP | 11% | 15% | 4% |
| Garrett Cooper 1B | 14% | 18% | 4% |
| Manuel Margot CF | 14% | 18% | 4% |
| Raimel Tapia LF | 17% | 21% | 4% |
| Maikel Franco 3B | 40% | 44% | 4% |
| Luis Garcia RP | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Edward Olivares RF | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Johan Oviedo SP | 8% | 11% | 3% |
| Kris Bubic SP | 9% | 12% | 3% |
| Daulton VarshoC | 11% | 14% | 3% |
| Rio Ruiz 3B | 13% | 16% | 3% |
| Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B | 18% | 21% | 3% |
| Cole Hamel S SP | 24% | 27% | 3% |
| Chris Taylor LF | 26% | 29% | 3% |
| David Peterson SP | 39% | 42% | 3% |
| J.T. Brubaker SP | 3% | 5% | 2% |
| Josh Fleming SP | 26% | 28% | 2% |
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Blue Jays
• Ken Giles won’t immediately be Toronto’s closer upon returning.
Giles (right forearm strain) is also close to returning, but Montoyo expects to use him “before the ninth” at first. Once he’s comfortable, he’ll move back into the closer’s role.
Indians
José Ramírez left tonight's game with left thumb discomfort. He's been battling the thumb injury for a few weeks now.
— Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) September 8, 2020
Something is not adding up. Since September 25th, Ramirez has a .965 OPS. Before then, his OPS was just .762. I wonder if the time frame stated in the Tweet is off since he did struggle in August (.700 OPS). He seems to be feeling better with a .870 OPS in September.
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This week’s player list is full of bad hitters who are losing playing time or relievers owners threw darts at hoping for Saves. Most of the drops are in some way related to the trade deadline.
For this analysis, I use the NFBC Main Event because of the number of identical leagues. Additionally, the managers stay engaged longer since each spent over $1000 per team. I tried to find that sweet spot between obvious and bizarre and will focus on players dropped in six to nine leagues.
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It feels like a normal mid-season week. Hitters are starting to fall into set production levels. Starters with talent changes are rostered. And teams are trying to determine their most reliable relievers. It doesn’t seem like anyone is available to blow the budget on. Instead, just pick and choose those players to help win this week.
As usual, I’m going to at least cover the players in demand using CBS’s (40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered by my preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters.
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