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Jeff and I will be covering the fantasy impact of the deadline deals over the next couple days!

• To SD: P Josh Hader
• To MIL: P Taylor Rogers, OF Esteury Ruiz, P Dinelson Lamet, P Robert Gasser

WOW!!! Who had Hader getting dealt?? Put your hand down, no you didn’t. Nobody did!! This stunner feels particularly crazy because Milwaukee sits with a 3-game lead in the Central right now, but when we dig in deeper, you that both lefty relievers are coming off horrendous Julys and while Hader is the much more dominant arm (42% to 28% K rate), they haven’t been that different on the whole this year.

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While the NFBC Main Event garners most of the attention, there are a handful of leagues with even a larger entry fee ($2.5K to $15K). They get originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and this year there are nine of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers are going to try to gain any advantage. Most of the time, these managers will be a week or two ahead of everyone else on their adds. Here are the players and some information on the ones added in five or more of these leagues: Read the rest of this entry »

Spoiler Alert: I did not win.

If I win the Mega Millions tonight, I will sign Juan Soto to play in my slow pitch softball league and then petition to join MLB and replace the A’s.

— Justin Mason (@JustinMasonFWFB) July 29, 2022

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The 2022 version of the Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

1. Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
2. Injury News
3. Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
4. Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
5. Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save).

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

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Good luck on the first trade deadline weekend. The trades are a little slower than expected.

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 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 for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »

Note: Real life got in the way yesterday and had to cut short the article. I wasn’t able to get to each team but here are some observations on some teams.

American League

Guardians

• Steady.

• Nolan Jones (.288/.383/.500, 2 HR) has started in nine of the last ten games.

Mariners

• Kyle Lewis (.737 OPS) has started in only four of seven games since being promoted.

Orioles

• Ramón Urías (.261/.302/.454, 11 HR) has started 16 straight games.

Rangers

• Ezequiel Duran (.250/.290/.386, 2 HR, and 3 SB in 93 PA) has started in seven of the last eight games.

• Josh H. Smith (.213/.315/.269, 1 HR, 2 SB) has started in eight of the last 10 games.

Rays

• Luke Raley (.205/.319/.333, 1 HR, 0 SB) has started six straight.

• Roman Quinn (.550 OPS, 0 HR, 4 SB) has started in five of the last six games.

Royals

• Since Benintendi was traded, Kyle Isbel (.237/.282/.357, 2 HR, 5 SB) has started both games.

Twins

• The corner infield and DH situations are still murky. Jose Miranda and Byron Buxton are the only two to start all three games since Miguel Sanó (.361 OPS) came off the IL. When Buxton was the DH, Sano and Urshela sat.

Yankees

• Andrew Benintendi (.320/.387/.398, 3 HR, 4 SB) has started both games since being acquired. Matt Carpenter has sat in both of those games.

National League

Diamondbacks

• Josh Rojas (.283/.357/.422, 6 HR, 11 SB) is sitting against lefties and I’m still not sure why.

Giants

• Thairo Estrada (.265/.317/.412, 9 HR, 15 SB) has started 14 straight games.

Marlins

• Luke Williams is now starting against righties while hitting .242/.319/.323 with 1 HR and 6 SB in 69 PA this season.

• JJ Bleday (.182/.217/.409, 1 HR, 1 SB) has started in six straight games while hitting either third or fifth in the lineup.

• Lewin Díaz (.252/.323/.492 and 19 HR in 368 AAA PA) has started four straight at first base.

Mets

• Track over the weekend to see how Tyler Naquin is used.

• Daniel Vogelbach (vs RHP) and J.D. Davis (vs LHP) are in a platoon.

Nationals

• Victor Robles (.239/.300/.319, 3 HR, 12 SB) has leadoff for four straight games.

Pirates

• Cal Mitchell (.216/.254/.342, 3 HR, 1 SB) has started in eight of the last nine games.

Reds

• Just one lineup to go off after Naquin was traded to the Mets. Matt Reynolds (.264/.335/.368, 3 HR, 4 SB in 194 PA) looks to be the most likely to see more playing time.

The 2022 version of Bullpen Report includes five different sections, as well as the closer chart, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

We will always include a link to the full Closer Depth Chart at the bottom of the Bullpen Report each day. It’s also accessible from the RosterResource drop-down menu and from any RosterResource page. Please let us know what you think.

1. Notable Workloads: Primary closers or valuable members of a closer committee who have been deemed unavailable or likely unavailable for the current day due to recent workload.
2. Injury News
3. Outlier Saves: Explanation for a non-closer earning a save during the previous day.
4. Committee Clarity: Notes on a closer committee that clarify a pitcher’s standing in the group.
5. Losing A Grip: Struggling closers who could be on the hot seat.

The “RosterResource” link will take you to the corresponding team’s RosterResource depth chart, which will give you a better picture of the full bullpen and results of the previous six days (pitch count, save, hold, win, loss, blown save).

Click HERE to view the full Closer Depth Chart.

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It’s Friday and I’m back from vacation, so let’s talk about bacon. Well, wOBAcon, anyways, or, weighted on-base average on contact, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing. Simply put, it’s how much damage a batter does when actually making contact. Easy-greasy. Read the rest of this entry »

The Injury Returnee Episode of the Beat the Shift Podcast – a baseball podcast for fantasy baseball players.

Strategy Section

• Should you immediately insert injury returnees into your active fantasy lineups?
  • Hitters vs. Pitchers

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This was so much fun to watch

BOOM BOOM!! pic.twitter.com/kaZl9sDWlH

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) July 28, 2022

Until you realize how it started:

Trey Mancini homered off of Josh Lowe's face.😬 pic.twitter.com/Y4xgBHOo90

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 28, 2022

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