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Minor League Hitters Struggling with Umpire Strike Zones

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In my latest Big Kids article, I noticed three rookie hitters (Tyler Black, Joey Loperfido, and Jordan Beck) are struggling with the major league strike zone. Here are their AAA and MLB strikeout and walk rates.

Strikeout & Walk Rate Changes for Beck, Loperfido, & Black
Name AAA K% MLB K% Diff AAA BB% MLB K% Diff
Jordan Beck 19.8% 45.8% 26.0% 14.9% 0.0% -14.9%
Joey Loperfido 30.3% 41.2% 10.9% 13.1% 5.9% -7.2%
Tyler Black 13.7% 34.8% 21.1% 11.0% 4.3% -6.7%
Average 21.3% 40.6% 19.3% 13.0% 3.4% -9.6%

With the trio seeing major differences, I compared all hitters transitioning from AAA and divided them into those making a debut and veterans. The results line up with what I’ve observed so far, hitters are struggling to adjust to the major leagues. Read the rest of this entry »


Roto Riteup: May 8, 2024

Nomination for tweet of the season:

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 8th, 2024

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Certainly some risk on the board, be careful out there!
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Big Kid Adds (Week 6)

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 were originally named “High Stakes Leagues” and this year there are ten of them. With so much money on the line, these fantasy managers 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 leagues. Read the rest of this entry »


Starting Pitcher Chart – May 7th, 2024

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Do you ever bust your ass to finish your work super early so you can have a night on the couch watching tv w/your gf and go to bed early only to not hit the publish button and end up posting that piece the following morning?

Yeah, me neither……🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Drop any questions you have in the comments. Feels like a pretty straightforward slate outside of the 2-x guys being tough decisions for shallower formats.

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Roto Riteup: May 7, 2024

Imagine this happening today:

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1293 – Superstar Breakout or Fast Start – Pitcher Edition?

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BREAKOUT OR FAST START?

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Starting Pitcher Chart – May 6th, 2024

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The 2-start chart seems to be a hit, so let’s keep it going!

2-Start Rankings for the Week
RANK TYPE PITCHER MATCHUPS
1 1 Zack Wheeler SFG/at MIA
2 1 Luis Castillo at MIN/OAK
3 1 Cole Ragans MIL/at LAA
4 1 Zac Gallen at CIN/at BAL
5 2 Jack Flaherty at CLE/HOU
6 2 Justin Steele SDP/at PIT
7 2 Seth Lugo MIL/at LAA
8 2 Walker Buehler MIA/at SDP
9 3 Triston McKenzie DET/at CHW
10 3 Luis Gil HOU/at TBR
11 3 Yu Darvish at CHC/LAD
12 3 Tyler Anderson at PIT/KCR
13 3 Logan Allen DET/at CHW
14 3 Mitch Keller LAA/CHC
15 3 Kyle Gibson NYM/at MIL
16 4 Simeon Woods Richardson SEA/at TOR
17 4 Patrick Sandoval at PIT/KCR
18 4 Bryse Wilson at KCR/STL
19 4 Colin Rea at KCR/STL
20 4 Tyler Alexander CHW/NYY
21 5 Sean Manaea at STL/ATL
22 5 Frankie Montas ARI/at SFG
23 5 Andrew Heaney at OAK/at COL
24 5 Mason Black at PHI/CIN
25 5 Michael Soroka at TBR/CLE
26 6 Mike Clevinger at TBR/CLE
27 6 Alex Wood TEX/at SEA
28 6 Dakota Hudson SFG/TEX
TYPE Key:
1 – Auto-Start | 2- All Formats | 3 – Most Formats |
4 – Some Formats | 5 – YOLO | 6 – Hard Pass

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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

7:27
Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome.

7:30
Jeff Zimmerman: Those are the winning bids from the three 15-team Tout Wars leagues. I just found out the league labeled “Tout-12” has 15 teams.

7:31
Steven: Better 3b fill in Josh Rojas or Rengifo? Thx

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman: Rengifo

7:31
Carl: Why do the Rockies hate Sean Bouchard?

7:31
Jeff Zimmerman: He’s young and good.

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FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 6)

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 »