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: Here the winning bids in the two 15-team Tout Wars leagues.
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: Vientos has really disappointed lately . Drop for Matt Wallner ? 12T Roto
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: I could see it
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: Now that Cam Smith is playing regularly and hitting do you see him as a breakout candidate?
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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 »
Daily SP Chart archive
The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.
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Angels
• Since being promoted, Matthew Lugo (.931 OPS, 3 HR, 38% K%, 0% BB%) started in eight of 12 games. Read the rest of this entry »
Daily SP Chart archive
The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.
Mostly board-only for Saturday outside of a handful of comments off the dome before I head to bed. Plus, something is going on with Baseball-Reference where I can’t sum games of data in the gamelogs like normal and I use that feature a lottttt. We do have that feature here, too, but I have some old spreadsheets setup for BRef’s style and I haven’t gotten around to updating to FG’s style so I can use our gamelogs in situations like this.
I’ll probably do a separate post for Sunday. I might make it a Sunday-Monday combo as I would still like to get something up for y’all on Monday despite the site being dark as a whole.
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Below are the most significant playing time projection changes for pitchers for the past week, led by Jared Jones‘ season-ending elbow surgery that could keep him out for most or all of 2026, too.
| Name | Team | Old % of Team’s Remaining GS | New % of Team’s Remaining GS | Change | Reason |
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| Adrian Houser | CHW | 1% | 13% | 12% | Acquired from TEX + added to rotation |
| Colton Gordon | HOU | 3% | 11% | 8% | Covering for Blanco in rotation |
| Slade Cecconi | CLE | 2% | 7% | 5% | Covering for Lively in rotation |
| Ronel Blanco | HOU | 17% | 11% | -6% | Elbow soreness; getting second opinion |
| Osvaldo Bido | ATH | 13% | 5% | -8% | Sent to AAA |
| Jared Jones | PIT | 8% | 0% | -8% | Elbow surgery, out for year |
| Jordan Hicks | SFG | 15% | 7% | -8% | Moved to bullpen |
| Hayden Wesneski | HOU | 10% | 0% | -10% | Tommy John surgery |
| Kyle Gibson | BAL | 15% | 0% | -15% | DFA’d + released |
| Name | Team | % Chg in Proj. RP IP | Reason |
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| Jordan Hicks | SFG | 111% | Moved to bullpen |
| Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | 64% | Optioned to AAA, lane back to MLB might be as RP |
| Aaron Ashby | MIL | 50% | Working in relief on rehab assignment |
| Landen Roupp | SFG | -31% | More secure in rotation with Hicks moved out |
| Elvis Peguero | MIL | -35% | Optioned to AAA |
| Colin Holderman | PIT | -39% | Thumb tenosyvonitis, visiting specialist |
| Hayden Birdsong | SFG | -46% | Moved to rotation |
| José Alvarado | PHI | -52% | 80-game PED suspension |
| Joel Payamps | MIL | -73% | DFA’d |
| Hayden Wesneski | HOU | -100% | Tommy John surgery |
| Tayler Scott | HOU | -100% | DFA’d + elected FA |
| Tyler Matzek | NYY | -100% | DFA’d + elected FA |
| Yoendrys Gómez | CHW | -100% | DFA’d (again) |
| Chris Stratton | KCR | -100% | DFA’d |
Daily SP Chart archive
The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.
Pardon the mostly note-less board tonight. I wasn’t able to get things started before catching a movie tonight (Friendship… really liked it, definitely delivered if you’re already a Tim Robinson fan!!) and I’m just beat at this late hour so after the first couple I just hit a wall for the night. As always, I’ll respond to comments if you have questions on specific guys and if I can get some time after the podcast in the morning, I’ll add some comments. I’ll also run a board-only ranking for the weekend again this week. The site at large is dark for Memorial Day so a Monday board is TBD but I really hate to miss a Monday w/the 2-start board (except this week 🙈) and I don’t have any grand plans for Monday so it shooould be business as usual for the chart even if I call it a half-holiday and go board only that day, too.
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Athletics
• The team hopes to improve their pitchers’ setup by cleaning and adding AC to the dugout bathroom.
Severino came away with the idea after a conversation with pitching coach Scott Emerson, who believes the change will help him feel more comfortable with the field, which from the mound offers a view unlike any other ballpark in MLB.
“There’s a definite weird look from the rubber to home plate with where the walkway is behind the dish,” Emerson said. “The press box is off-center, and that can kind of give you an optical illusion of maybe the plate being in a different spot, per se. I think if we can get his [bullpen] sessions off the game mound and get him more comfortable seeing the visual there, that’ll help.”
Severino also has referenced the lack of a connected clubhouse to the dugout — the A’s new two-story clubhouse at Sutter Health Park is situated behind left field — as something he has had to adjust to. His usual in-game routine on days he starts consists of heading inside the clubhouse during the half-innings he is not on the mound to either watch film or move around to keep his body warm.
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“When you don’t have a clubhouse to go to, it can be frustrating at times,” Emerson said. “We’ve just got to find a way to be better. Whether it’s going into the clubhouse from the mound every now and then to kind of relax and decompress and sit down in a comfortable chair where you control the air conditioning or heat each and every game.
“But that’s going to be tough, too, because it’s going to take two minutes to get off the field and two minutes to get back on the field. Maybe we can find a comfortable spot in the dugout or the [dugout] bathroom. Clean it up a little bit to where he feels comfortable with.”
Daily SP Chart archive
The chart includes their performance for 2025, their opponent’s wOBA rank versus the pitcher’s handedness from this year so far, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s a much riskier stream for those spots.
These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more valuable focusing on roto.
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Here are the latest significant playing time projection changes for position players since May 13. The Rockies stink, but hey, at least Jordan Beck is hitting!