Today will be a shorter version of my dive into new everyday players, with a pair, rather than a trio. However, one name should bring fond memories of the recent past.

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We’re now less than two weeks away until the end of the regular season, so we’re closing in on the last chance to pad your counting stats! Perhaps one of these players could help.

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Welcome to an all-Angels edition of new everyday players! Incredibly, there are currently nine hitters on the IL and all nine of them have been starters at some point this season. You can almost field a pretty darn good team with these hitters, except you’d need a catcher. Naturally, all these injuries have opened up opportunities, so let’s find out who’s starting this week for the Angels.

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With only two and a half weeks to go in the season, are you competing for a Yoo-hoo shower?! Perhaps this pair could be just the jolt you need to win climb to the top, or remain there if you’ve already made it.

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Long time no see, eh? There’s never a day without at least a pair of new everyday players to report on!

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It’s another edition of our dive into new everyday players!

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With only three more weeks to go of the regular season, playing time remains king for fantasy owners. You can’t afford to be losing out on at-bats, so paying attention to playing time situations is extremely important. Let’s discuss three guys finding themselves as new everyday players.

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The final month of fantasy baseball, for those contending, should be about accumulation in small samples. If you need stats now, you have to go and find them. Yes, I’m talking about hot streaks. Many of you don’t believe in them and that’s fine. Some of you have tried to ride hot streaks in the past and have been burned. But, when you and the person holding down first place are neck and neck in a few offensive category races, you may have no choice but to continue accumulating by changing out your roster spots or at least filling spots when your main guys get an off day. Here are five players who may be available and are on wOBA hot streaks:

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Jordan Walker, STL | RosterResource

Walker has been the DH or RF in the Cardinals’ last six games. He has gone 16 for 30 in his last eight games, creating an insane .533/.545/1.033 slash line for himself. Yes, Walker has been incredibly streaky this season, but he’s 21 years old and the Cardinals may just keep rolling him out in RF despite a -17.9 Def mark on the season. A projected 0% chance of making the playoffs makes the Cardinals even more likely to keep Walker in the lineup. Walker is only rostered in 33.5% of ESPN leagues.

Davis Schneider, TOR | RosterResource

The 24-year-old rookie has only played in 19 games, but he has a .381/.500/.810 slash line with six home runs and a stolen base. Beware! His BABIP is .500 and the only time he ever hit above .300 was in 2019 rookie ball. Even more of a warning sign is his 26.9% K%. Need yet another statistic to showcase how flukey this is? Look no further than the difference between his .381 batting average and his .273 statcast expected batting average. The only question is how long will this streak continue? I would pick him up if he’s available and sit him the day after he puts up a oh’fer.

Bo Naylor, CLE | RosterResource

Naylor has hit eighth and started as the Guardians’ catcher in three of his last four starts. He hit in the nine spot in the other start. Naylor does get consistent days off as a catcher, but he’s playing well above his average currently from a wOBA perspective. In his last eight games, he has gone seven for 21 with a slash line of .333/.444/.857 and two stolen bases.

Tyler Stephenson, CIN| RosterResource

Stephenson is riding a five-game hit streak that has his slash line sitting at .533/.588/.867. That is far better than his season-long slash line of .256/.335/.388, but when you’re hot, you’re hot. He has dipped above the average line once before this season:

Stephenson has mostly been batting in the seventh spot in a potent Reds lineup, but he gets regular days off being a catcher. If you have catcher spots to fill in your lineup, consider adding Stephenson while he’s mashing. Just pay close attention to pick up on when he starts cooling off.

Mitch Garver, TEX | RosterResource

What’s up with all these catchers boosting in wOBA in the last two weeks? Garver joins the list and is doing a lot of it from the DH spot. Beware, on September 6th (last night as of this writing), Garver went 0-4. Does that indicate the hot streak is over? Who knows? Prior to last night’s oh’fer, the 32-year-old righty had gone 14 for 40 making a .350/.480/.875 slash line and recording seven home runs. Despite injury issues, Garver has put together a strong season in only 66 games, showing a season-long line of .283/.375/.543 and posting 16 home runs, his highest mark since 2019 when he put up 31. Garver could be a really nice boost to your totals if you pick and choose the matchups accordingly. His batting average against lefties (.340) is significantly higher than against righties (.265), yet he has hit all 16 of his 2023 home runs against lefties.

More new everyday players, more new everyday players!

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You know the drill, let’s talk some new lineup regulars!

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