Ottoneu Hot Right Now: June 23, 2026

Hot Right Now (HRN) is a weekly Ottoneu feature focused on popular players currently being auctioned or players who you should think about auctioning in your Ottoneu leagues. Even if you don’t play Ottoneu, we’ll be highlighting players you should be looking at in deeper and keeper formats. In this feature, we will break down players into two sections:

1. Current Auctions: A closer look at players being auctioned at a high rate.
2. Hot Performers: Players with a high P/G or P/IP over the last 14 days who are also rostered in 80% of leagues or less.

The RotoGraphs Ottoneu team plans to run this feature weekly, updating fantasy managers on the biggest movers in Ottoneu leagues with an analysis of how these players could or could not help your roster.

Current Auctions

Blaze Alexander — 37 current auctions — 41.4% roster%

With Jeremiah Jackson slowing down after his hot start to the season, Blaze Alexander is the latest Orioles utility infielder to heat up. Since the beginning of May, he’s compiled a .389/.427/.583 slash line (a 180 wRC+) in 119 plate appearances and has taken over as the full-time third baseman in Baltimore while filling in around the diamond from time to time. From a skills standpoint, Jackson and Alexander are fairly similar; both have aggressive approaches at the plate, don’t have much power to speak of, and rely on turning a ton of their balls in play into hits. Alexander’s .394 BABIP is bound to fall back towards league average sometime this summer which will hamper his overall results. It’s a profile that’s prone to streakiness, both hot and cold. If you need a flexible utility player for your fantasy squad, Alexander could be a worthy option if you’re ready to jump off the train when his batted ball luck inevitably swings.

Hot Performers
Players with a high P/G or P/IP over the last 14 days rostered in 80% of leagues or less.

TJ Rumfield — 10.4 FGPts/G (last 14 days) — 79.0% roster%

Over the last two weeks, TJ Rumfield has collected 15 hits and five home runs, good for a .333/.423/.800 slash line (a 215 wRC+). Granted six of his games came at home in Coors Field and another three came in Las Vegas in that launching pad. Still, on the season, his home/road splits aren’t as pronounced as you might expect from a Rockie; his wOBA at home is just 13 points higher than it is on the road. His underlying batted ball metrics aren’t that impressive but his plate approach gives him a solid floor. His home ballpark gives him enough of a ceiling that he’s valuable as a depth first baseman that you can stream when he’s playing at home.

Victor Caratini — 8.7 FGPts/G (last 14 days) — 6.1% roster%

Victor Caratini has been on fire since the calendar flipped to June, posting a .378/.462/.667 slash line (a 211 wRC+) with three home runs this month. He was one of my favorite bench options in Ottoneu because I figured he’d get plenty of playing time as the Twins backup catcher while also seeing time at designated hitter and first base. He’s started a little under two-thirds of Minnesota’s games this year, though he really struggled through most of April and May, leading me to cut him in all three leagues I drafted him in. The reason why he’s continued to get playing time is because Ryan Jeffers is on the IL with a fractured hamate bone and will be sidelined for another month or so. If you’re desperate for a catcher, Caratini isn’t the worst option in the world, though I’m going to assume that he’s going to lose a lot of playing time as soon as Jeffers returns.

Brad Lord — 6.5 FGPts/IP (last 14 days) — 11.7% roster%

Brad Lord has carved out a role as a multi-inning fireman in the Nationals bullpen this year. Twenty of his 23 relief appearances have been longer than an inning and he’s allowed just four runs total since the beginning of May. His strikeout-to-walk ratio during this stretch has been solid at exactly 3.0 and he’s collected a save and three holds. The average leverage index when he enters the game has steadily increased as the season has progressed, indicating a greater level of trust from manager Blake Butera. Lord doesn’t have the gaudy strikeout rates that you’d want to see from a lockdown reliever, but he’s earned the high-leverage opportunities and is producing a ton of bulk innings, which would be particularly valuable in head-to-head leagues.