Roto Riteup: August 6, 2024

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August 6, 2024

I need one of these.

On the Agenda: 

  1. Sleeper and the Bust DK Contest
  2. Closer Chaos
  3. Quick Hits
  4. Various News and Notes
  5. Streaming Pitchers

 

Sleeper and the Bust DK Contest

On most Tuesday’s and Friday’s and some other days, Paul Sporer and I will be doing a $5 draftkings game for anyone that is interested. 

 

Closer Chaos

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Justin Martinez threw a scoreless tenth inning versus the Guardians to register his first save of the season. 

Martinez came into the game in extra innings because Ryan Thompson blew the save in the ninth inning. Martinez has great stuff but struggles with control at times. The Arizona closer role is up for grabs, but this has all the makings of a committee between Martinez, Thompson, Kevin Ginkel and AJ Puk.

Quick Hits
Reynaldo Lopez was placed on the IL with forearm inflammation. The move is retroactive to August 2nd. There is no timetable for his return, but his MRI showed no structural damage so there is a hope that Lopez can return after a minimum stay. Bryce Elder was called up to take Lopez’s spot in the rotation.

Gabriel Moreno left Monday’s game with a groin injury. Consider him day-to-day but it looked like something that may require an IL stint.

Various News and Notes
Tyler Fitzgerald 2-for-4 with a home run in the victory over the Nationals on Monday.

Fitzgerald has been on an insane run over the month, hitting .350 with 11 home runs. However, the underlying contact skills aren’t overly impressive. He has a 79% zone contact and a 14% swinging strike rate. This doesn’t seem to be a massive skills change, but an unreal hot streak.

David Festa threw five scoreless innings versus the Cubs allowing just two walks and two hits in the victory on Monday.

Festa struggled in his callup before being demoted, but he has looked much better in this go around, allowing only three earned runs over his 14.1 innings of work while striking out 22. Festa has good stuff, but is exhibiting really improved command and if can continue to do so, this will be a nice second half breakout.

 

Streaming Pitchers (Under 50% in CBS)

Pitcher for Today: Jonathan Cannon at OAK

Cannon has pitched well as of late and gets a bad Oakland team in a good park. 

High Risk Options: Kyle Freeland vs NYM, Tyler Mahle vs HOU, Bailey Falter vs SD, Bryce Elder vs MIL, Davis Daniel at NYY. 

 

Pitcher for Tomorrow: Joey Estes vs CHW

Estes has been great at home and faces a bad White Sox offense in Oakland. 

High Risk Options: Javier Assas vs MIN, Paul Blackburn at COL, Trevor Rogers at TOR, Ryan Feltner vs NYM. 

For those of you that would like to see how these picks play out, I have a doc I put together to track the stats from my recommended pitchers. It does not include the “High Risk Options.”





 

Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.

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aschaefeMember since 2025
1 year ago

Am I just wishcasting or does it feel like Arizona’s closer role comes back around to Sewald after he pitches a few more clean low-leverage innings?

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