Roto Riteup: June 27, 2016

by Zach Sanders

June 27, 2016

Today’s Roto Riteup wishes you a happy Monday, and hopes you’re able to limp through the workday with your baseball hangover.

On the agenda:
1. Fun with arbitrary endpoints: Hitters
2. Fun with arbitrary endpoints: Pitchers
3. Various News and Notes
4. Streaming Pitcher Options

Fun with arbitrary endpoints: Hitters

Last 2 Weeks (As of Saturday)

	PA	HR	SB	K%	AVG	OBP	SLG
Kevin Pillar	52	4	0	25.0%	0.275	0.288	0.549
Justin Turner	55	5	0	12.7%	0.327	0.364	0.673
Adam Jones	59	6	1	22.0%	0.339	0.373	0.696
Scooter Gennett	50	2	1	22.0%	0.333	0.400	0.556
Didi Gregorius	45	2	1	8.9%	0.357	0.400	0.571

SOURCE: @zvsanders | FanGraphs

Fun with arbitrary endpoints: Pitchers

Pitchers, Last 5 GS vs 5 GS Before

		IP	K	BB	HR	ERA	WHIP	BABIP
Nate Karns	Last 5 GS	23.1	27	17	2	7.33	1.84	0.369
Nate Karns	5 GS Before	27.0	24	11	1	5.33	1.56	0.361

Chris Sale	Last 5 GS	33.1	33	7	5	4.05	1.32	0.340
Chris Sale	5 GS Before	33.2	37	9	3	2.94	1.01	0.259

Trevor Bauer	Last 5 GS	38.2	38	9	1	1.86	0.88	0.242
Trevor Bauer	5 GS Before	30.1	23	11	3	3.86	1.29	0.278

Zachary Davies	Last 5 GS	33	36	6	2	1.64	0.79	0.228
Zachary Davies	5 GS Before	28.1	19	8	5	3.81	1.13	0.229

SOURCE: @zvsanders | FanGraphs.com

Various News and Notes
In his second game with the Rays, Oswaldo Arcia smacked a homer, a double, and a single. Arcia’s got some pop, but his strikeout rate is too high for a man with his mediocre discipline. The Twins were unwise to release him, and the Rays are going to try to coax the power out of his bat.

Jose Fernandez continues to miss bats, striking out 13 against the Cubs to raise his K/9 above 13 on the year. While this author admits to only seeing a scatter dozen innings of Fernandez on the mound, his curveball has been insane, and while he could use some coaching on limiting his pitch count, he remains one of the top-4 starters in the National League, if not all of baseball.

Streaming Pitcher Options
If you enjoy streaming pitchers or play DFS, tune into the Roto Riteup for recommendations each and every day.

A pitcher for today: Daniel Mengden at SFG (Jeff Samardzija)
Mengden has been impressive in his few MLB starts, so enjoy him in an NL ballpark.

A pitcher for tomorrow: Erik Johnson vs BAL (Ubaldo Jimenez)
Johnson hasn’t been special as a member of the Padres, but he’s a decent starter in a good balppark facing off against a poor opponent.

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feslenraster

7 years ago

E Johnson stinks, I’d rather have Ubaldo….if I were desperate that is. I trust the Orioles hitting and hot bats than the Padres.

balancedman178

Reply to feslenraster

Baltimore is also top 5 in all mlb in R, HR and average, not a poor opponent. Please dont make such careless commentary!

Jackie T.

Reply to balancedman178

Agreed. What is the point of giving advice if you’re going to put zero thought into it and be flat-out wrong? Just don’t do it if you don’t have the time and haven’t been following baseball too closely this year.

bcpkid

Reply to Jackie T.

I think he mixed up Jimenez and Johnson. Ubaldo/Orioles makes more sense in the last sentence.

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Reply to bcpkid

There was a whole rationale behind it, however uninformed it appears! Not a mix-up. I think the point was “pick the SD home pitcher who isnt a big name but not know/look up how good Baltimores offense is” and thats why it’s frustrating.

You don’t mean my commentary, right? heh. Yeah, I was surprised by this too.

Yeah no I meant the authors. Was just adding on to your comment!

Oh, I see! I agree then 100%. No idea why ANYONE would pick E Johnson in real life baseball or fantasy, honestly. He might be an okay reliever, but so far he’s proven to be a liability.

BAL	CHW	LAA
BOS	CLE	OAK
NYY	DET	SEA
TBR	KCR	TEX
TOR	MIN	HOU

ATL	CHC*	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
WSN	MIL	LAD
NYM*	PIT	SDP*
PHI	STL	SFG