Roto Riteup March 25, 2017

The Opening Day starters are beginning to be named which means we are super close to Opening Day and that makes us really happy. So far we have Jose Quintana starting for the White Sox, Marco Estrada for the Blue Jays, Edinson Volquez for the Marlins, and so on.

On the Agenda

  1. Carlos Ro-done…not so much
  2. J.D. Martinez
  3. D-No

Carlos Ro-done…not so much

Okay, before you start hopping on the worry bus, at this moment in time it’s just an MRI on his biceps and it came back clean.

Carlos Rodon was scratched during Friday’s start according to Dan Hayes.

The good news so far is that the Sox “don’t seem to think he has any structural damage,” but the bad news means he could miss his first couple of starts (or maybe not after some reports say otherwise) after already anticipating a bigger workload for the 24-year-old who has a 200 ADP rating.

Rodon finished his 2016 campaign tossing a 4.04 ERA with a 9.16 K/9 Ratio in 165 innings.

J.D. Martinez

We already knew J.D. Martinez’s Opening Day status was in question, but now it’s official.

The Detroit outfielder is now out for 3-4 weeks after being diagnosed with a “sprained Lisfranc ligament in his right food,” according to Chris McCosky.

He’s coming off of an abbreviated season playing in just 120 games when he battled injury so it seems like Deja Vu all over again for the former All-Star.

Steven Moya is looking like the starter in right field at the moment. Eric Longenhagen scribed about Moya who is listed as a top-19 prospect in the system saying he “is still on this list, but the clock is ticking on the bat-to-ball skills.”

D-No

The “No” has nothing to do with his playing abilities or anything like that.

Derek Norris is signing with the Rays according to Yahoo Sports’ Tim Brown. Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times adds is a “straight one-year contract.”

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He ultimately chose the Rays over the Blue Jays because he would get more playing time with Tampa. Wilson Ramos is out coming off of ACL surgery and recently had his first on the field workout at the beginning of the month and the timetable with him is still up in the air.

This opens up some opportunities for Norris who is pretty much known for just his pitch framing and not his bat. He’s coming off of a .186/.255/.328 season in 2016 with a high strikeout rate. He’s definitely not someone you should be bending over backward to snag in any fantasy format. No offense. GET IT?!

Pay attention to his exposure, though, maybe something will click.

 





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DoubleJ
7 years ago

>The Detroit outfielder…diagnosed with a “sprained Lisfranc ligament in his right food”

Good to see JD Martinez feasting on pitchers again.