Roto Riteup May 20, 2017

Joey Gallo keeps hitting the ball, and he’s hitting the ball hard. His .188 batting average this season is kind of joke sitting next to his .500 slugging average, but he does have 13 home runs in 42 games and he’s showing more discipline at the plate. But you really can’t get worse than a 63.3% strikeout rate he left behind him last season.

Joey Gallo doing Joey Gallo things. Wow pic.twitter.com/pc3XqqQUn8

— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 20, 2017

On the Agenda

1. News and Notes (basically a long list of injuries)
2. Ander-SON
3. Probable DFS Pitchers

News and Notes

–Albert Pujols gave us some great news in regards to his latest MRI on his hamstring. The Orange County Register reported Pujols’ MRI came back clean. He had some hamstring issues but should be back in the lineup Saturday and by the latest, Sunday.

–Justin Turner’s news about a possible hamstring injury is turning into a trip to the disabled list. Dave Roberts announced he will more than likely place him on the D.L. The team promoted Brett Eibner, but the outfielder could just be used as a placeholder until Turner comes back.

–Jeremy Hellickson was feeling some tightness in his back following Friday’s outing against Pittsburgh, but the good news is it’s not looking like anything serious and he should be fine for his next start. But pay attention to the Phillies news just in case.

–Josh Donaldson’s Twitter game isn’t being impacted by his injury, but his recovery from a strained right calf is taking a bit longer to come back from than we anticipated. He’s creeping closer to his rehab assignment though.

-You know I love Ryan Goins. He will continue taking over at shortstop in Troy Tulowitzki’s absence. Tulo is still doing well in his rehab assignments, it just seems he needs more outings before he’s back in a major league uniform.

Ander-SON 

I always get nervous over a Colorado Rockies pitcher, and when it comes to Tyler Anderson, it’s a lot like a box of chocolates.

Friday, he earned his third win of the season when he struck out seven batters in six innings. He had just four balls hit off of him in the win over the Reds.

Anderson has a 9.19 K/9 rating with a 3.96 SIERA and has taken off a huge chunk from his groundballs this season. Bats are hitting more flyballs off of him, but that 25.6% home run to flyball ratio is kind of gross.

There’s no hard contact rate behind him, and some of those surface stats could make you turn your nose, but that strikeout to walk rate makes him an interesting play.

Probable DFS Pitchers

Vince Velasquez @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Max Scherzer @ Atlanta Braves (and all of the teams)

Mike Fiers vs Cleveland Indians

Carlos Martinez vs. San Francisco Giants

Justin Verlander vs. Texas Rangers

Robbie Ray @ San Diego Padres