What’s On Second? (8/10/20-8/16/20)

August 2, 2020

Sometimes you are all set for the week. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start thinking about the future. This article takes a look ahead for the following week to see if maybe there are things to consider or players to stash that may not have as much value right now. Don’t forget to check out the companion article to this one, Who’s On First?

Upcoming Schedule

Schedule for 8/10/20-8/16/20

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
	8/10	8/11	8/12	8/13	8/14	8/15	8/16
BAL	OFF	@PHI	@PHI	@PHI	WSN	WSN	WSN
BOS	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	@NYY	@NYY	@NYY
NYY	OFF	ATL	ATL	OFF	BOS	BOS	BOS
TBR	@BOS	@BOS	@BOS	@BOS	@TOR	@TOR	@TOR
TOR	OFF	MIA	MIA	OFF	TBR	TBR	TBR
CHW	@DET	@DET	@DET	STL	OFF	STL	STL
CLE	OFF	CHC	CHC	OFF	@DET	@DET	@DET
DET	CHW	CHW	CHW	OFF	CLE	CLE	CLE
KCR	OFF	@CIN	@CIN	OFF	@MIN	@MIN	@MIN
MIN	@MIL	@MIL	@MIL	OFF	KCR	KCR	KCR
HOU	SFG	SFG	SFG	OFF	SEA	SEA	SEA
LAA	OAK	OAK	OAK	OFF	LAD	LAD	LAD
OAK	@LAA	@LAA	@LAA	OFF	@SFG	@SFG	@SFG
SEA	@TEX	@TEX	@TEX	OFF	@HOU	@HOU	@HOU
TEX	SEA	SEA	SEA	OFF	@COL	@COL	@COL
ATL	@PHI	@NYY	@NYY	OFF	@MIA	@MIA	@MIA
MIA	OFF	@TOR	@TOR	OFF	ATL	ATL	ATL
NYM	WSN	WSN	WSN	WSN	@PHI	@PHI	@PHI
PHI	ATL	BAL	BAL	BAL	NYM	NYM	NYM
WSN	@NYM	@NYM	@NYM	@NYM	@BAL	@BAL	@BAL
CHC	OFF	@CLE	@CLE	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL
CIN	OFF	KCR	KCR	PIT	PIT	PIT	PIT
MIL	MIN	MIN	MIN	@CHC	@CHC	@CHC	@CHC
PIT	@STL	@STL	@STL	@CIN	@CIN	@CIN	@CIN
STL	PIT	PIT	PIT	@CHW	OFF	@CHW	@CHW
ARI	@COL	@COL	@COL	OFF	SDP	SDP	SDP
COL	ARI	ARI	ARI	OFF	TEX	TEX	TEX
LAD	SDP	SDP	SDP	SDP	@LAA	@LAA	@LAA
SDP	@LAD	@LAD	@LAD	@LAD	@ARI	@ARI	@ARI
SFG	@HOU	@HOU	@HOU	OFF	OAK	OAK	OAK

Things to Consider
Most prospects teams are trying to get an extra year of service time are now eligible to come up. We have already seen a few and more should be coming soon.

The Blue Jays, Indians, and Marlins only play five games in Week 2.

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The Diamondbacks and Rangers play in Colorado.

The Rockies are at home all week! The Reds, Yankees, Blue Jays, Tigers, Astros, Angels, and Phillies are also only playing at home this week.

The Rays, Royals, Athletics, Mariners, Braves, Nationals, Pirates, and Padres are all on the road all week.

Double Headers are only seven inning games.

Pickups
Nate Lowe– Ji-Man Choi has been dreadful and the Rays have plans on doing damage this year and can’t afford to keep running him out there.

Daulton Varsho– Varsho is an offense only catcher that could be a top 5-10 catcher if he gets consistent playing time. Also has a Colorado series coming up.

Spencer Howard– Once the Phillies are back, I assume Howard will follow shortly after.

MacKenzie Gore– Maybe the most recent Joey Lucchesi blow up means Gore is coming soon?

Dylan Carlson– As soon as the Cardinals start playing, Carlson should be up.

Daniel Lynch and Jackson Kowar– Kris Bubic is already up, but Lynch and Kowar aren’t far behind. Time for the Royals to see what they have in these young arms.

Likely Two-Start Pitchers Worth Considering
Daniel Ponce De Leon- He’s also in my Who’s on First Article this week with a good matchup if the Cardinals get to play this week.

Tyler Mahle– Gets Kansas City and Pittsburgh in a two step.

Cristian Javier– Impressive in his first start and gets San Francisco and Seattle in an amazing two-start week.

Randy Dobnak– If he stays in the rotation he get Milwaukee on the road and Kansas City at home.