We have a full 15-game slate on deck tonight including the second game of the Yankees-Red Sox doubleheader. We also have scattered storms too to watch but none that are likely to cause serious issues with games.
Top Tier
Corbin Burnes, MIL - Check name...see Burnes...play him. It doesn’t matter the match-up at this point for the NL Cy Young leader by most accounts, but it certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s the Cardinals who he’s already dominated twice this year with an 18:1 K:BB ratio.
Alek Manoah, TOR - Manoah has allowed just six total earned runs in his last five starts combined while also posting 39 strikeouts in those 29.2 innings. The Nationals offense has been nothing better than middle-of-the-pack since the trade deadline and in wRC+ they’ve been well below-average. Should make for a good match-up for Manoah who’s a bit lower priced than he should be as well.
Mid-Tier
Logan Webb, SF - Webb has been lights out over the last five starts with a 1.86 ERA in 29 innings and a 30:8 K:BB ratio. At home this year he’s been even better with a 1.58 ERA and 45:11 K:BB ratio in 40 innings for the Giants while holding opponents to a .201 BAA. The Mets’ offense has been anything but lights out the last few weeks with a .284 wOBA and 80 wRC+ against RHPs. Look for another great start from Webb on Tuesday.
Germán Márquez, COL - If you saw James Grande’s tweet and my response about temps and wind being favorable for hitters at Coors tonight, this might be a confusing inclusion in the pitching coach. This is simply about his home/road splits and the fact that he’s shut down the Padres a couple of times already this season. At Coors, in 82.2 innings, Marquez has a 3.05 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and .199 BAA while striking out nearly a hitter per inning. In 13 innings against San Diego, Marquez has managed a sub-1.50 ERA while striking out 16 in those innings. He’s a GPP option.
Vladimir Gutierrez, CIN - Gutierrez has managed a 1.77 ERA and a 21:8 K:BB ratio in the last 25.1 IP. That’s a pretty-quiet good stretch from the 25-year-old Cincinnati righty. The start that kicked off the stretch was against the Cubs, before the trade deadline, and he held them to two runs in 6.1 innings with five strikeouts. Since the deadline, the Cubs are striking out a whopping 32.4-percent against RHPs and have just a 67 wRC+.
Value Tier
Casey Mize, DET - It’s been an up-and-down rookie campaign for the young Tigers’ righty and the last two starts have certainly been more down than up with seven earned in 9.1 innings, prior to that though he’d had two shutout showings in a three-start stretch. The Angels come in to this match-up a bit down offensively with a 27.2-percent K-rate, .286 wOBA, and 81 wRC+ against righties the last two weeks. If Mize can get back to where he was a few starts ago, he could be a value.
Dylan Bundy, LAA - Hold on while I choke back the vomit that came up from just typing his name. Please hold...still holding...ok now we’re back. Seriously though, there is merit to this play. In the last 10 innings, I know not a lot, he’s posted a 3.94 ERA and as a whole this year his xERA is 4.64 with a 4.48 SIERA, well below his 6.17 mark of the season. He’s also facing the Tigers who, in the last two weeks, have struck out nearly 30-percent of the time versus RHPs with woeful .250 wOBA and 54 wRC+ marks as well. Take the shot in GPPs as an SP2.
Drew Rasmussen, TB - Rasmussen showed well in his last start, though it was just four innings due to a pitch limit, and it’s not like the Orioles are much of a threat offensively at this point. He should be stretched out to 75 pitches this start which should get him a shot for a win in terms of innings pitched. He’s certainly a risk given he could still be an opener type, but there are far worse options this far down the salary list.
Player News
Mariners placed RHP Bryce Miller on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 7, with right elbow inflammation.
Miller, who has been dealing with a bone spur, gave up eight runs and struck out just four over nine innings in two starts since returning from his previous IL stint. The Mariners have yet to comment on the injury, so there’s no telling right now when Miller will be back. Bone spur removal surgery, if necessary, wouldn’t necessarily end his season, though it would surely sideline him until late in the year. Logan Evans will replace him in the Seattle rotation.
Mariners recalled RHP Logan Evans from Triple-A Tacoma.
Evans, who is 3-1 with a 2.83 ERA in six major league starts this season, will face the Diamondbacks tonight. He’ll be a streaming option in mixed leagues in his home starts if he gets the chance to stick around. The Mariners are getting Logan Gilbert back, probably early next week, but they could demote Emerson Hancock instead of Evans if Evans pitches well tonight.
Rays recalled RHP Mason Englert from Triple-A Durham.
Englert had a 6.00 ERA in 18 innings out of the Rays pen before being sent down a month ago. He’ll work in middle relief for now.
Rays optioned LHP Ian Seymour to Triple-A Durham.
Seymour, called up Sunday, picked up a win in his major league debut last night, but since it took him 29 pitches to do so, right back down he goes in exchange for a fresh arm.
Twins recalled RHP Simeon Woods Richardson from Triple-A St. Paul.
This move was expected after both Pablo Lopez (lat) and Zebby Matthews (shoulder) landed on the IL. Woods Richardson should remain in the Twins rotation for at least a month, if not longer, depending on Matthews’ recovery from a shoulder injury. Before a couple of rough starts preceding his demotion, Woods Richardson was having a fine season, and his advanced metrics suggest that he’s been pitching better than his ERA would indicate. He could emerge as a streaming option in favorable matchups for deeper fantasy formats.
Nationals recalled infielder Andrés Chaparro from Triple-A Rochester.
This move was rumored on Sunday and is now official before Tuesday’s game. Chaparro hasn’t played third base in any of his minor league games this season, so he’s likely to serve as a backup first baseman and DH to Nathaniel Lowe and Josh Bell which keeps him off fantasy radars.