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We have some weather concerns we need to monitor on this early slate of baseball games.
- Milwaukee/Chicago HAS BEEN PPD
- Chicago/Detroit is not going to stay dry and there is delay potential, but it should play through without a PPD.
My favorite stack(s): Rays, White Sox
Thoughts on pitching:
I like Gerrit Cole, but I think I prefer Aaron Nola more based on his match-up. Shane McClanahan is the clear spend down.
FD | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Aaron Nola | Gerrit Cole | Shane McClanahan |
| 1B | José Abreu | Yasmani Grandal | Andrew Vaughn |
| 2B | Brandon Lowe | Javier Báez | Josh Harrison |
| 3B | Rafael Devers | Josh Donaldson | Yandy DÃaz |
| SS | Wander Franco | Xander Bogaerts | Jorge Mateo |
| OF | Luis Robert | Kyle Schwarber | Harold RamÃrez |
DK | Position | Top Tier | Mid-Tier | Value-Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Gerrit Cole | Aaron Nola | Shane McClanahan |
| C | Yasmani Grandal | Mike Zunino | Sean Murphy |
| 1B | José Abreu | Andrew Vaughn | Spencer Torkelson |
| 2B | Brandon Lowe | Josh Harrison | Tony Kemp |
| 3B | Rafael Devers | Yandy DÃaz | Jake Burger |
| SS | Wander Franco | Didi Gregorius | Jorge Mateo |
| OF | Bryce Harper | Eloy Jiménez | Harold RamÃrez |
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Addison Barger went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer on Friday in a 6-4 win over the Twins.
Everyone should be paying attention to Barger right now. This home run was his fifth in his last seven games as he now sports an .842 OPS in 42 games this season. Along with that longball, three of his four balls in play were hit at least 105.5 mph and he’s earned some of the best underlying power metrics in the league. While Andrés Giménez has returned to the lineup, Barger has kept his every day role and steadily hit in the top third of the Blue Jays’ lineup. He may be on his way to being a pivotal player to this fantasy baseball season.
Jeff Hoffman worked around a walk and recorded three strikeouts in his lone inning of work to earn the save on Friday over the Twins.
Hoffman put Byron Buxton on base as the tying run with a tough fought, two-out walk, but managed to punch out Trevor Larnach to close this game out. This now marks his longest consecutive outing stretch without allowing an earned run since the beginning of May at three.
Royce Lewis went 3-for-3 with a double, a RBI, a run scored, and a walk on Friday against the Blue Jays.
Lewis has not had a good go of it so far this season. He’s just a few games off a disastrous 0-for-28 spell and still has just a .171 batting average after this three-hit performance. Yet, we’ve seen just how hot he can get when he’s going right. So, hopefully a game like this where he doesn’t record an out and notches his hardest hit ball of the young season at 109.6 mph can light a fire.
Bailey Ober allowed five hits and five runs with one walk and four strikeouts across seven innings in a loss against the Blue Jays on Friday.
At first, Ober was cruising. It took him just 37 pitches to get through his first three innings and it felt like he was on his way to a gem. Yet, Addison Barger and the heart of the Blue Jays’ lineup had other ideas as they tagged him for seven hard-hit balls between the third and sixth innings. They had 12 hard-hit balls in total and it should be noted that Ober’s fastball velocity was down a little more than a full tick. He’ll try to right the ship next time out against the Rangers.
Sonny Gray scattered eight hits over 6 1/3 innings in the Cardinals’ 5-0 shutout of the Dodgers on Friday.
He struck out five. The eight hits amounted to just 10 total bases, and Gray didn’t give the Dodgers any free runners with walks or HBPs. It’s the fifth time this season that Gray has gone without allowing a run over at least six innings. Tarik Skubal is the only other pitcher who can say the same. Gray will take a 7-1 record and a 3.35 ERA into his next start, which could come either Wednesday against the Jays or Thursday versus the Brewers.
Justin Wrobleski gave up four runs in six innings Friday in a loss to the Cardinals.
Wrobleski, who was recalled today after three weeks in Triple-A, split the difference tonight after giving up eight runs in his lone appearance in April and no runs in his other outing in May. It’s uncertain if the Dodgers plan to give him a real shot here. They will need a fifth starter again on Wednesday, but they might just send him down for a fresh arm and deal with Wednesday when it comes.