In silence, Corey Seager (2-for-3, 4 RBIs, 27th and 28th homer) has stayed healthy all year. ‘Quiet’ because I think if you told anyone you would play in 95% of their team’s games they would be in the top 20, easily. Before yesterday, he had thirty more at-bats than Zach Neto and the exact same amount on Player Rater. You will be up late last night, so you don’t have to check on me. REALLY, never check me out. I’m not sure! He comes to me saying “You liked Seager this preseason” and I’ll say, he was decent, he’s not staying at all. You come to me saying “You were under Seager” and I’ll say, yes, he was drafted in the top 25, and he doesn’t deserve that. You see, I hedge the facts. I include the facts. It’s a big fight for me against the facts and I’m going to make Aaron Burr the facts. How are the facts? It’s delicious! I was thinking yesterday when people started making the case Ohtani is not a frontrunner for NL MVP, how can you use statistics to win any argument in baseball. Don’t like HRs and SBs? Aim for WAR for protection. Isn’t that controversial? Identify his statistics for the last month. There is truth to any argument. Any hoo! Corey Seager is a solid 30/.270 hitter, the problem isn’t stealing, so his legend value is mostly attached to his runs and RBIs. Those are just the facts. Or is it? Anyway, here’s what I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jacob deGrom – The plan is for him to make four planned renovations before they are activated. Oh, Rangers and your big-headed boss with the brains of your toddler. He will never succeed in restarting four times.
Alex Cobb – Hit IL with a broken nail. Maybe when he comes back he can exclaim, “Man, I’m here!”
Kyle Harrison – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.00. If you can broadcast everyone you can against the White Sox, you’re not trying hard enough.
Freddie Freeman -0-out of 4. He broke the hairline of his middle finger. It’s a truck driver’s job, but Freeman prefers to play with it. I think he will be fine, maybe a little stronger.
Max Muncy – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer as an IL hitter. He said he can’t say where he’s been all season but now he “believes in outer space.”
Gavin Lux – 1-for-3 with his 9th homer, 2nd homer in four games, hitting close to .400 last month. When I lost Rengifo, I turned to Lux, and he was strong in everything but stealing. Yes, I need thieves, but that’s not his fault.
Gavin Stone – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.44. It’s a sign of our time that Stone had his career high in the Ks last night. I know, it’s not like you’re a ten-year vet, but it was still ten strikes. He should have been an ace when he was first promoted. That’s right. Hopefully he has a long career ahead of him, but he’s never had double-digit K’s before. That sounds important.
Tommy Edman – 1-for-3 and his first steal, as he was activated. He said he was “chasing ETs and Muncy.” I’m not sure what you mean. Many questions about Edman yesterday. He’ll hit 9th and has some speed, maybe 2/6/.250 over the last six weeks. Well, I think there are better guys available in most mixed leagues.
Bryan Woo – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.12. He allowed one hit in the sixth and third and Lux walked Woo. Boo.
Connor Norby – 1-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI as remembered. Hmm, so I didn’t agree to take him down, because he was ready, and they seem to be doing it to use his service time, but if you’re going to do that, why call him now and not wait two weeks? So, he has power and speed, but he might hit under .200. 29.2% K% of the kids with the Marlins are concerned. You can see him catch in deep mixed leagues, but he can be a mid-range threat.
Ketel Marte – Hit IL with a sprained ankle. If you’ve been relying on Ketel, it’s time to start drinking just that.
Adrian Del Castillo – 2-for-4, 6 RBIs and a grand slam (3) and walks (1) in nine games. It’s as easy as ADC, 1, 2, 3, me and you now! The good thing is that ADC is hitting as a third baseman (24 HRs, .319 in 100 games in AAA). Surprisingly, he is worth holding. The bad news is that if Moreno ever comes back, he’s a real catcher and Del Castillo catches like a third baseman.
Joc Pederson – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 20th homer. Joc is having the most important season in mixed leagues with 15 teams and is so deep that he is set and forget like Ron Popeil, but it is a very difficult season to be listed in the mixed 12 teams if it is weekly and you see him out twice a week.
Brandon Pfaadt – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.08. Is it me (it’s not me) or are the Marlins harder to pitch against than they seem?
Kevin Gausman – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.24. I’m old enough to remember Verlander becoming a fantasy fourth starter in his early 30s, then returning to greatness, because I’m not under 12, but Gausman needs to do that. This [motions to Gausman’s entire statline] it has become number four. This is not an off year. He needs to learn to throw differently.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1-for-3 with his 26th homer. Cake Batter is the polar opposite of Gausman. In fact, he has rediscovered what made him special. You’re in luck, because it’s like Vlad Jr. six behind him ready to take his place. “My child who is crying does not sleep.” That’s Vlad Sr.
Ernie Clement – 1-for-3 and his 8th homer, 2nd homer of the week, but I picked him up two weeks ago because he has a strikeout rate of less than 8%. He could hit .300 with some speed and power in the final at-bat of the season.
TJ Friedl – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 10th homer. I’ve been obsessed with this guy for about three weeks now, and, not to get all mr. Prorater, moving at a speed of 30/20.
Paul DeJong – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 21st homer, hitting .237. Colonel Mustard on a tape deck with a Kool Moe Dee tape!
Seth Lugo – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.02. There’s nothing like getting a bad list to get you back on track. The Angels roster had Niko Kavadas as a cleanup hitter. Now you have to ask yourself, “Does Gray make up that name? Is that, like, the name of her shampoo and are you kidding me? Unfortunately, he has good hair. Wow! I have no idea!” Here’s a hint: The Kavadas didn’t go on a plate wrapped in grape leaves. “Wow! What kind of suggestion is that? Is it a Greek dessert and topped with honey? I hate Gray!”
Zach Neto – 1-for-4 with his 18th homer, hitting .261. He was promoted to 2nd in the order when Rengifo went down with an injury. Ron Washington will absolutely say that he taught Neto how to deal with hitting the right way, just like he did.
Zebby Matthews – 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 3.60. Welp, I picked him up the first week, and this was tough in two matchups, so, yeah, I’m trying to be optimistic! Shoot me!
Masataka Yoshida – 1-for-2 with his 9th homer, as he pressured Wong who was DH’ing. Yoshida hit near .400 last month; Wong is an excellent host. Oh…[walks the entire Appalachian Trail]…good.
Jarren Duran – 1-for-4 with his 16th homer, hitting .287. It may not be “early” when I write him next year.
Luis Garcia – He will not come back this year. No, not Luis Garcia. No, that one too. No, not with him! No! No! No! Yes, that’s the Astros one.
Yusei Kikuchi – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.37. It’s funny how everyone just thinks the Astros made Kikuchi better “naturally.”
Yainer Diaz – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 14th homer, and 7th homer in the last month, as he hit third. BDon pointed out to me on the podcast this week that Diaz is your best pitcher of the past month.
JJ Bleday – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer, and he was a hot schmotato last week, and I’d say it was a lot like JJ Bleweek.
Joe Boyle – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.21. My FAAB bids this Sunday were Zebby and then Boyle. Why can’t people beat me with Zebby?
Pete Fairbanks – Hit the IL with a lat strain. Taking over him as the rays are ‘near [names everyone in their pen]but i love it [whoever gets the first post-Fairbanks save]. If you have to catch someone, I’d guess Edwin Uceta, Garrett Cleavinger or Manuel Rodriguez, that order, but Uceta was pitching in the 4th inning a few weeks ago, so I don’t really know who’s getting the money.
Hello Bradley – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.55. Two hits in six innings is not back.
Trevor Rogers – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.92. Rogers should apologize to the Marlins and be like, “I take back what I said after the trade. The O’s coaching is as bad as the Marlins.”
Seranthony Dominguez – 1/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.24. I didn’t hear what Brandon Hyde said after the game, but I’d like to think he said something like, “Dominguez is still our man, that was a good hitter coming into a good ballpark.” Because I would laugh at that man’s naiveté. Wow, yes. Yes, Seranthony is very safe. You’ve never quit a game before!
David Peterson – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.00. I told you he was sleeping! [tomato thrown just misses my head] Okay, it was 2023, but come on! [more tomatoes are thrown as I run out of the room] According to Wuertz, the Streamonator hates the following, and I don’t fully trust it either.
JD Martinez – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 13th homer. Who will hit less than ten homers next season, Arenado or Just Dong?
Tarik Skubal – It sounds like this past Sunday’s start could be his last start of regular rest to limit his IP. You don’t have to let the dogs loose to feel the woof afterwards. I love baseball, obviously, and I can handle 365 games in a season, but it might be time to shorten the season to 140 games. Not just because of Skubal, but September is going to be a mess of 4 IP starts and other pitchers getting shut down.
Austin Riley – He left the year with a broken hand. Ever heard of Hiroo Onoda? He was a Japanese soldier in WWII who hid in the Philippines for 29 years and never heard the end of the war. He surrendered in 1974, until the war ended in 1945. Well, instead of surrendering, if he was killed in 1974, thinking the war was still going on, that’s the luck the Braves had this year. They are said to go with Luke Williams at No. 3, but the Braves should consider hiding in the Philippines until 2025.
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