by Mickey Bell Trevor Story, SS & CJ Cron, 1B, COL The inverse to Jon Gray and German Marquez not getting the trade bump many hoped for is that impending free agents Story and Cron stay put and continue to play their home games at Coors Field. The lineup is…
by Mickey Bell Jon Gray and German Marquez, SPs, COL The Rockies hilariously stood pat at the trade deadline, declining to move impending free agents Gray, Trevor Story, and CJ Cron. Yes, both of these pitchers have paradoxically performed better at Coors Field this year, a move away from Colorado…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of August 1 GRADUATED Batters Joey Votto, 1B, CIN (33% to 76%) Eric Haase, C/OF, DET (47% to 63%) Harrison Bader, OF, STL (9% to 53%) Starters Jameson Taillon, SP, NYY (44% to 59%) Shane McClanahan, SP, TBR (48%…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of July 25 GRADUATED Batters Luis Urias, 2B/3B/SS, MIL (42% to 53%) Ty France, 1B/2B/3B, SEA (41% to 53%) Akil Baddoo, OF, DET (33% to 51%) Relievers Daniel Bard, RP, COL (50% to 52%) Giovanny Gallegos, RP, STL (50%…
by Mickey Bell I calculated z-scores using THE BAT X rest-of-season (ROS) projections (https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&type=rthebatx) then compared them to FantasyPro’s ECR (Expert Consensus Rankings; https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/rankings/ros-hitters.php) to find batters potentially being undervalued by fantasy experts and players. Please follow @DerekCarty, the creator of THE BAT, on Twitter and support his excellent work.…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of July 18 GRADUATED (LAST WEEK) Eloy Jimenez, OF, CWS (46% to 75%) Omar Narvaez, C, MIL (49% to 65%) Willy Adames, SS, MIL (42% to 63%) GRADUATED (THIS WEEK) Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA (49% to 62%) AJ Pollock,…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of July 5 GRADUATED Keston Hiura, 1B/2B, MIL (36% to 64%) Giovanny Gallegos, RP, STL (50% to 51%) 50% OR UNDER Logan Gilbert, SP, SEA (38% to 41%) Gilbert, MLB.com’s 31st ranked prospect, was one of my pickups of…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of June 27 GRADUATED Adam Duvall, OF, MIA (35% to 53%) James Kaprielian, SP/RP, OAK (42% to 53%) Jonathan India, 2B/3B, CIN (43% to 51%) 50% OR UNDER Avisail Garcia, OF, MIL (41%: returning) Garcia’s rostership has dropped back…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of June 20 GRADUATED Jorge Polanco, 2B/SS, MIN (50% to 63%) Amed Rosario, SS/OF, CLE (31% to 55%) Adam Wainwright, SP, STL (41% to 55%) Lucas Sims, RP, CIN (45% to 52%) Robbie Grossman, OF, DET (44% to 51%)…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of June 6 GRADUATED Luis Garcia, SP/RP, HOU (41% to 70%) Bryan Reynolds, OF, PIT (49% to 61%) Pavin Smith, 1B/OF, ARI (28% to 58%) Casey Mize, SP, DET (50% to 57%) Adbert Alzolay, SP, CHC (34% to 59%)…