by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of August 15 GRADUATED Batters CJ Cron, 1B, COL (32% to 60%) Robbie Grossman, OF, DET (50% to 54%) Rafael Ortega, OF, CHC (40% to 51%) Myles Straw, OF, HOU (45% to 51%) Starters Logan Webb, SP, SFG (46%…
James & Mick are back to discuss those players that can give you a boost in specific roto categories (BA, R, RBI, HR, and SB), all of whom are rostered in 50% of leagues or less. They also discuss whose stock rose or fell at the trade deadline. Find us…
by Mickey Bell *Stats and Roster % as of the morning of August 8 GRADUATED Batters Mike Moustakas, 1B/2B/3B, CIN (49% to 59%) Starters Patrick Sandoval, SP, LAA (49% to 52%) Relievers Gregory Soto, RP, DET (50% to 52%) 50% OR UNDER Logan Webb, SP, SFG (46%: new) Webb has…
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…