MILB, MLB and Fantasy Baseball
Witt Jr., Busch, Burns and Prospect Watch
Michael Busch has a .566 SLG and a 166 wRC+ - both lead all first basemen. He’s averaging a career high 91.4 EV and getting to the barrel 15% of the time.
Raleigh, Wood, Cruz and Prospect Watch
Cal Raleigh is pacing for a .281/116/64/138/18 slash, which has only been accomplished once in MLB’s history. Who did it? Slammin’ Sammy Sosa! In 1998 Sosa delivered .308/134/66/158/18 for the Chicago Cubs.
Acuna Jr., Cam, Devers, and Prospect Watch
Ronald Acuna Jr. is having a huge impact since returning from his 2nd ACL repair. His production so far paces for an eye popping .392/147/51/95/7 over 162 games!
Rookie Debuts, SP’s, Cal Raleigh and The Butler
With an advanced plate approach, tremendous bat speed, legit power, solid speed and good defense Roman Anthony offers a pretty complete package.
Bregman, Walker or Vinnie, and Prospect Watch
Alex Bregman’s resurgence has been a revelation for the Red Sox as he sat .297/32/11/35/1 coming into play today. That’s good for a 158 wRC+ and 2.4 WAR through 50 games.
Naylor Outrunning Carroll, Olson and Prospect Watch
Josh Naylor surprisingly has more bags than teammate Corbin Carroll - who also surprisingly has 14 home runs to Naylor’s 5. Yet both sit in the Top 50 Fantasy Baseball players YTD.
Fantasy Baseball Rundown May 2
Players that stand out in Fantasy Baseball over recent days include Roki Sasaki, Teoscar Hernandez, Cal Raleigh, George Kirby, Jorge Polanco, Nick Kurtz, Jose Ramirez, the Padres rotation, the DBacks pen, and much more!
Off To A Slow Start - Hitters
We are closing in on the end of April, which is a good time to take a look at MLB Hitters off to slow start. Should we buy low, hold, or move on from players like Willy Adames, Dylan Crews, Cody Bellinger, Ezequiel Tovar, Adley Rutschman and many others?
Around the Horn
Logan Henderson mowed down Lawrence Butler, Brent Rooker and Tyler Soderstrom in the 6th and final inning of his MLB Debut Sunday!
Mining The MLB Leaderboard - Pitchers
Most likely to finish with a WHIP below 1.00: Logan Gilbert, Paul Skenes, Garrett Crochet, Cole Ragans, and let’s include Tarik Skubal even though he currently sits at a 1.01 WHIP.
Mining The MLB Leaderboard - Hitters
It’s been the Tyler Soderstrom ATH show so far in Sacremento. The A’s young slugger has popped an MLB best 8 home runs to go along with a .328 BA, .403 OBP, and 1.137 OPS. Is it real? I’m buying it and so are advanced metrics.
The Jacksons, Elly, Tucker, Braves and Extensions
Remember that Jackson Chourio had an excellent spring and also had a big 2nd half last season. The good stuff is coming!
2025 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Preview: Targets, Fades and Prospects
“The Cardinals will have opportunities in their rotation and after breezing through the minors last year Quinn should see at least 15 big league starts this year. It’s a reasonable cost at ADP 408 and he often goes in the mid 450’s.”
Early Fantasy Baseball Drafts: Ohtani, Witt Jr., Judge, Skenes and More
Bobby Witt Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Jose Ramirez, Aaron Judge, Paul Skenes, Kyle Tucker, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jackson Chourio, Jackson Merrill, Corbin Burnes, Luis Castillo, Wyatt Langford, James Wood, Lawrence Butler, Dylan Crews, Closers and much more in this early look at 2025 NFBC Drafts.
MLB Trade Deadline, Ranking Prospects, Matt Olson and Josh Lowe
“what may have jumped at me the most is Olson’s 2024 spray chart when compared to 2023. Last year he did so much damage to all parts of the ballpark but this year he doesn’t have a single home run to the opposite field or center field!”
MLB Weighted Home Runs Plus Stolen Base Leaders
“the 2024 list specifically showcases a number of names I consider to be undervalued in many leagues. If you are looking to make a move for your pennant run consider pushing in hard and dealing for…”
NYY v BAL, Skenes, Riley, McGonigle, Brayden and Bubba
I intended to write about how exciting the Pirates top 3 starting pitchers are. So, of course, news just broke that Paul Skenes SP will start the All-Star game for the National League. I absolutely love this!
Fantasy Focus: Buy, Sell, Hold Outfielders
With Aaron Judge NYY and Juan Soto NYY you just relax and ride the wave if you are competing. Both are having amazing, league winning type seasons and short of an injury this isn’t going to change
Fantasy Focus: Infield Buy, Sell, Hold
Buy: Go get Josh Naylor CLE if you can. He’s hitting cleanup for the 1st place Guardians and currently sits .242/45/20/61/3. Naylor’s ISO is at an all time high
Wood, Ketel, Kristian Campbell and OPS Leaders
We’ve been talking about James Wood OF WAS most of the season. And you know I have felt he is ready for the big leagues for some time. We are FINALLY at the point where Wood has been promoted! He will make his debut in DC against the New York Mets and LHP David Peterson.