We have made it to the second week of the MLB season. There were some awe-inspiring performances. As usual, there were some great and rough performances to dig into. This weekly column will help highlight hot and cold players/risers and fallers for fantasy purposes.
Some players are already rostered in many places so trades may be in order. Other players may be widely available, making a potential waiver wire claim in the cards. I will highlight some known and lesser-known players this week. So let’s see some fallers for fantasy baseball Week 2.
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Fantasy Baseball Fallers: Week 2
Harold Ramirez started the season as the Rays’ primary DH and struggled tremendously. He collected one hit over the four games to start the season for a .059 average. He did not collect a barrel and had a measly hard-hit rate of 28.6%. The Rays have many options on their team, so Ramirez’s continued struggles could lead to decreased playing time.
Besides the offseason discourse around Anthony Rendon making so many not like him, the start to his season won’t help him either. He started in three of four games for the Angels, leading off in all three. He did not collect a hit. Rendon struck out 27.5% of the time with a 25% hard-hit rate. Rendon looked horrible at the plate, and hopefully, he’ll find himself on the bench in favor of Luis Rengifo sooner than later.
Jeff McNeil has not been a fantasy juggernaut for a few seasons. The start of the season could have been better, too. He hit fourth for two games and sixth in the other but only picked up one hit. He did not strike out, which is a plus, but zero barrels and a 27.3% hard-hit rate are neither great. McNeil should not be hitting in the middle of the batting order and should not be on your fantasy team.
The fantasy world was over the moon when Victor Scott was promoted to take Lars Nootbaar‘s spot on the Cardinals’ roster. Scott collected two hits over his first four games, including a double. He did steal a base, his biggest fantasy asset, but he needs to do much more for fantasy managers. If Scott does not start producing quickly, he could be demoted when Nootbaar returns in a week or so.
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