Fantasy Baseball Fallers: Randy Arozarena, Mike Soroka, Bo Bichette

It’s Thursday. You know what that means.

Every week during the fantasy baseball season we do a stock report looking at players whose value is rising or declining. If there are specific players you want me to dive into, feel free to tag me on Twitter.

Now, without any further ado, let’s get to it. Here are a few fantasy baseball fallers in value based on their recent performance.

Fantasy Baseball Stock Report (Week 6)

Here are a few fantasy baseball fallers in value based on their recent performance.

Fantasy Baseball Fallers

On the flip side, here are a few players trending down that have been disappointing for fantasy baseball managers.

Randy Arozarena (OF – TB)

We all know “Playoff Randy” picks his game up in the postseason, but he’s been one of the coldest hitters so far this year. Among qualified hitters, Randy Arozarena has the third-worst wOBA (.213) and the fourth-worst wRC+ (39).

He does have an extremely low batting average on balls in plays (BABIP) of .173, so perhaps his poor performance has been the result of some bad luck. It’s still concerning to see a player who bats in the heart of the Rays lineup every day have a -0.6 WAR.

Michael Soroka (SP – CWS)

On the flip side of the coin, Michael Soroka has been arguably the worst qualified starter this season. His xFIP ranks dead last at 5.69 and his strikeout rate is remarkably low at just 10.6%. His walk rate is also the third-highest (12.6%) and his HR/9 is the sixth-highest (1.89).

There isn’t much to get excited about in Soroka’s profile. The only thing to look at when he toes the rubber is opposing hitters boosting their numbers.

Bo Bichette (SS – TOR)

That leads us to another shortstop, but one that has not been hot this season. Bo Bichette has typically hit for a high wOBA over his six-year career, but so far this season he is sporting just a .252 mark, significantly lower than his .348 career average.

The 26-year-old has been striking out just 14.8% of the time this season, a notable drop from his 20.5% average, but it hasn’t resulted in him getting on base at a higher rate.

The entirety of the Blue Jays offense has been underperforming at the moment. Perhaps some warmer May weather can heat some of these bats up.