Fantasy Baseball Risers: Bryson Stott, Andy Ibanez, Brenton Doyle

We have made it to the eighth week of the fantasy baseball season. There were some awe-inspiring performances causing values to rise. 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 baseball 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 of the fantasy baseball risers and fallers of Week 8.

Fantasy Baseball Risers/Fallers

Andy Ibanez (2B, 3B, OF – DET)

Andy Ibanez has been heating up since returning from the injured list (IL), and last week was big. He hit safely in four games with two doubles, two home runs and a stolen base. Ibanez was locked in as he barreled the ball 18.8% of the time with a 62.5% hard-hit rate. Ibanez had an impressive 1.229 OPS and 246 wRC+. Ibanez will continue to see playing time all over the diamond for the Tigers and should supply some fantasy goodness in deeper formats and even in 12-team leagues while he’s swinging it like this.

Bryson Stott (2B – PHI)

After a slow start to the season, Bryson Stott has picked things up at the plate. Last week, Stott hit safely in four out of five games for a .438 average. He hit three extra-base hits while scoring five runs, driving in six and stealing three bases. Stott even walked 22.7% of the time while striking out 18.2%, which is excellent for a speedster. Stott has been locked in for a couple of weeks. He looks to be in store for a nice repeat of last season’s success.

Brenton Doyle (OF – COL)

Brenton Doyle went from faller to riser in a week. This past week, Doyle hit .350 with four extra-base hits, including a home run, while stealing three bases. Doyle barreled the ball 11.1% of the time with a 44.4% hard-hit rate while also walking 12.5% of the time. Doyle is now hitting .289 on the season with four home runs and seven stolen bases. He makes for a solid fourth or fifth outfielder in most formats.