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Fantasy Baseball Lineup & Roster Notes
As of FRI 6/14
- Baltimore Orioles:
- Lineup Notes:
- Ryan O’Hearn hasn’t been walking, but he’s still hitting and keeping himself in the lineup with a .274/.291/.452 slash, 4 bombs and 2 steals over the last month.
- Jordan Wesburg has run into some BABIP issues, but he has a .240/.288/.458 slash with 4 bombs and a steal over the last month regardless.
- Rotation Notes:
- It will be interesting to see if Povich sticks around and Irvin or Suarez goes back to the pen, or if they send Povich back down.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Boston Red Sox:
- Lineup Notes:
- David Hamilton is hitting second and is on an absolute tear with a .296/.348/.472 slash on the season with 4 bombs and 13 steals.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Chicago White Sox:
- Lineup Notes:
- Luis Robert is back, Eloy is on a rehab assignment and Tommy Pham is returning to the lineup Friday… onwards and upwards!
- Rotation Notes:
- Jonathan Cannon is back in the rotation with Drew Thorpe… more on them later.
- Pen Notes:
- No Update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Cleveland Guardians:
- Lineup Notes:
- Kyle Manzardo is basically starting every other game at DH for the Guardians.
- Rotation Notes:
- Gavin Williams and Joey Cantillo are working back, so keep an eye on them as possible July / August rotation candidates.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Detroit Tigers:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new except Justyn-Henry Malloy is in the lineup and hitting seventh with very little impact, but he also has a terrible BABIP thus far.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nada.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Houston Astros:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Don’t look now, but Hunter Brown is turning things around with a 3.10 ERA, 17.5 K-BB% and 3.45 SIERA in his last five starts.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Kansas City Royals:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Los Angeles Angels:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new… just waiting for a Mike Trout return.
- Rotation Notes:
- Please don’t ruin Caden Dana…
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Minnesota Twins:
- Lineup Notes:
- Willi Castro is leading off with Royce Lewis hitting third and Carlos Correa down to fifth. This lineup is hitting right now.
- In nine games, Royce Lewis has a .367/.394/.933 slash with five homers.
- Since Memorial Day weekend, Carlos Santana is hitting .306/.404/.551 with 3 bombs. Carlos Santana is a summer soldier.
- Rotation Notes:
- Chris Paddack has 71 1/3 IP this season after pitching only 27 in the previous two seasons. It’s likely he’s halfway to his cap at this point, so they will have to rely on someone like David Festa at some point.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- New York Yankees:
- Lineup Notes:
- “We want Soto!” Oh, he’s back!
- Rotation Notes:
- Poteet or Gil… who will sit for the great Gerrit Cole?
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Oakland Athletics:
- Lineup Notes:
- Tyler Soderstrom is pretty hot, probably should have put him in my weekly adds – since I added him in some leagues. He’s hitting .250/.417/.464 with three bombs over the past couple of weeks, including almost a 20% walk rate and over 90 average EV with a 15% barrel rate.
- Rotation Notes:
- No update.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Seattle Mariners:
- Lineup Notes:
- Tyler Locklear is starting at 1B every day and hitting eight with Ty France out. He’s shown some decent upside in his few games so far.
- Rotation Notes:
- Emerson Hancock is making a start after the Bryan Woo injury scare..
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Tampa Bay Rays:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Taj Bradley for some reason always performs better under the hood than on the back of the baseball card. He’s rocking a 2.99 SIERA with a 24.1 K-BB% and 14 SwStr% thanks to an inflated 19 HR/FB%.
- Aaron Civale has had a similarly bad homerun rate, but he also has a terrible GB%.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Texas Rangers:
- Lineup Notes:
- Wyatt Langford is hitting sixth and oddly has no power, he’s been hitting for a strong average and stealing some bags – but where’s that power from spring.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Toronto Blue Jays:
- Lineup Notes:
- Spencer Horwitz and Addison Barger were both promoted with Horwitz getting some decent playing time.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Yimi Garcia is having an excellent run as one of the better 2024 handcuffs from draft season.
- Lineup Notes:
- Arizona Diamondbacks:
- Lineup Notes:
- Corbin Carroll is not hitting bombs yet, but he is slashing .273/.373/.364.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Atlanta Braves:
- Lineup Notes:
- Ozzie Albies was moved up to second in the order with Austin Riley dropping down to fifth.
- Rotation Notes:
- The Braves are going six man rotation with rookies Hurston Waldrep and Spencer Schwellenbach.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- Chicago Cubs:
- Lineup Notes:
- Seiya Suzuki is cleaning up and Christopher Morel was bumped up to second in the order. Morel has a ridiculous 13 homers and 7 steals despite a .205 batting average weighed down by a .216 BABIP.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Cincinnati Reds:
- Lineup Notes:
- Jeimer Candelario has a .301/.354/.671 slash with 7 bombs and 2 steals over the last three weeks.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nick Lodolo has been so good this year with a 19.4 K-BB% and 3.38 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Colorado Rockies:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nolan Jones is back and hitting fifth, while top prospect Adael Amador is hitting ninth.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Los Angeles Dodgers:
- Lineup Notes:
- Cavan Biggio was brought in and appears to be in some sort of platoon with Miguel Rojas.
- Rotation Notes:
- Bobby Miller is re-joining the rotation next week on WED, 6/17.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Miami Marlins:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Four man rotation until Max Meyer is back.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Milwaukee Brewers:
- Lineup Notes:
- Blake Perkins has been pretty good, but with Garrett Mitchell working his way back – how much playing time will he get.
- Rotation Notes:
- Carlos F. Rodriguez had a decent first start with 4 Ks and 1 BB in 3 2/3 IP and a 3.81 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
- New York Mets:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Edwin Diaz is back!
- Lineup Notes:
- Philadelphia Phillies:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- No update.
- Pen Notes:
- Jose Alvarado has all three Phillies saves in June.
- Lineup Notes:
- Pittsburgh Pirates:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nick Gonzalez is hitting cleanup and hitting .319/.350/.511 with 3 bombs and a steal.
- Oneil Cruz is hitting .286/.316/.514 with 2 bombs and a steal.
- Rotation Notes:
- The Pirates are down a starter and Braxton Ashcraft made his first AAA start this week, so keep him on the radar.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- San Diego Padres:
- Lineup Notes:
- It’s funny to think Fernando Tatis Jr. and Christopher Morel have the same numbers, except Tatis is hitting .280.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- San Francisco Giants:
- Lineup Notes:
- Patrick Bailey is hitting third now and has a great contact rate this season with better plate skills and an almost 92 average EV. His only issue is not hitting enough barrels..
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- St. Louis Cardinals:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nolan Gorman is now hitting fourth and Nolan Arenado is hitting fifth.
- Rotation Notes:
- Steven Matz is expected back in the next week or two.
- Pen Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Lineup Notes:
- Washington Nationals:
- Lineup Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
- Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
- No update.
- Lineup Notes:
Fantasy Baseball Injury Notes
- C J.T. Realmuto (Phillies) – Realmuto is expected to miss a month after undergoing right knee surgery.
- OF Garrett Mitchell (Brewers) – Mitchell began a rehab assignment after missing the beginning of the season – hopefully he can stay healthy this time.
- SP Robert Gasser (Brewers) – Gasser is unlikely to return this year, but we aren’t quite sure about the severity of his injury at this point.
- OF Kyle Tucker (Astros) – Tucker was supposed to return from the IL on Friday after his shin injury, but the word is he will likely need a few extra days. Hopefully for the start of week 13.
- SP Gerrit Cole (Yankees) – Gerrit Cole is likely to return sometime next week as he finishes up his rehab assignment.
- SP Max Scherzer (Rangers) – Max Scherzer is another start or two from a potential return and is probably just a week (maybe two) behind Cole.
- SP Clayton Kershaw (Dodgers) – Kershaw will be starting his rehab soon and is further along in his rehab than originally thought, just like Scherzer.
- 3B Josh Jung (Rangers) – Josh Jung is starting to take ABs and could be back around the All Star Break.
- SP Ryan Weathers (Marlins) – Weathers was placed on the 15 day IL with a finger strain, because he couldn’t feel his left index finger, but one would think this is a shorter term injury.
- SP Ben Brown (Cubs) – Brown hit the IL with a stress reaction in his neck and he’s expected to miss at least a few weeks.
- OF Hunter Renfroe (Royals) – Renfroe is expected to only miss 2-3 weeks after initial reports of a broken toe, it appears to be only a bad mashing of the toe.
Tim’s Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Adds (12 Team Leagues)
NOTE: Under 50% Owned (CBS)
Last Week: 1B/3B Mark Vientos (Mets, 41%), SP Max Meyer (Marlins, 34%), SP Adam Mazur (Padres, 11%), OF Jake Meyers (Astros, 40%), 1B/OF Luke Raley (Mariners, 26%)
- 1B/3B Mark Vientos (Mets) 47% – This is his second time on this list in a row, but he’s been too good to not give him a repeat. Over the last month Vientos has a .310/.383/.549 slash with four bombs including a .353/.425/.559 slash and two bombs over the last two weeks.
- SP Drew Thorpe (White Sox) 41% – Primarily a fastball, changeup guy (though the best attribute of the fastball is where he places it), he has a nice slider he mixes in between the two and has dominated the minors to date ala Mr. Paddack. The low 90s to high 80s velo of the fastball does concern me as he didn’t look great in spring, but hopefully he can work around it with some deception or if he can average closer to 92 than 90 MPH. He had excellent command in his first start, but his swing and miss didn’t have the same bite he has shown at AA.
- SP Max Meyer (Marlins) 47% – Skip Shumaker stated he expects Max Meyer to return after soon, potentially after his next minor league start. I thought Meyer was coming back up this weekend and he still might, but it hasn’t been announced yet as of the time of this writing.
- SP Jordan Wicks (Cubs) 18% – There are so many pitchers on this list this week, which should show you where the depth is leaning between bats and pitchers at this point in time. Wicks has actually looked much better this year than last with a 16.5 K-BB% and 3.71 SIERA this season, including just destroying AAA.
***NOTE: Jordan Wicks was pulled from his start Friday with an oblique strain and is expected to hit the IL BONUS GUY HERE IS TYLER C Tyler Soderstrom
- SP Spencer Arrighetti (Astros) 35% – Arrighetti has much better underlying metrics than what his back of baseball card stats show with a 4.17 SIERA against a 5.33 ERA, while he’s starting to get some positive regression. Over his last five starts Arrighetti has a 15.2 K-BB%, 3.96 SIERA and a 3.12 ERA.
Tim’s Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Adds (15 Team Leagues)
NOTE: Under 30% Owned (CBS)
Last Week: OF Heliot Ramos (Giants, 21%), SP Cade Povich (Orioles, 7%), SP Andrew Heaney (Rangers, 19%), SP David Peterson (Mets, 7%), SP Griffin Canning (Angels, 23%)
- 1B/OF Luke Raley (Mariners) 23% – Raley is continuing to hit and, yes I dropped him down from 12 teamers to 15 teamers, but that’s mostly because there are more 15 team league guys I wanted to talk about this week. Raley has a .262/.311/.488 slash with 5 bombs and 3 steals over the last month, with a .278/.350/.611 slash 3 bombs and a steal over the last two weeks.
- SP Adam Mazur (Padres) 11% – Impeccable command with a nice hard 12/6 slider and a changeup with a ton of run. He’s been a lot more consistent with the fastball up in the zone this year and looked great in his first career start, despite an uncharacteristic four walks. He was absolutely destroyed in his last start, which gives a nice cheap buying opportunity.
- SP Cade Povich (Orioles) 23% – He’s a lanky lefty with some loopy stuff that plays up in the minors for K’s. He has a lower velo fastball, but it comes out with enough extension to hide for better performance than Liberatore’s higher velo fastball. The big pitch is his curve, which is a bit slurvy and how he tunnels it against the fastball and slider. His second start against the Braves was phenomenal, but I had Mazur ranked ahead of Povich in my prospect rankings for a reason.
- SP Jonathan Cannon (White Sox) 2% – This is your deepest of leagues add of the week. Cannon has an 18.8 K-BB% and 3.42 SIERA. The dude has a nice 95 MPH fastball and pairs it with a cutter / slider combo. He’s seriously underrated right now and basically my BUY of the week.
- SP Andrew Heaney (Rangers) 20% – Don’t look now, but Heaney has a 16.1 K-BB% on the season and 3.91 SIERA, including a 13.8 K-BB% and 4.08 SIERA over his last five starts. He might be more serviceable than a streamer in deeper leagues and worth holding. It wouldn’t be the first time Heaney had a nice season in a contract year and I only give him the slight edge to Jose Soriano because of the strikeouts.
Tim’s Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Redraft Prospects
Not promoted yet
1. OF James Wood (Nationals)
2023 A+/AA: .262/.353/.520 | 62 XBH, 26 HR, 18 SB
2024 AAA: .355/.465/.596 | 17.3 BB%, 18.3 K% | 22 XBH, 9 HR, 10 SB
Age: 21
ETA: Late June
fScores: 102 fContact, 107 fDiscipline, 108 fPower, 135 fSpeed
Comp: Lefty Aaron Judge
Prime Skills: Light tower power from the left side of the plate. He has a home run swing if we’ve ever seen one and has the biggest power upside of the top 10, even more than Wyatt Langford and Junior Caminero due to the huge 6′ 7″ frame. fPower likes Caminero and Langford a bit more at the moment due to the higher number of ground balls, which is the one thing concerning me about Wood right now – especially after watching Jordan Walker struggle with the same thing close-at-hand as a Cardinals fan.
Ranking Explanation: Wood is on the IL right now, but the Nationals are actually rolling pretty well and we could see Wood called up upon his return from the MILB IL and a good week of production or so at AAA.
***Jasson Dominguez would be placed here.
***Christian Scott would be placed here.
***Jordan Walker would be placed here.
2. 3B Junior Caminero (Rays)
2023 A+/AA: .324/.384/.591 | 56 XBH, 31 HR, 5 SB
2023 MLB: .235/.278/.353| 5.6 BB% / 22.2 K%| 2 XBH, 1 HR, 0 SB
2024 AAA: .301/.368/.540 | 8.8 BB% / 21.6 K%| 13 XBH, 7 HR, 1 SB
Age: 20
ETA: Early August
fScores: 97 fContact, 86 fDiscipline, 121 fPower, 78 fSpeed
Comp: Ronald Acuna w/o the wheels
Prime Skills: Probably the quickest bat speed in the minors with some big time power potential. He could be one of the best hitters in baseball sooner rather than later. The lack of a higher walk rate and being overly aggressive might ding him a bit in points leagues, but the power will be his carrying tool right out of the gate as he should at worst put up numbers similar to Willy Adames, but with a better batting average.
Ranking Explanation: Caminero is still out another 2-4 weeks, plus at least another 2-3 weeks of AAA recovery time before we can expect any call up, which will likely only occur after the trade deadline at this point – pushing him below Wood for re-draft reasons.
***Jackson Holliday would be placed here.
3. SP David Festa (Twins)
2023 AA/AAA: 92 1/3 IP | 119 Ks, 42 BBs | 4.19 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
2024 AAA: 48 IP | 23 K-BB%, 16.4 SwStr%, 33.4 CSW% | 3.56 ERA, 1.40 WHIP
Age: 24
ETA: Late June
fScores: 115 fStuff, 93 fControl, 106 fERA
Comp: George Kirby without a curve and worse control
Prime Skills: Festa rocks a mid-90s fastball, a plus slider and above average changeup with way above average control, which will help him cement a starter’s role in the majors in the near future.
Ranking Explanation: I think Festa could be one of the better pitchers stuff-wise who comes up this year, but the command is iffy. If he can keep the walks in check, he could be a top five rookie pitcher call up per IP.
***Heston Kjerstad would be placed here.
4. 3B Coby Mayo (Orioles, 2024)
2023 AA/AAA: .290/.410/.564, 29 HR, 5 SB
2024 AAA: .282/.353/.594, 13 HR, 3 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Early August
fScores: 89 fContact, 101 fDiscipline, 108 fPower, 77 fSpeed
Comp: Wil Myers at 3B with less speed
Prime Skills: Mayo has a quick and powerful swing that portends to 30-ish homer power with 10-ish steal speed, but he might strike out a lot as well.
Ranking Explanation: Mayo is going to be great when he gets the call, but the Orioles don’t need to promote him and I’m not convinced he’s up until Jackson Holliday gets another chance in the majors since one is on the 40 man and one isn’t. My guess is they need to clear some room with a trade before we see Mayo in the bigs and he has been on the IL since mid-May.
5. SP Ricky Tiedemann (Blue Jays)
2023 Rk/A/AA/AAA: 44 IP, 82 Ks, 23 BBs, 3.68 ERA, 1.23 WHIP
2024 AAA: 8 IP, 10 Ks, 9 BBs, 5.63 ERA, 2.00 WHIP
Age: 22
ETA: Post All Star break
fScores: 49 fPDurability, 121 fStuff, 96 fControl, 167 fERA
Comp: Good Andrew Heaney
Prime Skills: Tiedemann was a huge breakout last year and has a really nice fastball – slider combo. His changeup plays great off the slider, which is probably his best pitch. He’s a tunnel master who has a short arm / side arm funky delivery from the left side which makes his slider even tougher to pick up. He does have bullpen risk.
Ranking Explanation: Despite the pen risk, his stuff is pretty ridiculous and he’s throwing again at complex so it’s possible we see him ramp up into the majors mid-season, especially with some of the rotation injuries they have been dealing with this season. He’ scheduled to throw to hitters this week, so he might be an All Star Break call up.
6. SS Brooks Lee (Twins)
2023 AA/AAA: .275/.347/.461 | 58 XBH, 16 HR, 7 SB
2024 AAA: .278/.381/.333 | 14.3 BB%, 23.8 K% | 1 XBH, 0 HR, 0 SB
Age: 23
ETA: Post All Star Break
fScores: 95 fContact, 95 fDiscipline, 89 fPower, 66 fSpeed
Comp: Chipper Jones light meets David Freese
Prime Skills: He’s an extra base hitter and switch hitter on top of it, he has great contact skills with only 15-20 homer power to go along with above average plate skills, but no speed.
Ranking Explanation: Lee is up at AAA right now, but only a couple games in the stats are not worth posting – the good news is he’s healthy and he’s likely up once he gets a little AAA / Spring Training type assignment in.
7. SP Carson Whisenhunt (Giants)
2023 A/A+/AA: 58 2/3 IP | 83 Ks, 23 BBs | 2.45 ERA, 1.02 WHIP
2024 AAA: 51 IP | 17.9 K-BB%, 14.2 SwStr%, 31.9 CSW% | 5.47 ERA, 1.57 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: August, 2024
fScores: 121 fStuff, 93 fControl, 107 fERA
Comp: A plus version of Braxton Garrett or lefty Brandon Pfaadt
Prime Skills: He has a super slurvy-like curve and possibly the best change up in the minors, but he’s playing these against a below average fastball. Whisenhunt missed basically all of the second half in 2023 and was thrown to the wolves in the PCL in 2024, so his damage stats shouldn’t be held too much against him.
Ranking Explanation: The stuff is there, despite a terrible ERA pitching in the PCL. Snell is out with another injury and Cobb has had setbacks, so there’s a solid chance Whisenhunt debuts at some point this year, especially if Robbie Ray also runs into a setback.
8. 2B / 3B Jace Jung (Tigers)
2023 A+/AA: .265/.376/.502 | 57 XBH, 28 HR, 5 SB
2024 AAA: .284/.402/.531 | 16.5 BB%, 23.5 K% | 29 XBH, 11 HR, 1 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Late July
fScores: N/A
Comp: Nolan Gorman meets Josh Jung
Prime Skills: The pull power is legit. His swing reminds me a ton of Nolan Gorman and his approach is very similar to his brother Josh. All things look good for success, except that he will have to hit in Detroit.
Ranking Explanation: Jung is having a great season and the Tigers could really use him, I think he does come up this year after originally thinking he would be a 2025 call up.
9. SP/RP Jairo Iriarte (White Sox)
2023 A+/AA: 90 1/3 IP | 128 Ks, 45 BBs | 3.49 ERA, 1.28 WHIP
2024 AA: 42 2/3 IP | 18.6 K-BB%, 16 SwStr%, 32.9 CSW% | 2.77 ERA, 1.17 WHIP
Age: 24
ETA: Early August
fScore: 114 fStuff, 91 fControl, 124 fERA
Comp: Young Luis Severino and Ryan Pepiot mash
Prime Skills: Iriarte runs a 94-96 MPH fastball with a hard 84-85 MPH 12/6 slider that tunnel together fantastically. The fastball actually has a little bit of ride on it rather than rise and goes the opposite direction of the slider. The changeup is also a solid pitch, but most of his swinging strikes come on the slider.
Ranking Explanation: Iriarte has been dealing this year and while many think he’s slated for the pen, he is proving he has the makings of a starter.
10. SS / 3B Orelvis Martinez (Jays):
2023 AA/AAA: .243/.340/.496, 28 HR, 2 SB
2024 AAA: .247/.337/.507 | 9.5 BB%, 24.1 K% | 27 XBH, 15 HR, 0 SB
Age: 22
ETA: Mid June
Comp: Willy Adames and Marcel Ozuna mash up
Prime Skills: Martinez has a ton of power and if he can manage a major league average hit tool and reign in the strikeouts, he could end up a very productive fantasy league asset.
Ranking Explanation: Martinez could easily be starting at 3B for the Blue Jays soon if he keeps mashing like he is in the minors. An average EV around 90 and max EV over 115 gives him a ceiling as a top 10 power hitter in baseball, but I don’t think the contact rates are there for sustained success. He hasn’t been great lately, but the Blue Jays DFA’ed Cavan Biggio which is one hurdle for playing time cleared.
Honorable Mention: SP Cade Horton (Cubs), OF Chase DeLauter (Guardians), SS Colson Montgomery (White Sox), OF Jakob Marsee (Marlins), OF Drew Gilbert (Mets), SP Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers), SP Ty Madden (Tigers), 2B Thomas Saggesse (Cardinals), OF Dylan Crews (Nationals), SP Tink Hence (Cardinals), SP Tekoah Roby (Cardinals), SP Chase Hampton (Yankees), SS Carson Williams (Rays), 2B/OF Luisangel Acuna, SP Cristian Mena (Diamondbacks), SP Mick Abel (Phillies), SP Gordon Graceffo (Cardinals), SP Will Warren (Yankees), OF Jacob Melton (Astros), SP/RP Wilmer Flores (Tigers), SP Jake Eder (White Sox), OF Owen Caissie (Cubs), OF Caleb Durbin (Yankees), OF Deyvison De Los Santos (Diamondbacks), SS Jacob Wilson (Athletics), C/1B Ben Rice (Yankees), SP Gunnar Hoglund (Athletics), SP Carson Palmquist (Rockies), SP Mason Adams (White Sox), SP Blade Tidwell (Mets)
Graduated (this week): N/A
Graduated (this year): OF Wyatt Langford (Rangers), OF Jackson Chourio (Brewers), SS/OF Jackson Merrill (Padres), OF Victor Scott II (Cardinals), 2B/3B Colt Keith (Tigers), SP Jared Jones (Pirates), SS/3B Darrell Hernaiz (Athletics), 3B/OF Graham Pauley (Padres), RP Clayton Beeter (Yankees), SP Jack Leiter (Rangers), SS Jackson Holliday (Orioles), SP/RP Ben Brown (Cubs), OF Andy Pages (Dodgers), 2B Justin Foscue (Rangers), 2B/OF Joey Loperfido (Astros), SP Christian Scott (Mets), 1B / 3B Tyler Black (Brewers), OF Jordan Beck (Rockies), SP Paul Skenes (Pirates), 1B Kyle Manzardo, SP Robert Gasser (Brewers), SP Mason Black (Giants), SP Cade Povich (Orioles), SP Adam Mazur (Padres), 1B/3B Tyler Locklear, 2B Connor Norby, SP Drew Thorpe, SP Hurston Waldrep and more…
Fantasy Baseball Moves I Made This Week
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