Tim Kanak | Sat, Jun 1st 2024, 1:15pm EDT

Fantasy Baseball Roundup: News, Injuries, Waiver Wire & Prospects (Week 11)

Welcome back to the best fantasy baseball weekly column on the internet, as we enter Week 11 of the fantasy baseball season.

The goal of this column for us to give you the most fantasy baseball-relevant information all in one place for a variety of league types to hopefully be your one stop shop, or at least the shop you have to hit on the way to all the other shops for fantasy baseball information from news, to lineup and roster notes, injury updates, waiver recommendations for different lead types, prospect rankings, moves we made and a weekly deep dive into something relevant. Here is our fantasy baseball roundup for Week 11.

Fantasy Baseball Roundup

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Fantasy Baseball Lineup & Roster Notes

As of FRI 5/31

Baltimore Orioles:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Gunnar Henderson might win MVP (164 wRC+). Henderson vs. Kyle Tucker right now.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Injuries have pushed Albert Suarez and Cole Irvin back into the rotation. Dean Kremer will be back, but a Cade Povich call up should be considered imminent.
- Pen Notes:
  - Craig Kimbrel is back to dealing with 0 ER and 4 saves in his last 5 outings.
Boston Red Sox:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Is Rafael Devers regretting the extension? Rob Resnyder is hitting third right now with Tyler O’Neil out.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Cooper Criswell is pretty locked in now with Garrett Whitlock going down for the year, he’s been solid this year with a 16.7 K-BB% and 3.58 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Chicago White Sox:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Corey Julks is playing every day right now, but Luis Robert should be back soon.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Nick Nastrini has been giving up a ton of homers this year in AAA and in the majors.
- Pen Notes:
  - No Update.
Cleveland Guardians:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Steven Kwan is back and is at leadoff, while Kyle Manzardo and David Fry seem to be in some sort of platoon with Manzardo on the strong side.
- Rotation Notes:
  - The Guardians are running four man rotation right now with Carrasco going down and Gavin Williams working his way back.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Detroit Tigers:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Matt Vierling is hot and hitting third right now with a .309/.341/.605 slash line in May with 5 bombs, 21 RBI and 3 triples with Carpenter out it should only increase his playing time.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Casey Mize needs to go down, he’s the weak point in the rotation.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Houston Astros:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Kyle Tucker has a 177wRC+.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Spencer Arrighetti has not been as bad as he looks – he has a 14 K-BB% and 4.04 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Kansas City Royals:
- Lineup Notes:
  - I suppose Bobby Witt Jr. should be considered in the MVP running as well with a 149 wRC+.
  - Nelson Velazquez might be starting a heater from the 5 hole.
  - Salvy is hitting .320/.383/.529, which is perhaps the best slash of his career over 50 games.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Brady Singer has still been very good and underrated with a 17.6 K-BB% on the season and 3.40 SIERA.
  - Seth Lugo might be the luckiest starter in baseball to date with a 1.72 ERA against a 3.85 SIERA and a .251 BABIP and near 90% LOB%. Regression will be coming.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Los Angeles Angels:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Luis Rengifo is so underrated, he plays every position and has a .368/.419/.561 slash with 2 homers and 3 steals in May, hitting second.
  - Taylor Ward may apparently be traded by the deadline, is this the final straw for Mike Trout?
  - Logan O’Hoppe is hitting fifth and has 5 bombs in the months of May.
- Rotation Notes:
  - This pitching has been bad.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Minnesota Twins:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Edouard Julien was moved from leadoff to 6th in the lineup since he’s hitting like a power bat with Trevor Larnach being the most surprising leadoff hitter in baseball this year.
  - Royce Lewis should be back very soon.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
New York Yankees:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Anthony Volpe has just been great this year, continuing the better profile with a .295/.350/.473 slash in May as the leadoff hitter.
  - Alex Verdugo is still holding down the cleanup spot, while Jasson Dominguez is destroying AA with 3 bombs in 8 games now.
  - Gleyber Torres is breaking out of his funk with a 145 wRC+ over his last 15 games.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Cody Poteet is joining the Yankees rotation with Clarke Schimdt going down.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Oakland Athletics:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Zack Gelof is back in the lineup and struggling. Tyler Soderstrom is back up and struggling.
  - JJ Bleday is hitting second and has a five homers with a 156 wRC+ in May.
- Rotation Notes:
  - The Athletics have changed ⅘ of their rotation this season with Aaron Brooks, Mitch Spence, Joey Estes and Hogan Harris – none of which are worth owning except in the deepest of leagues.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Seattle Mariners:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Dylan Moore may be the most valuable player to date in this lineup with 6 homers, 8 steals and a 136 wRC+ this season from the 9 hole and now starting every day.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Before Friday’s start, Bryan Woo had been rocking a 1.66 ERA and 0.60 WHIP.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Tampa Bay Rays:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Brandon Lowe is back and hitting second, while Richie Palacios and Jonny Deluca are playing most days.
- Rotation Notes:
  - The Rays IL rotation is Shane McClanahan, Zach Eflin, Jeffrey Springs and Drew Rasmussen.
- Pen Notes:
  - Pete Fairbanks is back, but only has one save in five appearances since his return.
Texas Rangers:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Wyatt Langford is back, but hitting seventh.
  - Corey Seager is hitting .289/.393/.667 with 11 homers in May.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Jack Leiter is stuck in AAAA limbo right now.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Toronto Blue Jays:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Davis Schneider is leading off and destroying the last couple of weeks.
  - Danny Jansen has a .299/.373/.557 slash with 5 homers this season.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Nothing new
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Arizona Diamondbacks:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Joc Pederson has been phenomenal with a .313/.370/.552 slash and a 162 wRC+ in May.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Slade Cecconi is back, joining Blake Walston with Gallen going down.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update
Atlanta Braves:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Michael Harris II is hitting first with Acuna going down and the lineup now goes Harris, Riley, Ozuna, Olson, Albies.
- Rotation Notes:
  - The Braves are running a six man rotation right now with Spencer Schwellenbach and Ray Kerr. Schwellenbach had a decent first start, keep an eye on him.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Chicago Cubs:
- Lineup Notes:
  - The Cubs lineup is struggling right now as PCA is coming up to start in CF moving forward.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Ben Brown as a starter has a 19.3 K-BB% and 1.80 ERA with a 0.90 WHIP.
- Pen Notes:
  - Hector Neris might be the worst closer in baseball.
Cincinnati Reds:
- Lineup Notes:
  - TJ Friedl is back and leading off.
  - Jeimer Candelario has been warming up in May with a .262/.326/.476 slash with 3 bombs.
- Rotation Notes:
  - It’s possible Nick Marinez re-joins the rotation with the Nick Lodolo IL stint.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Colorado Rockies:
- Lineup Notes:
  - This lineup is so boring.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Nothing new.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Los Angeles Dodgers:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Ohtani is so friggin good he’s going to win MVP this season as a DH only. He has a 187 wRC+ with 14 bombs and 13 steals.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Walker Buehler has been solid with a 17.9 K-BB% and 3.48 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
  - Evan Phillips is back!
Miami Marlins:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Nothing new.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Ryan Weathers has a 17.9 K-BB% with a 3.21 SIERA in May.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
Milwaukee Brewers:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Rhys Hoskins is back!
- Rotation Notes:
  - Robert Gasser is good, get him while you can!
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.
New York Mets:
- Lineup Notes:
  - JD Martinez is getting hot!
- Rotation Notes:
  - Christian Scott was sent down… I guess they are giving up?
  - David Peterson is back after killing it in the minors.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
Philadelphia Phillies:
- Lineup Notes:
  - JT Realmuto is hitting second.
  - Bryson Stott had a .275/.390/.413 slash with 3 bombs and 9 steals in May.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Will the Ranger Suarez regression monster come? He was really good in May, under the hood and over the hood with a 20.5 K-BB rate and 3.23 SIERA.
- Pen Notes:
  - Jose Alvarado had 4 saves and Jeff Hoffman had 2 saves in May.
Pittsburgh Pirates:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Andrew McCutchen has a .273/.366/.477 slash with 5 bombs and a 140 wRC+ in May.
  - Is Nick Gonzales breaking out? He has a .386 BABIP (which says no), but a 14.6% barrel rate and .234 ISO with a 91 average EV say yes!
- Rotation Notes:
  - Paul Skenes has a 29.8 K-BB% and 2.22 SIERA through four starts.
  - Jared Jones has a 17.5 K-BB% and 3.64 SIERA in May, so he’s slowing down.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
San Diego Padres:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Jurickson Profar is finally breaking out, 10 years later. He has a 169 wRC+ on the season and it’s pretty legit.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Joe Musgrove is back, while Dylan Cease has been regressing to his mean.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
San Francisco Giants:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Matt Chapman has been sneaky alright this year, while Luis Matos has been bad since his 6 RBI game a couple weeks back.
  - Patrick Bailey is back and hitting fifth, he’s a buy with a .299/.352/.477 slash that looks legit.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Blake Snell is back.
- Pen Notes:
  - Nothing new.
St. Louis Cardinals:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Alec Burleson is hitting second with Nootbaar out and has a .289/.321/.428 slash with 5 bombs on the season.
  - Masyn Winn is hitting .308/.358/.440 with 2 bombs and 7 steals and might be in the lead for ROY if it weren’t for all the Japanese pitching studs.
- Rotation Notes:
  - Andre Pallante had a solid enough start the first time out for another look.
- Pen Notes:
  - Ryan Helsley is awesome.
Washington Nationals:
- Lineup Notes:
  - Lane Thomas is back and has 4 steals in 4 games since returning.
- Rotation Notes:
  - MacKenzie Gore is my pitching surprise of the year with a 22.3 K-BB% and 3.07 SIERA on the season. I didn’t see this one coming.
- Pen Notes:
  - No update.

Fantasy Baseball Injury Notes

OF Ronald Acuna (Braves) – The best player in baseball is out for the year (for the second time in a few years due to knee surgery) with a torn meniscus.
OF Josh Lowe (Rays) – Lowe just got back and here he is already on his second IL stint with an oblique strain.
2B/3B Junior Caminero (Rays) – This one is out of respect, but Caminero is out 4-6 weeks with a quad strain further delaying his call up.
OF Lars Nootbaar (Cardinals) – Just when he was getting hot coming off his first injury, Nootbaar hits the IL for likely a few weeks with an oblique strain.
SP Zac Gallen (Diamondbacks) – Gallen was placed on the IL with a hamstring strain, the good news is it’s not an arm injury – but he’s likely out for a few weeks.
SP John Means & Tyler Wells (Orioles) – The Orioles announced both starters are getting TJ… which is crazy because Means just returned from a TJ surgery… I wonder if this will be an internal brace procedure.
SP Garrett Whitlock (Red Sox) – Whitlock had internal brace, rather than TJ this week.
OF Tyler O’Neil (Red Sox) – O’Neil hit the IL for the second time this season now with right knee inflammation – which I’m not surprised about. Timeline for return seems up in the air.
OF Evan Carter (Rangers) – Carter hit the IL with back tightness and he’s actually been solid this year under the hood, while the back of baseball card numbers have been rough.
SP Clarke Schmidt (Yankees) – Schmidt was placed on the IL with a right lat strain and is likely to miss more than a month.
RP Edwin Diaz (Mets) – Diaz has a phantom IL stint with a shoulder impingement, seems like a good opportunity to get him corrected in the minors.
SP Christian Javier (Astros) – Javier hit the IL for the second time this year, this time with a forearm strain with no real timeline here for return.
SP Alec Manoah (Blue Jays) – Right when Manoah seemed to be getting his stuff together, the dude goes down with an elbow injury and is expected to miss an “extended period of time.”
2B Michael Massey (Royals) – Massey hit the IL with a ligament sprain in his lower back, which is a second similar injury to him this year.
OF Kerry Carpenter (Tigers) – Carpenter is out with a back fracture and is likely missing quite a bit of time.
RP Lucas Erceg (Athletics) – Erceg, who was having a great start to the season hit the IL with forearm tightness.

Tim’s Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Adds (12 Team Leagues)

NOTE: Under 50% Owned (CBS)

Last Week: SP Robert Gasser (Brewers, 43%), C Connor Wong (Red Sox, 46%), C Danny Jansen (Blue Jays, 33%), 2B Michael Massey (Royals, 15%), OF Tommy Pham (White Sox, 28%)

SP Ben Brown (Cubs) 49% – The reason I have not had Ben Brown on this list the last couple of week is because he has been bouncing between starter and reliever. His last start was phenomenal and if they don’t leave him in the rotation at this point, it’s criminal. Brown has a 20.7 K-BB% and 3.17 SIERA on the season.
C Danny Jansen (Blue Jays) 47% – Jansen started the season on the injured list, but has been ridiculously good all season, including a .293/.365/.507 slash with 3 bombs in May.
3B / OF Matt Vierling (Tigers) 34% – Kerry Carpenter was hurt and thus Vierling should get full-time playing time moving forward and he’s been a stud this entire season with a .287/.320/.497 slash and 7 homers with a 92.4 average EV.
SP Ryan Weathers (Marlins) 41% – Just when everyone was expecting Ryan Weathers to falter, he has been extremely impressive from a run suppression standpoint in May with a 17.9 K-BB% and 3.22 SIERA.
OF Jake Meyers (Astros) 38% – Meyers has been great all season, under the radar, but has especially been good throughout this month with a .329/.406/.518 slash with 3 bombs and 3 steals.

Tim’s Top 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Adds (15 Team Leagues)

NOTE: Under 30% Owned (CBS)

Last Week: 1B/OF Luke Raley (Mariners, 29%), OF Jake Meyers (Astros, 11%), SP AJ Smith-Shawver (Braves, 23%), OF Heliot Ramos (Giants, 5%), SP Cade Povich (Orioles, 14%)

OF Joc Pederson (Diamondbacks) 29% – Joc has been starting daily and hitting third with a .324/.377/.592 slash, five bombs and two steals this month, including an over 93 average EV.
UTIL Andrew McCutchen (Pirates) 8% – Cutch is on an absolute tear as the vet leadoff hitter has a .277/.364/.468 slash and five homers in May.
OF Nelson Velazquez (Royals) 13% – Velazquez is heating up with five homers just over the last two weeks.
SP JP Sears (Athletics) 29% – I’m not really buying what Sears is doing, but he is putting up good ratios and pitches in an extreme pitchers park – so in super deep leagues where the pitching is dry, he might be your best bet. I would consider him more of a streamer though and he gets a bad Seattle offense at home next week.
OF Heliot Ramos (Giants) 7% – Ramos has a .263/.364/.447 slash with two homers over the last two weeks, so he has slowed down a bit, but in the deeper leagues, he’s a good bet to not be owned still.

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: .353/.457/.564 | 16.5 BB%, 19.1 K% | 19 XBH, 7 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.

***Christian Scott would be placed here.

***Jasson Dominguez would be placed here.

2. SP Cade Povich (Orioles):

2023 AA/AAA Stats: 126 2/3 IP | 171 Ks, 66 BBs | 5.04 ERA, 1.36 WHIP
2024 AAA Stats: 47 2/3 IP | 25.3 K-BB%, 12.2 SwStr%, 31.5 CSW% | 2.08 ERA, 1.05 WHIP
Age: 24
ETA: Early June
fScores: 106 fStuff, 93 fControl, 102 fERA
Comp: Matthew Liberatore, but better
Prime Skills: 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.
Ranking Explanation: With all of the injuries to the Orioles rotation a call up for Povich seems to be imminent.

***Jordan Walker would be placed here.

***Jackson Holliday would be placed here.

3. 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: The Caminero injury pushes him out 4-6 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.

4. SP Drew Thorpe (White Sox):

2023 A+/AA: 139 ⅓ IP, 182 Ks, 38 BBs, 2.52 ERA, 0.98 WHIP
2024 AA: 36 1/3 IP, 33 Ks, 11 BBs, 1.73 ERA, 0.96 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: July
fScores: fPDurability 61, 128 fStuff, 114 fControl, 134 fERA
Comp: George Kirby-light to Chris Paddack-ish
Prime Skills: Primarily a fastball, changeup guy (though the best attribute of the fastball is where he places it), Thorpe might remind Padres fans of former top Padres prospect Chris Paddack. He has a nice slider he mixes in between the two and has dominated the minors to date ala Mr. Paddack.
Ranking Explanation: Thorpe is looking great and I’m assuming he’s only in AA because they want him pitching to Quero. He’s probably better than a couple of the current White Sox starters, but at this point they might as well let him work in the minors a little longer with his future teammates, the big league squad doesn’t have many of their long term assets there. Seems like he is stuck in the minors until the White Sox trade Fedde.

5. SP David Festa (Twins)

2023 AA/AAA: 92 1/3 IP | 119 Ks, 42 BBs | 4.19 ERA, 1.39 WHIP
2024 AAA: 34 IP | 22.6 K-BB%, 16.4 SwStr%, 33.4 CSW% | 3.18 ERA, 1.47 WHIP
Age: 24
ETA: Mid-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 is actually better than Povich, however Povich just had his roadblock cleared, while Festa has to wait for an injury or for someone like Paddack to get shut down for innings.

6. 3B Coby Mayo (Orioles)

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, but I still like him better than the guys lower in the rankings ultimately.

7. SP Cade Horton (Cubs):

2023 A/A+/AA: 88 1/3 IP, 117 Ks, 27 BBs, 2.65 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
2024 AA: 16 ⅓ IP, 18 Ks, 2 BBs, 1.10 ERA, 0.92 WHIP
2024 AAA: 7 IP, 11 Ks, 8 BBs, 10.29 ERA, 2.14 WHIP
Age: 22
ETA: Mid July
fScores: 43 fPDurability, 120 fStuff, 106 fControl, 113 fERA
Comp: Hunter Brown
Prime Skills: Dude looks like a righty Jon Lester throwing 98 MPH darts and has a nasty curve. He has shown insane command with three plus pitches between the fastball, slider and curve and should be moving pretty quickly next season due to his well above average command.
Ranking Explanation: Horton was promoted to AAA, bringing him one step closer to a call up. The Cubs are competing this year and if they want their best chance down the stretch they will want Horton in the rotation. He has had a rough start to his AAA career, but he will even out.

8. SP Adam Mazur (Padres):

2023 AA Stats: 96 IP, 90 Ks, 17 BBs, 2.81 ERA, 1.19 WHIP
2024 AA Stats: 32 ⅓ IP, 32 Ks, 5 BBs, 1.95 ERA, 0.87 WHIP
2024 AAA Stats: 6 IP, 6 Ks, 2 BBs, 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP
Age: 23
ETA: Late July
Comp: Tanner Bibee, but a harder more Luis Castillo like slider
Prime Skills: 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.
Ranking Explanation: Mazur could be the next man up for the Padres and they just don’t want him in Albuquerque. Randy Vazquez is probably the guy for a short term injury, but Mazur in the event of a long-term injury.

9. 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: Early July
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 at the back end and Manoah possibly being hurt for a while.

1o. SS / 3B Orelvis Martinez (Jays):

2023 AA/AAA: .243/.340/.496, 28 HR, 2 SB
2024 AAA: .261/.346/.536, 10 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.

Honorable Mention: OF Chase DeLauter (Guardians), SS Colson Montgomery (White Sox), ]OF Jakob Marsee (Marlins), OF Drew Gilbert (Mets), SP Jacob Misiorowski (Brewers), SP Carson Whisenhunt (Giants), SS Brooks Lee (Twins), SP Ty Madden (Tigers), SP Hurston Waldrep (Braves), 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, 1B Tyler Locklear (Mariners), SP Cristian Mena (Diamondbacks), 2B Connor Norby (Orioles), 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), 2B/3B Jace Jung (Tigers), OF Caleb Durbin (Yankees), OF Deyvison de los Santos (Diamondbacks), SS Jacob Wilson (Athletics), C/1B Ben Rice (Yankees), SP/RP Jairo Iriarte (White Sox), 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) and more…

Fantasy Baseball Moves I Made This Week

- CBS Memorial Magazine League (12 Team 5×5 Roto):
  - Added Jake Meyers for $0
- CBS NL Only Analyst League (12 Team 5×5 Roto):
  - Dropped Ronald Acuna Jr.
- TGFBI (15 Team 5×5 Roto):
  - Added $7 Cal Quantrill for Slade Cecconi.
  - Added $4 Andrew McCutchen for Jordan Beck.

- Fantasy Aceball Invitational (16 Team Ottoneu H2H Points):

- - Traded $4 Shane Baz and $2 Jett Williams for $50 Gerrit Cole and $3 Adam Mazur.

- Ottoneu Podcaster’s League (12 Team Ottoneu 5×5 Roto):

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