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HFNY
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Curious as to what up and coming bats people are eyeing. I need more depth at 1B and 3B (Freeman on the IL and Paredes struggling but could come out of it soon).
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Ben Rice and Spencer Torkelson are a couple of good ones to look at if they're available in your league.
Maikael Garcia at KC is available at 3b and is 50% owned… 37 stolen basis, not a good BA last year but is young and is batting above 300 this year.. Kerry Carpenter is a good power hitter OF at Detroit and still available in 1/3 of leagues…Rookie Christian Campbell is a highly regarded 2B that may be still available. Rookie Jackson Jobe SP for Detroit may be a solid Starter and is 54% owned, David Peterson is a solid Starter for the Mets and is 33% owned, the kid Chandler Simpson was batting 360, under 10% strikeouts and stole 100 bases last year, will be called up by Tampa in the near future, Ben Rice as mentioned at 1B is owned @33% and is a solid bat 1B, Garrett Mitchell at Mil has a chance to be a breakout OF coming off of injuries last year and is 15% owned.
@HFNY Tyler Soderstrom is a good power hitting first baseman in his first full year as a starter in the majors and is batting in the middle of the lineup in the AAA park at Sacramento for the A's ~ has 35-40 home run power… I think that's the guy you are looking for, is 66% owned and going fast if he is not already gone in your league…
Thanks and yes, he was long gone. Only a 10 team league but some very good managers. Fortunately, Freddie comes back relatively soon because Michael Busch sits vs. LHP and Christian Encarnacion-Strand is nearly all potential for the moment.
I did pick up Andres Gimenez off of waivers because Marcus Semien is crapping the bed for me. So is Bryan Reynolds and Willy Adames.
Garrett Mitchell is intriguing though Fan Graphs doesn't think too highly of him for ROS. I had Josh Lowe but he's on the IL.
@HFNY
These are reaches but OF Jordan Walker is another guy you could look at that has better than average major league talent ~ 25+ home run power and could bat around 270 with some RBI potential if he moves up the batting order ~ he has been left for dead as a prospect coming back from injury and is likely a full time starter
Thanks and I actually picked up Walker a few days ago.
Jo Adell has always intrigued me but his BA is a drain. I'm keeping my eye on his K rate, it could be trending down.
My team is 2-1 on the year and in second place, but my team batting avg is .203. Absolutely incredible.
My putrid BA is about as bad. I'm considering picking up Jorge Polanco and dropping Marcus Semien though my general rule of thumb is to give veterans the whole month of April before dropping them.
And just after I dropped Michael Busch, he hits 3 HRs in 3 days with 6 RBIs and 6 runs (face palm).
Simien took forever to do anything last year when I had him. Then he was hot for a while, but pretty meh the rest of the season.
Dropped him for Tyler Fitzgerald, who can also cover SS. Would love for Polanco to get 3B eligibility in my league.
We have a pretty small talent pool. Just 8 AL teams. They're probably the best 8 but it's still small enough that nobody who has Simien would be dropping him. There aren't any upgrades available.
Actually, we pull from 12 AL teams.
#InTheMiddleOfTheStore?
We do? Wow I thought it was 8. Guess I never bothered to count.
I assume you were kidding but for the record I wasn't complaining. Just thought I'd explain to HFNY that I had a limited pool that I'm familiar enough to recommend. I don't have time to track stats of guys who can't win games for me.
so Chandler Simpson is now up, pick this guy up if he is still available for steals, runs and batting average opportunity…
My Wartime Consiglieres are 3-1 and in first place despite a team batting average of .213
Interesting player though I need HRs and RBIs the most. Might have to pick up Manzardo, partially for the name.
Actually this is not true. There is a team that is 3-0-1 ahead of me. So I'm in second place.
I picked up Noelvi Marte and Jordan Beck (dropped Willy Adames since his BA is low and he's not hitting HRs or stealing bases. He got paid this off-season so that might be a factor).
Do people like Jonathan Aranda (sits almost all of the time vs. lefties), Ryan O'Hearn, Yandy Diaz, or Nick Kurtz? I need HRs and BA the most. I have Wilmer Flores, who has a been a great RBI boost, but he is cooling down.