I really didn’t want to write this post because I can’t think Joshua Baez he will be promoted soon, except for a cup of coffee starting in August, which puts him in a position to get an espresso shot for who cares. The latest thing Cards GM Chaim Bloom said was, “He’s a high-level role player and not just a one-dimensional guy, and we want to make sure he’s ready to do that,” and Cards’ writer Benjamin Hochman pointed out, “This, of all seasons, is not the season to chase anyone in the majors. Maybe the bleacher fans don’t need to bring their Busch gloves.” So, why bother buying Baez? However, in the form of royalty, it should definitely, but I also look at it like this: If you sit on the sixth outfielder on your bench like Jorge Soler or Chase DeLauter (currently next to Player Rater, if you think that Soler is worse than DeLauter), then why sit on the 6th defender on your bench and we just don’t see that we are too high. a year. You are currently entering video game numbers for children. He stole 54 bags last year and is on pace for 60 homers this year. Could he go 60/50 for the kids? I’m going to sleep now. [wakes ten hours later] Sorry, did I say something? Can Joshua Baez go 60/50? [cackles self to sleep again, wakes the next day] Oh my god, what day is it? I Josh Baez-asked me to sleep almost the entire holiday weekend? Well, I have to wait 250 years in the future for our country to have a birthday. Joshua Baez could be the best rookie, generally. Basically, Murakami, a top 20 player when healthy, or Joshua Baez? That’s a very good company and it’s worth keeping, even if I think it might be pointless and frivolous. Anyway, here are some players you can buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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BUY
Jonah Heim – With Soderstrom moving in a bad way next week-once, Heim is DH’ing with Bing Bong. You know the drill. It goes BING BING BING BING BING BING BONG–That’s a drilling sound.
Andy Rodriguez – He wouldn’t make the cover of Sports Illustrated if there was still such a thing as a magazine cover, but Endy is making some drastic changes this year and seems to be coming into his own in a very small way. (Not Goodman yet, just Betterman.)
Victor Caratini – He was schmotato last week, and he has continued that habit. Very Caratrendi!
Cooper Ingle – Okay, crap, I’ve given you too many catchers now. One to three catchers? Good! Four fishermen? It’s disgusting! Bad! Retract my diploma from Fantasy Baseball College of Charleston! (I’d give it to Kyle Teel too if I thought he was available in enough leagues.) Ingle took the starting catcher job in Cleveland and, in theory, makes a lot of contact (according to his minor league numbers, at least) and should have some power.
Victor Bericoto – More energy is better? Ooh…Bericoto!
France – It has been hot, but also part of me hopes that France is not as good as it is in your waivers.
Jacob Gonzalez – I saw on the 7-day Player Rater that Jac-Gon was hot, as were most of the players in this post, and it looks like Jac-Gon’s season stats, as I do with everyone else in this post, are ridiculously bad. But it’s hot! Obviously.
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer Here’s what I said the other day, “He got drafted and went to Rutgers, which was my safety school. Sadly, I didn’t play football, so no one asked me to play safety! JKG won’t raise your EKG, but he’s very similar to Wilson. JKG went 7/15/.323 getting 7.9 K. over Alika, o’astinka.” And I’m the one you’re quoting!
Nick Loftin – Check his pants for grapes. Not you personally, but someone needs to check out his Fruit of the Looms, because Loftin has been hot, but also taking care of Quasimodo on the bars.
Anthony Seigler – I checked Red Sox IL to remind myself who Seigler was filling in for (Marcelo, IKF, Indaba) and was reminded of Roman Anthony. His member? Top 50 overall draft picks! Any hoo! Seigler is an unbelievable tight end, with low power and average speed.
Cole Young – Full disclosure warning! I keep seeing Javier Sanoja in hot bats, and I keep ignoring him. I’ll pick up a lot of hot guys, like Cole Young, but be shy! Good! Grab Javier Sanoja too, if you have to, but the Marlins were at Bing Bong and Coors last week.
Cam Cauley – You already gave me my Cam Cauley dream. It was written while masticating but to think “masticating” was a dirty word.
Max Muncy – This is Ma’s Muncy. Not your mother’s Muncy, but A’s Muncy.
Caleb Durbin – If I didn’t feel the need to give you a rookie nookie with Joshua Baez, Durbin would be the rightful leader this week as one of the best. On a funny note, you know when you type a name into a stats site (FanGraphs, Baseball Reference, etc.) and the suggestion window drops down and you see all the guys with the same first name? Until about five years ago, “Caleb” did not exist, now there are about 60. Apparently a lot of Caleb Joseph fans. And Kale B. Gross, no relation. Durbin has speed, strength and a lot of contact, but it’s not always very good (~30% HardHit). He’s a .245 hitter in neutral, but he can hit 15 homers and steal 25 bags. Will you do it? That seems very small, but he can do it.
Kahlil Watson – What you don’t see (except now) is that I remove guys that I don’t think are really taken (full name). Thankfully, I removed Derek Hill here and added Kahlil. From Hill to Kahlil, the story of one man who seemed to be interesting in his head. Here’s what I said before about Watson, “He reminds me of Khalil Greene, one of the worst players ever. ‘Hold my mirror.’ That’s Devin Mesoraco. Watson had a 12/15/.255 Triple-A in 56 games, but a 28 K%, which means he won’t connect with us enough, outside of AL-Only. But, hey, he’s not bad!” And I’m the one you’re quoting!
Josh Lowe – He came back from taking down the ego-bruising that seems renewed. A dead-eyed “your next move is going to KBO” can do that.
Taylor Trammell – Saw FanGraphs says Trammell was like Brett Gardner, and Brett Gardner just grew hair on his head when he heard that–Linda, Brett was so shocked when he heard it, his eyebrows went up. That’s not new hair. Trammell is a hot schmotato, nothing else.
Colby Thomas – It seems to be on the short side of the righty-lefty platoon with Carlos Cortes, but it has been hot. And, usually, A-list hitters for home games.
Cedric Mullins – One of the hottest schmotatoes in the whole country, as far as the eye can see with or without monocles.
Esmerlyn Valdez – You already gave me my Esmerlyn Valdez legend. It was written about six weeks ago, but it still stands. You are strong.
Ryan Johnson – This is a Streamonator call (well, a little negative, but there weren’t many good things to choose from this weekend), like the call he made in the ER.
Kumar Rocker – This is also a Streamonator call. “There was this explosive and someone threw it, and they pressed the bell button on my chest!
Alex Lange – Estevez is not coming back. Doode was out for months and had shoulder problems after throwing on June 27. It never happened.
Kirby Yates – He was actually decent, except for the Save section, which is the whole point of SAGNOF, but he does it, even at a reduced speed.
Yennier Cano – In Baltimore, this could be Andrew Kittredge, Tyler Wells, Rico Garcia or you. You might be the new O’s around!
Mason Montgomery – Can the Pirates trade for closers? That would be great. It would be interesting to see the Pirates actually try. Dare to Dream! Either way, Gregory Soto appears to be out, and there are a lot of guys who could, and most of them aren’t good. Montgomery, Dennis Santana or Door Number Three. As I count the names, Door Number Three sounds better.
Mason Barnett – Good week for the guy in your league who works at WB Mason and just goes around all day saying, “Who Be Mason,” and catching every quitter named Mason.
Grant Taylor – He blew Thursday’s game, but nobody’s perfect, and, in the White Sox bullpen, that’s especially true.
Garrett Whitlock – Aroldis could be traded – rejoined by Pirates? I’m not mad! I have not been angry since I started taking these mood stabilizers. Everything is blue. – but this isn’t about Aroldis, this is about Whitlock and he’s been solid in midfield, with or without saves.
Sell it
Andy Pages – So, this will not be in I-tshe-y-so, because, to be honest, he was not as bad as I expected this year. OR DO YOU HAVE HIM?! Mr. In retrospect, you have a permanent heart attack waiting to happen. Sorry…OR ME?! Pages has basically been a great number four player since May 8. Seven homers in two months and two steals, and he’s fine to count the stats, because he’s in a good lineup and can hit the whistle, while he’s walking away from 100 runs and RBIs. He’s bad right now, but, as long as he doesn’t end the year, he’ll finish 30/15/.260. A decent season. Can he collapse the entire 2nd half? Well, I don’t want to scare anyone but he’s one of the hottest/coldest hitters out there so he can slump for months. As I said in the preseason, and why I don’t want him this year, he was a bad player in the playoffs, he became a part-time player. Can the Dodgers try They Call Me Mr. Tibbs and bench pages? Well, again, I’m not saying it’s off the table. As bad as Pages was in June, things could be worse for him. I wouldn’t trade Andy Pages for a paper bag cut-out eye mask worn by a Jets fan twenty years ago, but I would go to the Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore the options.
