Scoring Leagues: May Outfield Ratings

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I don’t have much to say about this week’s presentation. So we’ll just get to the ratings.

Top 12

Buxton will not continue to hit homers at the insane rate he has been lately. That doesn’t mean he won’t be a top producer if he stays healthy, though. Just look at last season.
If you wrote Acuña or Tatis, you haven’t got a subscription, to say the least. The former went down a bit this month partly due to performance, and partly due to his current injury. When he comes back, I still expect better production all the way. I have talked about Tatis for several weeks in a row already. I still don’t feel like I understand what happened to him, really, but I just can’t imagine it could be worse.

I think I made my feelings clear to Cruz at this point. I still don’t trust him to continue doing it for the rest of the season. But I’m not going to pretend that he hasn’t been good this season, even in leagues that punish hitting a lot. I could be stubborn, but I’m not that stubborn.
Pages and Walker are easily the biggest risers of the past month. Walker has been in a bit of a slump for the past few weeks, but he’s back on track recently. The strikeout rate is at least concerning, but it looks like he’s becoming the player people have been projecting him to be for the past few seasons.
PCA takes a bit of a step down this time around. He’s actually slower than last season, he’s not doing anything well. His tools mean he can go completely at the drop of a hat. It doesn’t mean I need to keep lining him up the way I expect it to happen.

Nimmo’s hamstring strain forced him to miss some games, but it wasn’t bad enough to put him in the IL. This has been an ongoing thing for him for a few seasons now, and he has been productive nonetheless. Here’s the bet again this year.
This is probably putting too much hope into the odds and the brief glimpses of Good Anthony we got last season. I’m not ready to let him go. Maybe the time off from injury will help him figure out whatever has been ailing his stick up until now.
I love Duran, and this situation feels low. However, he’s hitting under .200, has some pitching concerns, and nothing about his subpar metrics means it’s unfortunate. In leagues that count a full -1 on Ks, this is also a giveaway.
Will Langford ever really get healthy? Will he be okay if he is? At this point, it’s hard to be sure about either.

If you say you saw Brandon Marsh coming this year, I won’t believe you.
Kwan’s K% and BB% look the way you want them to look. His Square-Up% is amazing. He just doesn’t do anything about it. At all. He has been very good in this format for years, so last month I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. When he starts hitting, he will move back up. For now, here he is.

I admit, I didn’t pay attention to Cortes’ start last season. This season, you have my attention. Like Walker last month, it could prove that this situation seems to be selling him short. So far, all of the metrics below say you’ve earned the product you’ve released. It is just a question of whether that is the result of thermal tension, or whether it actually exists that good.
Bauers has been excellent for Milwaukee so far this season. His playing time may be limited now that Andrew Vaughn is back from injury.
The level of Marsee depends entirely on how your league points steal. I prefer leagues that count by 2 points, thus his place here. If you play in a league where they only count 1, you might take solace in the fact that he continues to play every day despite a sub-.200 average, but you’re not the Marlins. You can do better.
I am him a lot and interested to see what Waldschmidt is doing. His profile looks custom-made for the score format, and for a small sample, he looks great. Hopefully, he will maintain it and earn a higher spot in the Diamondbacks batting order.