![]() But that was still way better than Freddy Galvis‘. On April 27, he went 0-for-4 with four Ks against Arizona to cap a. WAIVER WATCH (With fantasy rating out of 5) With Matt Lindstrom (ankle) out for three months, Ronald Bellisario was the first closing choice for the White Sox, though his save Thursday was anything but tidy, allowing two runs. Since his return from triple-A on May 17, former Astros co-closer Josh Fields has worked 4.1 spotless innings, striking out nine of the 16 batters he has faced. Now, of course, that I don’t own him any more, guess who is the new closer in Oakland?. 263 to start this past week.Ĭlosing Time: For two years, I had a $1 Sean Doolittle on my AL-only roster, believing he could become a closer. 1 fantasy pick had watched his AVG tumble from. That’s noteworthy only because, believe it or not, those were the Angels wunderkind’s first multi-hit games in May. ― Mike Trout went 2-for-3 on Tuesday then, after sitting out a game, 2-for-4 on Friday. These online fantasy leagues and stats services should be able to broaden the parameters of a QS from 6/3 (six IPs, three ERs) to include even 5/2. And that remains the lone soft spot about using the QS as a scoring category. That’s great if you own him but, because those zeros have been spread over three five-inning outings, he has yet to get credit for an official quality start. ― Drew Pomeranz, Oakland’s Sunday starter against the Jays, has pitched 15 shutout innings since being moved up from long relief. CarGo, Cuddyer and Charlie Blackmon all have earned the right to start every day, but where does that leave lefty Corey Dickerson (.352) and righties Drew Stubbs (.330) and Brandon Barnes (.319)? Cuddyer played 1B on Tuesday, spelling Justin Morneau (.321) against an LHP, but you’d have to expect some frustrated NL-only owners for the near future. That’s because Carlos Gonzalez, the marquee name among them, hurt his finger on Wednesday and is out day-to-day. ― We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out how the Rockies plan to handle their glut of hot-hitting OFs following the activation of Michael Cuddyer on Tuesday. But two to perhaps be concerned about are Longoria, who is hitting 10% more grounders and 10% fewer flies this season, and Cano, no doubt feeling the expected effect of taking his act from lefty-friendly Yankee Stadium to Safeco Field. Most of their fly ball rates are at, or near, last year’s totals, suggesting it’s just a case of when, not if. Hardy and Martin Prado still looking for No. So they may be gaining long-awaited traction.īut among those we’re still waiting on are Evan Longoria with just four, David Wright, Matt Holliday and Robinson Cano at two apiece, Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler, each with one, and J.J. Phillies’ Domonic Brown, who hit 27 in his breakout year last season, was stuck on one until clubbing a pair over the past week. Rangers’ Prince Fielder (season-ending neck surgery) took the worst possible way out of his predicament, but Chris Davis of the Orioles ― he of the unrepeatable 53 HRs a year ago ― popped three monster shots on Tuesday to double his total for the season and added a seventh on Friday. So, now we turn our gaze to the handful of others still scuffling in the power stats. But nothing to worry about now as the Blue Jays slugger went deep 13 times over the next four weeks, driving in 34 to return him to his rightful place among baseball’s leaders. Encarnacion had zero HRs on April 21 and as many RBIs through his first dozen games. ![]() He’s become a beacon of hope to any poolie with a power hitter who has yet to find the switch this season. Edwin Encarnacion’s power display this month has done more than propel his fantasy owners up the standings.
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