The struggle has been very real for fantasy owners of Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo thus far this season. His performance in Tuesday's game at Wrigley conjured up a little bit of hope for a resurgence, as he went 2-4, 2 R, HR, RBI, BB (IBB) against the Reds. However, it cannot be ignored that despite the .500 evening, Rizzo is only batting .143 in the month of May and .221 overall. In the power department, he had not homered since April 29, and he'd also failed to amass multiple hits since April 26. On a positive note, his BABIP is a colossally low .219, so you'd like to think there's a ton of room and time for that normalize. His walk rate is significantly up and his strikeout rate is significantly down, as compared to past years, so that's also cause for optimism. But it has definitely been a brutal start for a guy projected to be a top 15 bat league-wide; the road ahead will hopefully feature a successful clambering out of the hole he has dug for himself. The 20 RBI have helped soothe the wound his low average has inflicted upon your team's 5x5 chances every week.
Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league:
I have a question for you regarding Dickerson, who you are obviously high on. I lack speed and have held onto Ender Inciarte as my sole bench bat because of this. However both Dickerson, and the Indians Zimmer(who supposedly offers power and speed despite the K’s) are on the wire. Would you drop Ender for either or hold? I’m heavy on closers but they are scarce in this league and they’re helping me win that category almost every week. Appreciate your time… Roster is below:
10 Team ESPN HTH 5×5 OBP and QS daily moves
C Sanchez
1B Rizzo
2B D. Murphy
3B K.Seager
SS Bogaerts
OF Trout
OF Springer
OF JD Martinez
UTL 3B/OF Sano
UTL SS Russell
UTL 2B/OF Zobrist
BN OF Inciarte
DL OF Polanco
P Carrasco
P T.Walker
P Manaea
P Duffy
SP Bundy
SP Nova
RP Giles
RP Kimbrel
BN RP Holland
BN RP J.Johnson
BN RP Knebel
BN Nola
DL Paxton