If you own Anthony Rizzo in an OBP league, then you've been perfectly happy with him so far, in fact you've probably been thrilled. He's had great power, the runs and RBIs have been there, and his OBP is at .376, he's what you wanted. But if you own Rizzo in a standard league, you've been understandably somewhat disappointed by the .238 batting average. Well Rizzo certainly helped you out on Wednesday night, going 3-3, 2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI and he's going to be fine the rest of the season. The big thing to point to for that poor batting average is a .221 BABIP. Otherwise, he looks great. His strikeout rate is down, his walk rate is up, his whiff rate is down, the home runs are good, he's fine, and he'll be fine, so if someone is trying to buy low and you on Rizzo, don't sell for anything less than what you expected from him initially. And if someone in your league wants to give up on Rizzo, go grab him fast.
Let's take a look at some of the other performances from Wednesday:
What do you think about Matt Holliday in an OBP H2H 14 teamer? Drop him for someone like Leury Garcia, Ryon Healy, Cesar Hernandez or Yoan Moncada? Heck even Dexter Fowler is out there. I like Holliday’s walks this year, but idk how to feel about him.
I see everyone was high on Randal Grichuk before the season too, he’s out there as well. What was the hype? And is he someone I should at least have on my watch list?
For Holliday, I actually like him, especially in an OBP league. The strikeout rate is up a little bit, but his walk rate looks good too, and it’s producing some good OBP numbers. If he keeps walking the way he is, I think he’ll be good. The power is there, as always, and he’s in the right lineup to get good RBI numbers. The big question is just going to be health.
For Grichuk, a lot of people liked him in the preseason because of the power potential. He was a guy whose average wouldn’t *kill* you (though it was still low) and would give you a good shot at 30 home runs. Unfortunately, the average has been awful this year, though I do believe it’ll get a little better (like maybe he bats in the .240s the rest of the way). The power hasn’t really been there either, and that’s been thanks to his HR/FB rate which has been lower than he’s had in the past. His hard hit rate hasn’t declined enough to warrant a plummeting in HR/FB rate, so the power will be there, but I think we’re looking at 20-24 home runs instead of 30, and considering you can get a guy who will bat .240 with 25 home runs just about anywhere, he’s just not all that interesting.