There were a handful of closely contested, one-run games Tuesday, and on the other side of the spectrum there were some hitter’s clinic blowouts too. Among the most notable of batting performances was the cake-taking explosion from a previously quiet Yoenis Cespedes, who went 4-6, 3 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI to spur the Mets to victory over Philadelphia. His trio of bombs came at the expense of both Clay Buchholz and his relief, Adam Morgan, and was the exact demonstration of power and effectiveness fantasy owners had likely been pining and hoping for. Cespedes must have been listening when I called him out in Monday’s edition of Batter’s Box as having been underwhelming thus far this season, and he made up for the past week’s relative inefficacy in a big way. When you draft a guy in the fourth or fifth round after he had a 2016 of 39% hard contact and a 20% HR/FB ratio, Tuesday’s outing is what your fantasy dreams are made of.
Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league:
Would you drop Calhoun or Kiermaier for Margot? If so, which one gets the boot? I also have Brad Miller, Drury, and Owings; however, I would prefer to keep them on my team for position availability, but would like your opinion if they are droppable for Margot as well? And which one would you drop? 9 team h2h standard points with Ks being -1.
Thanks. I love that y’all are keeping up with hitting now.