Well, I analyzed a lot of the potential buys this week based on most added players, and my conclusion was that a lot of them stink! Here I only list the hot players who are worth your time and are showing real signs of progress… and this week, we had to dig DEEEEEP, so most of these guys will be available in your mixed leagues. I did add some more drops this week, since this is that time of year where you can no longer blame struggles on April and make some tough cuts that preseason you would never believe.
BUY
Marwin Gonzalez (1B/2B/3B/OF, Astros) - He’s been fantasy swiss army knife in more ways than one, not just due his positional versatility, but also due to his stat sheet-stuffing ways at a bargain price. But suddenly he’s less knife and more samurai sword, as he’s been slashing the ball to pieces with 9 Homers and a .414 ISO in just 86 PA, on pace to demolish his career high of 13 set last year. While he does sport a massively inflated HR/FB rate (39.1%), he’s hitting more fly balls (granted, at the expense of line drives) and has improved both his swing rate and contact for an elite 94.1% Z-Contact. He’s improved every year and crushed experts’ lukewarm expectations, so I’d buy but especially if you can bench him when he’s not in the lineup since he still lacks security of playing time. Stop doubting him, and he’ll help you start MarWINNING.
Alex Avila is a Tiger…
Yep, corrected. Please don’t tell Al Avila!
10 team roto, BB as a 6th category. Drop Pence (my 5th OF/Bench UTIL) for any of Altherr, Marwin, or Holliday? (Starters are Trout/Betts/Yelich/Desmond with Haniger on DL)
Trout AND Betts in your OF? NICE! I’d drop Pence for either Marwin and Holliday… Pence has a Hosmerian Groundball rate, Marwin gives you more speed and position versatility, where Holliday has the better team + lineup situation. But between the two, I’d definitely take Holliday.without hesitation with that BB category where he’ll be a beast.
Remember when you told us in your April column to drop Keon Broxton? Thanks for that, totally missed his hot streak.
Also missed some ice cold streaks to come! As someone who can’t predict the future but can only take educated guesses based on limited data, I reserve the right to be completely wrong sometimes, because if you were right all the time, fantasy baseball would be boring and would suck. If you disagreed with me, you shouldn’t have dropped him, that’s on you!
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Avila has played 1 game in the last week.Delino was moved down in the order to the 9 spot.