I don’t mean to brag (who am I kidding, yes I do!), but I’m glad I insisted three Buy/Sell editions in a row to add Hoskins, and hopefully he’s winning some of you fantasy titles. But for those of you who missed out on him, there still may be some other waves you can ride that can help you hang ten over your competition. Of course, this is the last edition before September Call-ups, and I can’t predict what teams will do, but I’ll try to keep that in mind for this list. But perhaps that's why I got a little sell-happy on this week's edition.
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Scott Schebler (OF, Cincinnati Reds) - At last, the Schebler returns to his flock. He’s been forgotten in many leagues, as he’s only 20.4% owned, so you may need a reminder that on the year, he has 25 HR and 4 SB in just 404 PA, and is hitting .370 with 2 of those HR, 6 R and 6 RBI in 29 PA since his return (not including his 2-for-5 with a homer, 2 Runs, and 5 RBI tonight). And yet, at 20.4% he’s still owned less than the 26.0% ownership rate of… am I reading this right? ...Nick Markakis? WHYYY?!!! While he may not be a boon in average, I think it will improve and his touch of speed helps enough to make him viable in all 12-team and worth a flier in 10-team.
Just grabbed Schebler. Big thing to note is that he basically wrecked his shoulder in July, and tried to play through it for a month. If you remove July from his overall numbers, you got a guy that is a better hitter than Duvall. Of course he needs to be hitting higher than 7th to truly be more valuable than Duvall.
It’s a good point, and I owned both Schebler and Duvall in the writers and considered Schebler the priority start over Duvall before the injury. Even if he had some batted ball luck regarding his power, he’s obviously a great hitter and far too underowned IMO
That Bird recommendation is a stretch!
Well I’m okay stretching here becauseBirds have a big wingspan. That one may seem aggressive but if he’s healthy, we’ve seen him hit for big power in bunches… If you’re skeptical he may be more of a bench add until the sample gets larger
is la stella a good add for ROS, will he keep playing when Russell comes back?