April is drawing to a close and almost an entire month's worth of MLB gameplay data is almost behind us. Big news hit this week with the levying of an 80-day suspension on Pittsburgh's Starling Marte for use of PEDs; due to his lack of availability, he has been flat-out dropped from the List at least for the foreseeable future. Perhaps in the deepest leagues will folks elect to hang on to him with a bench spot, but his utility in the short- and medium-terms is rendered moot by the suspension so we'll just move on from ranking him for the time being. Some other breakout performances have been rewarded with hefty promotions, while struggling stragglers are either being dropped substantially or shown the door. Time on the DL continues to throw expectations for select stars into chaotic uncertainty, and we address some of that below in the appended notes.
Lett’s review the Top 150 hitters in fantasy baseball:
Why would David Dahl fall OUT of the list, when he’s closer than ever to returning. His ranking should be going up, not down.
Ur…yea…um…about that. I didn’t see that huge, long column devoted entirely to Dahl before chirping about the ranking.
Are these ROS rankings? You really think Thames will be better than Dozier over the rest of the season?
Not that you asked, but I sure do, and I don’t think it’s particularly close. You’re telling me you wouldn’t trade Dozier for Thames?
You would trade away Miguel Cabrera for Christian Yelich???
You’ve had Domingo Santana consistently ranked pretty high, considering his early season struggles. Is there a reason he hasn’t fallen out of favour with you as quickly as other young hitters have?