Happy Fourth of July weekend! This week’s article will be a touch more brief than normal, as we have been without electricity at home since Thursday afternoon. I wanted to get this article out but haven’t had the entire weekend to research everything as normal. This is a good weekend to save money, since there are not the elite rookie arms to bid on as we have come accustomed to, and there will be some asleep at the wheel due to the Holiday weekend and football ramping up. Some games lock at 2:05 PM EST on Monday, so set those lineups in advance! 🙂

Schedule Notes 🗓️

Best schedules:

BAL, CHC, CIN, CLE, HOU, KC, MIA, MIL, NYY, PIT, SEA, STL, TEX, WAS all play a 7-game week (Mon-Sun).

Worst schedules:

COL, LAA has a 5 game week this week.

Hot Commodities 🔥

C.J. Cron	COL	1B	$16-$35	Dropped by some with total news outage, worth a pickup in all formats.
Jordan Westburg	BAL	INF	$20-$46	Power injection possible with Westburg, nice shot in the arm of upside despite swing and miss issues here.
J.D. Davis	SFG	3B	$7-$20	Middle of the order bat with chance to provide flurry of RBI and HR ROS, all formats workable.
Jeimer Candelario	WAS	3B	$5-$15	A new man since leaving DET, could benefit from a team upgrade with a trade.
Kris Bryant	COL	OF	$7-$20	If available he is a strong add this week, still can show his worth in Coors after getting big contract.
Tommy Pham	NYM	OF	$5-$15	On a monster heater of late, all formats useful now.
Alex Wood	SFG	P	$1	Just a spec based on a good start, wildly inconsistent.
Kutter Crawford	BOS	P	$1-$4	Higher skilled arm than normally out there.
Tarik Skubal	DET	P	$1-$4	Getting ahead of the market and adding him before his season debut is recommended.
Daniel Hudson	LAD	P	$1	Might be a saves stealer when he comes back.
Josh Sborz	TEX	P	$1	Ratio eraser.

Serviceable Streamers ♻️

Carlos Santana	PIT	1B	$1-$3	Surprisingly useful year so far, and lineup spot in secure for continued usefulness.
Garrett Cooper	MIA	1B	$1	Decent counting stat streamer if desperate.
Andy Ibanez	DET	2B/3B/OF	$1	Hot over L14 and receiving opportunities in DET, was a decent late round flyer in TEX prior.
Josh Donaldson	NYY	3B	$1	The underlying metrics show a little more power upside but it is a pretty gross add admittedly.
Jake Bauers	NYY	1B/OF	$1	Gets a nice setup against a lot of RHP this week at home.
Trent Grisham	SD	OF	$1-$4	Really flashed over this weekend, so I anticipate prices will be a little higher than this. Barrel rate shows he has been unlucky.
Drew Waters	KC	OF	$1-$2	Potential to outproduce a cheap bid, he has enticing skills.
Will Benson	CIN	OF	$1-$4	Along with Waters, Grisham, I do like Benson as an upside flyer.
Ryne Nelson	ARI	P	$1-$3	Impressive in last 4 starts, worse flyers to take.
Tommy Kahnle	NYY	P	$1	Ratio eraser with a side of ancillary saves.
Adam Ottavino	NYM	P	$1	Ratio eraser with a side of ancillary saves.
Griffin Jax	MIN	P	$1	Ratio eraser.

Spec Plays👓

Zach Neto	LAA	SS	$1	Pre-IL return scoop chance here.
Brandon Lowe	TB	2B	$1	Huge power at MI, injury stash where you can afford it.
Jean Segura	MIA	3B/2B	$1	Shown a decent spark since returning from IL, worth a dollar spec if you liked him pre-season and have a spot to play with.
Ross Stripling	SF	P	$1	Workable in some matchups but decidely meh, and issues with role since he is out of bullpen.
Jose Urquidy	HOU	P	$1	Throwing bullpens already, elite team context in HOU.
Tarik Skubal	DET	P	$1	Will be back in a matter of days if not weeks, worth a look in all formats for the what if.

If you have any questions about any drops or any questions in general, feel free to reach out to me directly at @lucasbiery33