Another busy week of baseball and another $200+ rookie arm, it seems to be the locked in trend this week for us fantasy players.

Just as a note, I encourage everyone to set their lineups before even checking who is available in your league, since for example in one of my leagues, there is a bevy of bats but I cannot fit any of them in since I went offense heavy. Figure out what you need before parsing the wire.

Tune into LouCas Baseball this week to hear my co-host Lou dive into FAAB, I missed this week again due to house renovations.

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Schedule Notes 🗓️

Best schedules:

BAL, LAA, LAD, NYM, NYY, STL, TOR, WAS all play a 7-game week (Mon-Sun).

Worst schedules:

DET, PIT are the only teams to play 5 games. If you can replace a non-stud guy do it, but do not drop someone valuable just for an extra game or two.

Hot Commodities 🔥

Christopher Morel	CHC	2B/OF	$55-$100	A player I was landing late in draft season, Morel has explosive upside in roto, and if he is out there you can be moderately aggressive.
Casey Schmitt	SF	SS/3B	$7-$25	Elite glove with duel-eligibility on left-side of INF (3B/SS), he is ready so I think he sticks ROS, but I am not going beserk to land him.
Spencer Steer	CIN	1B/3B	$5-$15	Great stream in Coors.
Jeimer Candelario	WAS	3B	$5-$15	Nice streaming option this week if you need it.
Alex Call	WAS	OF	$5-$15	Nice streaming option this week if you need it.
Lane Thomas	WAS	OF	$5-$15	Nice streaming option this week if you need it.
Eury Perez	MIA	P	$130-$210	Insanely electric 6’8 skyscraping fireballer, will need to control the BBs but he has wicked stuff, rotation will tighten up, but Braxton Garrett and Edward Cabrera could be demoted too.
James Paxton	BOS	P	$25-$65	First time healthy in years and looked beyond electric Friday, could blow his arm out next start but he has just as much upside as most rookies.
David Peterson	NYM	P	$5-$15	Sneaky one-starter here vs WAS who could see more opportunity if more injuries strike the Mets.
Luis Ortiz	PIT	P	$15-$30	Huge velocity but under 9 K/9 in Minors, I will not go insane here.
Craig Kimbrel	PHI	P	$35-$70	Blow-ups will come but if you need a save or 2 this week he can deliver.
Gregory Soto	PHI	P	$10-$32	Part-time CL who can shut down LHB.

Serviceable Streamers ♻️

Nick Pratto	KC	1B	$2-$5	Power potential but there is swing and miss, decent streamer w/ upside and will get OF.
Jordan Diaz	OAK	2B	$2-$5	Frustrated us sitting 6 days in row but now getting PT, perhaps he received instructs.
Enmanuel Valdez	BOS	2B/3B	$2-$5	Sneaky chance at upside on the cheap.
J.P. Crawford	SEA	SS	$4-$7	If you need an MI he plays a lot.
Dominic Fletcher	ARI	OF	$2-$5	Not a big name prospect but he is hitting well so far.
Kevin Kiermaier	TOR	OF	$2-$5	Good runs scored guy due to strong offense.
Ranger Suarez	PHI	P	$4-$7	Useable against soft teams, he will build his pitch count back up.
Michael Wacha	SD	P	$7-$22	Sets up for useable 2-start week.
Dane Dunning	TEX	P	$1-$4	He’s honestly dangerous to use but we are desperate out here.

Spec Plays👓

Elly De La Cruz	CIN	SS	$1	Only if you have a total free space, who knows when he debuts but he’s riding a rocket for roto.
Kutter Crawford	BOS	P	$1-$5	Mentioned as a flyer last week, will be activated but path to rotation requires an injury or Houck demotion.

Dynasty Darlings 💎

Landon Knack	LAD	P	$4-$15	Dealing Dodgers MiLB arm.
Nick Frasso	LAD	P	$4-$15	Dealing Dodgers MiLB arm.

Drop Department ✂️

Jordan Walker	STL	3B/OF	Potential Drop	STL is more crowded than a sardine tin and he is not torching the Minors, I am moving on in a league this week.
Jesse Winker	MIL	OF	Drop	Limited power off injury and poor AVG, OBP only guy.

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