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I love me a hot schmotato almost as much as I love me a hot Latina. [Jay’s Note: I prefer the angry Latina.] Yes, it is true, I love Latin women more than fantasy baseball, except this week, when I love me some Eddie Rosario. He’s been a warming hitter looking primed to have a break out sooner than later, and I’m betting my money on this week. I know he has nothing to do with Rosario Dawson but I’ll take any chance to look at her pics and this beautiful gif (I couldn’t put that in the article for fear Jay would of removed it). It’s crazy to think she started her career in Kids and how much of a game changer that flick was. Will Eddie R be a game changer for you this week? I like the chances for that to occur and if you keep reading I will do my best to convince you why I like him, but before I do that, one more Rosario Dawson clip for the road… okay maybe not, the Alexander clip is very NSFW, but you can look it up on your own.

This week the 7.4% owned lest handed hitting Eddie Rosario gets a lot of love by the hitter-tron and I have to concur. Our trash/treasure bear/bull writer the Big Magoo was also talking him up to me the other day and he planted a seed. I was bummed Eddie R was already swiped up in a few leagues I’m in but that doesn’t mean he isn’t available in yours. Like I said in the intro, he is warming and looking ready to get hot. He opens the week with 3 games at lefty friendly Cincy facing all right handers and if he’s playing then he’s in your lineup (the return of Danny Craptana worries me a little). He follows that series with 4 at KC getting three righties and one lefty. His batting average is the same vs. either arm but that is where the similarities end. He only has one XBH, a HR, against lefties where against righties he has 3 HR’s, 5 doubles and 2 triples in only 99 AB’s. I looked at his minor league numbers and he has flashed some power and speed at different levels but never consistent enough to make him a must own for either. What he has always done is hit for good average and at age 23 he is in the developing power stage. If you can get a dong, a bag, some counting stats and a good average then I would consider that a success out of the middle infidel. If you just lost Pedroia or Rendon then I would jump on him for the week.

Last week’s Frankencatcher combo worked out pretty well. Castillo and Chirinos both hit dongs and that’s good enough for me. This week I like Dioner Navarro, he gets 4 games at home and three at Detroit. The match-ups look solid and I would be checking on the daily if he is starting. Josh Phegley is very under owned and when he plays he hits. If you see Mr. Vogt getting an off day or set to DH, then I would grab Josh and get him in your line-up all day any day.

The Top 100 Hitters, Week 13

Rank Player Pos Team
1 Mike Trout OF LAA
2 Paul Goldschmidt 1B ARI
3 Miguel Cabrera 1B DET
4 Anthony Rizzo 1B CHC
5 Josh Donaldson 3B TOR
6 Todd Frazier 3B CIN
7 Bryce Harper OF WAS
8 Nolan Arenado 3B COL
9 Jose Abreu 1B CHW
10 Justin Upton OF SD
11 Jose Bautista OF TOR
12 Troy Tulowitzki SS COL
13 Jose Altuve 2B HOU
14 Andrew McCutchen OF PIT
15 George Springer OF HOU
16 Albert Pujols 1B LAA
17 Manny Machado 3B BAL
18 Prince Fielder 1B TEX
19 Adam Jones OF BAL
20 Ryan Braun OF MIL
21 Edwin Encarnacion 1B TOR
22 Kris Bryant 3B CHC
23 Starling Marte OF PIT
24 Nelson Cruz OF SEA
25 Hanley Ramirez SS BOS
26 Brett Gardner OF NYY
27 J.D. Martinez OF DET
28 A.J. Pollock OF ARI
29 Dee Gordon 2B MIA
30 Adrian Gonzalez 1B LAD
31 Joey Votto 1B CIN
32 Charlie Blackmon OF COL
33 Yoenis Cespedes OF DET
34 Jason Kipnis 2B CLE
35 Buster Posey C SF
36 Brian Dozier 2B MIN
37 Carlos Gomez OF MIL
38 Michael Brantley OF CLE
39 Joc Pederson OF LAD
40 Kolten Wong 2B STL
41 Mark Teixeira 1B NYY
42 Chris Davis 3B BAL
43 Eric Hosmer 1B KC
44 Mookie Betts OF BOS
45 Yasiel Puig OF LAD
46 Carlos Correa SS HOU
47 Jay Bruce OF CIN
48 Steven Souza OF TB
49 David Ortiz DH BOS
50 Evan Gattis C HOU
51 Stephen Vogt C OAK
52 Brian McCann C NYY
53 Jhonny Peralta SS STL
54 Carlos Gonzalez OF COL
55 Yasmany Tomas 3B ARI
56 Ian Kinsler 2B DET
57 Kyle Seager 3B SEA
58 Carlos Santana 3B CLE
59 Kendrys Morales 1B KC
60 Matt Carpenter 3B STL
61 Billy Hamilton OF CIN
62 Jason Heyward OF STL
63 Jose Reyes SS TOR
64 Lucas Duda 1B NYM
65 Maikel Franco 3B PHI
66 Russell Martin C TOR
67 Kole Calhoun OF LAA
68 Brandon Belt 1B SF
69 Pablo Sandoval 3B BOS
70 Brandon Moss OF CLE
71 Alex Gordon OF KC
72 Shin-Soo Choo OF TEX
73 Matt Kemp OF SD
74 Josh Reddick OF OAK
75 Denard Span OF WAS
76 Evan Longoria 3B TB
77 Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY
78 Mike Moustakas 3B KC
79 Adam LaRoche 1B CHW
80 Howie Kendrick 2B LAA
81 Mark Trumbo OF SEA
82 Gregory Polanco OF PIT
83 Chris Colabello OF TOR
84 Lorenzo Cain OF KC
85 Billy Burns OF OAK
86 Robinson Cano 2B SEA
87 Cameron Maybin OF ATL
88 Jimmy Paredes OF BAL
89 Kevin Pillar OF TOR
90 Dexter Fowler OF CHC
91 Leonys Martin OF TEX
92 Christian Yelich OF MIA
93 DJ LeMahieu 2B COL
94 Adam Lind 1B MIL
95 Joe Panik 2B SF
96 Ben Zobrist SS OAK
97 Joey Gallo 3B TEX
98 Ben Revere OF PHI
99 Josh Harrison OF PIT
100 Avisail Garcia OF CHW

DL – Dustin PedroiaJacoby EllsburyDavid Wright, Jorge SolerAdrian BeltreHunter PenceMatt HollidayRyan ZimmermanCorey DickersonEnder InciarteWil Myers, Giancarlo Stanton, Freddie Freeman, Anthony Rendon.

I would like to open this with a moment of silence for Giancarlo. Now take a five minute moment of silence to pray for Grey. He is crushed right now and I spent Saturday trying to console him with the sweet soul hip hop music of Oddisee. (Track 1, Track 2, Track 3.) Please, don’t bother Grey with catcher questions for the next couple of days while he heals. Here is a little hand gif for you…too soon?

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Giancarlo’s injury leads to a mix up of the top 10. No, I didn’t just slide everyone up one. I re-evaluated it and have a new order. Harper showing those injury wings scares me a little and I had to drop him a hair to reflect my concerns. At this point I would rather have Frazier, Donaldson, and Nolan before the Grand Dolor. The Homernado has been redonk lately and with 64 RBI’s he has to be top 10. Going into the year, I liked Nolan a lot, but saw him as an 80-90 RBI guy, well opportunity brings gifts and now he is on pace for 110+. That’s the thing with RBI’s and Runs, they are very hard to predict from year to year.

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J.D. has been Just Dongs lately and I’m buying. I actually traded with Mike for him in the ‘perts league this past week. Too bad it wasn’t accepted til after the three homer game but I’ll take the three straight days of homers I got. If you just lost Giancarlo and need a power play, I would definitely be trying to buy me some Martinez. If he doesn’t get to 35 homers I’m going to jump out my window in frustration. With an 8% drop in ground ball rate and a 8% increase in his flyball rate his batted ball profile matches the hope I have for him to exceed 30 home runs. Considering he has been unlucky (.316 BABIP) compared to last year (.389) it all looks sustainable and should be a lock for 80/33/90/6/.280.

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At a certain point in the rankings you guys…and girls need to understand that it becomes needs based. If you look at 60-80, it leans a little more to the positional needs side and are players less likely to be dropped. From 81-100, it is completely a categories need playground and the value of each player should be based on what will help you win. With all the new injuries this past week a lot of spots opened up. I decided to throw in some hot hitters over the past few weeks to mix it up. At this point of the season you should only be married to your core players and the rest of your slots are for playing the hot hand or SAGNOF! Grey, here are some flowers for you courtesy of Miggy (he took Giancarlo’s spot in the top 100)

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