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# MLB Starting Lineups For Thu 8/21
ATH | BAL | BOS | CHC | COL | HOU | KC | LAD | MIL | MIN | NYM | NYY | SD | SF | STL | TB | TEX | WSH | ARI | ATL | CHW | CIN | CLE | DET | LAA | MIA | OAK | PHI | PIT | SEA | TOR
With the MLB trade deadline looming, fantasy baseball managers know it will soon be time to look beyond blockbuster trades for hidden gems. As teams recalibrate and make their final playoff pushes or look to test young talent for the future, an influx of minor league talent often comes to the forefront. At this juncture, we start to see some surprise callups that can be real difference-makers, injecting fresh energy and unexpected production into our fantasy lineups. In this week’s Hitter Profiles, we dive into a selection of under-the-radar minor league prospects poised to receive the call and make an impact during the crucial stretch run. Whether you're contending for a title or searching for keeper league gems, these lesser known names could be key to your future success.

1. Guardians 2B Travis Bazzana | 21 

With Bazzana, the Guardians get their most polished draft prospect in a long time, but he’s not a floor play by any means. At six foot even out of Australia, Bazzana has gotten stronger throughout his career in college ball and added significant impact to his plus-contact profile, homering 28 times in his junior season after hitting 11 as a sophomore and six as a freshman. Please, blog, may I have some more?

Hey everybody, welcome back to another edition of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players. The player I want to focus on this week is not the prototypical player that I highlight. That is because Michael Toglia of the Colorado Rockies is basically a one-tool player. But that tool - his power - is pretty solid. And when you are looking to add players with upside to your team at this point of the season, you are not going to find too many multi-tool players sitting on the free agent wire or even the trade block unless a team is trading a star for a big haul of prospects/young players. That is not the case with Toglia. Right now he is owned in only 27% of Yahoo leagues and 9% of ESPN leagues. I think the time is right to jump on Toglia and enjoy the power he is going to add to your team. Let's look into Toglia a bit more to see why I consider him an Up-and-Coming Dynasty Player.

The Baltimore Orioles made a huge stride in bolstering their starting pitching staff Friday trading for Rays starter Zach Eflin. About Eflin time! Eflin has struggled with consistency all season long with an unsightly 4.09 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and underwhelming 87/13 K/BB, but there have been flashes of the pitcher we saw in 2023 (3.50 ERA, 1.02 WHIP 186/24 K/BB) that made many of us so hype to draft him in 2024. Please, blog, may I have some more?

Pat Murphy, the Brewers’ manager and the head of the MLB’s Irish-American Anti-Defamation League, Take A Walk After BB (Beaucoup Beverages) is on the phone with his chapter, “Hey, Seamus, I’d like to send this new Giants’ kid, Tyler Fitzgerald, a personal greeting from Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson dressed as leprechauns to welcome him to the major leagues. Please, blog, may I have some more?

Greetings friends and readers, hope you are enjoying your summer both in real life and in the fantasy baseball realm. I honestly wasn’t expecting there to be so little trade news or even rumblings with less than a week to go before the deadline, but I suppose with the new playoff rules and the relative lack of obvious sell candidates, that is to be expected. Please, blog, may I have some more?