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Brett Baty was called up, finally!!!*
*It’s only been like two weeks. Aren’t you being a little bit overdramatic with the “finally” and the crazy cartoonish exclamation marks?**
*SHUT UP FOOTNOTE, YOU FREAKIN’ NERD!!!*
*Um, okay, but you’re a footnote too.***
***Sadly, the preceding two footnotes got into a scuffle soon after that exchange, and the cops were called as a postscript.
So, the Mets finally made the move we have all been expecting for the last two weeks, and, honestly, it should’ve been done when they broke camp. The Mets are not a stupid organization. Jinxed? Oh, hecks to the hey! But not dumb. I gave you a Brett Baty fantasy back in November. Nothing’s really changed from that. He’s one of the top callups this year, and should be rostered in all leagues. He could immediately break on the scene and hit 25+ homes and .270. My big question is does Buck bench Eduardo Escobar completely? I don’t think so, but I don’t know. Buck you, Showalter, play Baty! Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Psyche! So sorry for this weekend and the problems the site’s had. We’ve hired a company to try to alleviate all the issues. Long story short, we were being attacked by bots and they were crashing us repeatedly. We should be good now. If you have issues logging in, you have to clear your browser cache about a month back, then log back in. I know, major pain in the ass. Sorry! Anyway II, the roundup:
Max Scherzer – Had his start pushed back due to shoulder soreness. Oh, that ol’ nugget! I’m sure he’s fine! No biggie at all!
Carlos Carrasco – 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 8.56. If that line looks good to you, he was much worse than his line indicates. If that line looks bad to you, then he was about that good.
Jose Butto – 5 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 1.80. as he made a spot start. Fun fact! Butto is how you say butt in Spanish.
Tommy Pham – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. Pham’s the type to just show up at your house unannounced. Also, he’s a solid NL-Only guy, but Mets are too crowded for Pham for mixed leagues.
Pete Alonso – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer, hitting .267. Albombso!
Francisco Lindor – 1-for-4 and a slam (4) and legs (2), hitting .246. This is no slight on Lindor (okay, maybe a small slight), but Starling Marte (0-for-4, 7th steal) has more than three times as many steals as him. I know, Marte should steal more, but more than three times? A 20-steal pace and a 70-steal pace? My God, Marte.
Zach Neto – 0-for-4 as he was called up, and hit leadoff. Angels made a huge move that no one foresaw, calling up Zach Neto. Homeboy’s like twelve years old. He wasn’t even rostered in my AL-Only leagues, and everyone’s rostered in my AL-Only leagues. I think one team rosters Mike Trout Jr. just in case someone takes a paternity test, finds out they’re Mike Trout’s long-lost son that he had when he was 15, and that would still make Mike Trout Jr. only 16 years old and three years away from impact and he’s rostered! Zach Neto was just written up in Itch’s top 15 for First-Year-Player Dynasty Drafts. In Itch’s top Angels prospects, he said, “Not many options for those seeking a college bat with speed who could cruise through the minors quickly enough to help you sometime soon in the standings. As a bonus, the Angels don’t have anyone blocking anything on the middle infield, with the possible exception of Luis Rengifo, who I’ve been adding and trading for across my leagues because I believe in his steps forward this season. One downside is Neto’s oversized leg kick, something he ditches with two strikes in favor of a contact-oriented approach. The big front leg isn’t necessarily bad, and I like that he’s got a two-strike approach, but he might need some adept coaching along the way in making the leap from Campbell and the Big South Conference. He’s hit well in wooden bat leagues against college arms, which assuages some of the small school concerns….(Then, Itch updated this year) Neto has in fact cruised through the minors quickly. He played 30 Double-A games and slashed .320/.382/.492 with four home runs and four stolen bases. It’ll be hard to hold him back in the minors if he replicates that success this coming season. He was seventh on this post-draft list and will be higher than that when I shuffle up and deal a new ranking. I’d like to shuffle my feet on Grey’s head, too.” Okay, not cool. I’ve tried to add Zach Neto in every league. He is that rare five category contributor. I guess that means Anime Grey in the video at the top of the page is way off with Luis Rengifo, who the Angels now seemed to have said RenGTFO. Oh well on that guy. I asked for a miracle when Oneil Cruz went down, and He sent me an Angel!
Reid Detmers – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.50. I’d be lying if I said I’m going rigth back in on a guy after he’s disappointed me. Now, Detmers: You’re a Streamonator call until further notice.
Garrett Whitlock – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.50. If you click his name, you see the last three mentions of him, and if you click my last mention of him, you see I thought he was a pickup in most leagues. Look at me sorta teaching you how to fish.
Anthony DeSclafani – 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.42. Who said Disco is dead? This freakin’ spinning mirrored ball looks alive to me!
Joc Pederson – Hit the IL with wrist inflammation. He said it hurts like “someone took my hand and slapped my own face with it.”
Domingo German – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.86. Where in the German grandmothers named Oma did this come from? He struck out 11 in only 78 pitches too! I mean, dizzamn. Streamonator doesn’t love him next time out, and, honestly, I don’t know how to make heads or tails of this guy now.
Gerrit Cole – 9 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners,. 10 Ks, ERA at 0.95 vs. the Twins, who are obviously already in postseason mode.
Lars Nootbaar – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Yo, waiter, bring me some freshly ground pepper! On a side note, Nootbaar is going to be hitting leadoff soon, and Donovan seems like he’s fading badly/sadly.
Michael Kopech – 5 IP, 3 ER, 10 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 6.32 vs. Kyle Gibson – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 4.18. These both might’ve been Streamonator calls, but they’re more like Stinkonator calls, because I would hold my nose starting either one.
Yusei Kikuchi – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.70. Damn, the Rays suck huh?
Alek Manoah – 4 2/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 6.98. Speaking of sucking. This guy needs a stint on the Ineffective List. Dude’s more toast than a loaf of white bread in the oven.
Christian Bethancourt – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in his last two games. Hot schmotato alert!
Steven Matz – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.48. This was the Streamonator call in my Friday Buy column, and, he was one out from a Quality Start, I’ll take it.
Jameson Taillon – 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.50. No lie, I went to this game on Saturday. So, I got there on time, went to get a hot dog and missed 3 innings, then missed four innings looking for an ice cream sammy, then missed three innings to go to the bathroom, and they made me repay them an extra inning on the way out! What gives, pitch clock?
Cody Bellinger – 1-for-4, 2 runs and a slam (3), and legs (3), hitting .245. Still a small sample — that’s what she said! — but Bellinger’s stats are better than they’ve been for a few years.
Patrick Wisdom – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer, and 3rd homer in as many games. “Okay, smart guy, Wisdom it is!” Me talking to my waiver wire.
Brad Boxberger – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 1st save, as Michael Fulmer (1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.86) entered the 8th inning, after blowing the night before’s game. Hey, I get it. Games are important, but they’re really changing the guards this fast in Chicago? They’re a 90-loss team, chillax!
Luis Castillo – 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 0.73. Lost a perfect game in the 7th inning, but he gained a new fan (guy who loathes perfection).
Hunter Brown – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.93. What if the guy we thought was great back in March is great all along?
Andrew Heaney – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.97 vs. Framber Valdez – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.80-. Had both of these guys going in multiple leagues and, boy, was I happy to see no wins for either. Wild On’s Brock Burke got the Win? What the eff?
Graham Ashcraft – 6 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.42. Was thinking about complaining that there were only four strikeouts for him, then I punched myself in the face.
Kris Bubic – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.94 and to the IL with a left flexor strain. Who trusted this loser?! Bubic? More like boob itch on Meatloaf in Fight Club RIP. Speaking of RIP, how about my ratios? With Bubic to the IL, you can drop him. Bubicarus flew too close to the sun on the back of fantasy baseballers’ hopes and dreams.
Vinnie Pasquantino – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .269. Hey, yo, watch as Pasketti talks with his hands!
Ozzie Albies – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .262. Typing this up while staring at Grissom in the Braves’ lineup trying to will him into being the one who hit that homer.
Kyle Wright – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.23. That’s more Wright it.
Sandy Alcantara – 6 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 5.84. Al-can’t-ara.
Corbin Carroll – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .288. I’m convinced if he were hitting leadoff already, then he’d just keep hitting leadoff. The Dbags’ manager and Real World/Road Rules Challenge alum, Torey Lovullo, has no clue what he’s doing. There’s literally not a guy better suited in the majors for hitting leadoff and he’s hitting fifth. Just incredible galaxy braining.
Mason Thompson – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.59, and the win. I usually leave the bullpen Holds guys to JKJ or our Relievonator, but Mason is emerging as that excellent middle man who should be rostered even in shallow non-Holds leagues.
Jeimer Candelario – 4-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .284, hitting .308 in the last week. Jeimer was a sleeper of mine last year. Cust kayin’.
Luis Garcia – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. Check out, Rocky III watching Apollo get killed and getting fired up.
Luis Cessa – 3 IP, 11 ER, ERA at 13.50. The Regression Fairies leave the Barefoot Contessa on in the background while they make dinner and they will kill your ratios!
Bryson Stott – 3-for-7, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .380, as he hits leadoff in front of the high-powered Phils’ lineup that is only going to get better when Bryce Harper returns. Looking for 2016 DJ LeMahieu? This might be him. No one’s looking for the 2016 DJ LeMahieu? Yeah, that’s fair.
Brandon Marsh – 4-for-6, 3 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .378. One of the hottest schmotatoes in Hot Schmotato Land over the course of the last week. See our 7-day Player Rater for more.
Grayson Rodriguez – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 6.91. The cross I must bear. The son who shows up late to the family BBQ and brings off-brand Orange Drink because he spent the money I gave him on Newports. Grayson, you are my Failson.
Jake Burger – 1-for-3 and his 4th homer in the 1st inning. Also, in the first inning, Gavin Sheets (2-for-4, 3 RBIs, and his 1st homer) went deep. Grayson giving up two homers to Burger/Sheets for the dreaded Dutch Oven.
Yu Darvish – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.44. I’ll never forgive the Padres for not giving Darvish run support. *sees a hummingbird* Ooh, cool! Wait, what was I not forgiving the Padres about?
Wade Miley – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners (zero walks), 8 Ks, ERA at 1.50. Would’ve been better off drafting Wade Miley instead of any pitcher I did draft. FMFBBL.
Freddy Peralta – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.18. “I won’t cheer the downfall of FreddyKBB. I care for him too much,” he said while staring off into the horizon.
Brandon Woodruff – Diagnosed with a sub-scapular shoulder. You know those Whack-A-Mole games? Imagine the best person at that. A person so schooled in Whack-A-Mole they give Ted Talks about how to win at Whack-A-Mole. They have their Whack-A-Mole doctorate. Now, instead of moles, imagine your pitching staff popping its head out of the hole and this guy is just pounding your staff down again and again. That’s this news for your pitching staff if you have Woodruff.
