Called up from our last Stash List: Tampa Bay SS Wander Franco, Baltimore SS Domingo Leyba, Kansas City 3B Emmanuel Rivera, Chicago (AL) 2B Jake Burger, Chicago (AL) OF Gavin Sheets, Cincinnati SS Alejo Lopez, and Milwaukee LHP Aaron Ashby.
Always exciting to turn the page.
But before we do so, I’d like to update the book on Reid Detmers, who had 46 strikeouts in 21 June innings, retiring 51.7 percent of his opponents via strikeout with a 46.1 percent K-BB rate.
Adds up to a 19.71 K/9 with a 9.2 K/BB rate with a 1.14 WHIP and .229 opponents batting average despite his squad allowing a .455 BABIP with him on the mound.
Wow.
I don’t think anyone saw this coming. If a 30-year-old, one-inning reliever in A ball were striking out more than half the dudes he saw for a month, he’d be opening eyes. Would certainly graduate the level. Detmers, seen as a control and command mid-rotation type on draft night, looks like Tarik Skubal out there on the stat sheet thanks in part to meaty velocity jump that makes his curveball even more Bugs Bunny-ish. If you have George Kirby or some other similarly ranked pitching prospect, I’d see if the Detmers owner in your league would be interested in a swap. That ballpark should be perfect for him, and even if he gets hit around a bit, the command and strikeouts will keep his rates in tip-top roto shape.
Now onto the list.
1. AAA Boston OF Jarren Duran
This paragraph is now a shrug emoji. Is there a Time = Money emoji? Seems like that would have legs if it were blandly goofy enough. Rumors of the Red Sox wanting to see Duran in the Olympics are starting to get a little scary for the investor with the Duran-heavy portfolio, but the tools are so loud, and the lineup is so nasty, we have little choice but to wait.
2. AAA Tampa Bay 2B Vidal Bruján
Something like John Travolta in that Kyra Sedgwick movie: Brujánenon, Vidal’s gotten better results across the board over the past week. Might be a bumpy ride in his early career as he learns to maximize his potential, but the downside is much less than Travolta’s in that flick, insofar as I remember. No spoilers from 1996 over here.
3. AAA Seattle OF Jarred Kelenic
Tweaking the rules a little bit here to get him on the list. Ignoring previous in-season call-ups is mostly a filter for injuries and up-and-down types who could nonetheless provide value in bursts. Kelenic is in his own bucket, so he’s on the list. Perhaps that “rule” should be deferred to on a case-by-case basis anyway. I’m not a robot over here. Yet.
Luis Patiño just provided us with one reason such a rule seems relevant to making this article useful. He was promoted and demoted within a 48-hour span, and he’d basically have been on this list all season thanks to option mania. Maybe that’d be fine. I dunno. I prefer the new blood. Some say just gimme all the blood. And I get that, but I’m just not wired that way.
4. AAA Anaheim OF Jo Adell
Double shrug emoji. Time = money emoji. Middle fingers at sky shrug emoji?
5. AAA Cincinnati RHP Hunter Greene
Understatement to say I’m colorfully envious of everyone who has him in a dynasty league.
6. AAA Tampa Bay RHP Shane Baz
Was on the move in the Razz 30-team dynasty this week, straight up for slick Nick Madrigal. Interesting deal all around. Steals are tough in a 30. So is pitching. Quality Start league, too, so gotta think there’s a little Rays ish baked in. I think Baz could come up and leap in a hurry. Could get hit like a lot of rookies. Madrigal’s value is pretty protected for 2022, I suspect.
7. AAA Seattle C Cal Raleigh
They told Cal Raleigh and me that it couldn’t be done, but huzzah! (Raleigh and Itch smash their glasses) A catcher has made the Stash List! The Mariners are really grinding out those Ws, and with every win, we peel a section of future stash lists.
8. AAA Texas 1B Curtis Terry
Terry looks so good right now he provides an interesting lens on the game. Texas might want to protect his clock. I don’t know how or when teams decide which players are good enough to try and game the system, but I wound’t think they had Terry in that fuck-em bucket coming into 2021. Have to reassess on the fly. Just part of the game. On the other hand, they might want to get him in under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement if they feel that will be kinder to ownership than whatever shape comes next. I’d love to see him take the next step right after the All-Star break, if not before.
9. AA Seattle OF Julio Rodriguez
From the Stash List to Jerry Dipoto’s eyes. Seattle’s hot and suddenly a contending team heading into the nation’s party weekend. Color me unsurprised if Julio is suddenly ready to face big league pitching after hiding him in High A, where, additedly, the pitching level seemed pretty close to AA in my opinion early this season. His timeline was always linked up with the club’s MLB outcomes, is all I’m saying. Big news, that isn’t. But if he goes from A+ to the majors in a month, people will discuss it with reverent surprise, which makes Seattle look smart, now that the chess pieces are really sliding around on my ceiling. Whole point is, they’ve been sandbagging. Perfect for the fourth. Got there in the end. Please don’t call it Cornhole, by the way. Bean Bags. Bags. Sandbags. Sand hoops. Bean hoops. Bag Shoes. Whatever. But Cornhole? We can be better. All of us. In little ways.
10. AAA Tampa Bay OF Josh Lowe
The Rays clearly believe centerfield defense matters. Lowe is fine out there, but fine is likely a huge step back from Kevin Kiermaier in their eyes. Plus they owe him money. I’m worried we’ll be hearing about Josh Lowe in the wings most of the year.
11. AAA Houston OF Jake Meyers
12. AAA Minnesota 3B Jose Miranda
13. AAA Cincinnati SS Jose Barrera
14. AAA Baltimore 2B Jahmai Jones
15. AAA Tampa Bay RHP Joe Ryan
16. AAA Oakland RHP Daulton Jefferies
17. AA Washington RHP Cade Cavalli
18. AAA Arizona 3B Drew Ellis
19. AAA Boston SS Jeter Downs
20. AA Los Angeles (AL) Reid Detmers
21. AAA Toronto SS Kevin Smith
22. AAA Oakland OF Cody Thomas
23. AAA Oakland OF Greg Deichmann
24. AAA Boston OF Johan Mieses
25. AAA New York (AL) SS Hoy Jun Park
26. AA Miami LHP Jake Eder
27. AA Miami RHP Edward Cabrera
28. AA Toronto C Gabriel Moreno
29. AA Toronto RHP Simeon Woods Richardson
30. AA Boston RHP Brayan Bello
31. AA Toronto 2B Samad Taylor
32. AAA Houston OF Bryan De La Cruz
33. AAA Houston OF Jose Siri
34. AAA St. Louis 2B Nolan Gorman
35. AA Cincinnati LHP Nick Lodolo
36. AAA Boston OF Marcus Wilson
37. AAA Milwaukee LHP Ethan Small
38. AAA Kansas City 2B Gabriel Cancel
39. AAA Houston 1B JJ Matijevic
40. AA San Francisco RHP RJ Dabovich
41. AA Washington LHP Matt Cronin
42. AA San Diego SS CJ Abrams
43. AA Kansas City SS Bobby WItt Jr.
44. AAA Arizona OF Stuart Fairchild
45. AAA Baltimore LHP Kevin Smith
46. AA San Francisco OF Heliot Ramos
47. AA San Francisco RHP Caleb Kilian
48. AAA Houston RHP Brett Conine
49. AAA San Francisco RHP Matt Frisbee
50. AA Kansas City 1B Nick Pratto
51. AA Pittsburgh RHP Roansy Contreras
52. AA Pittsburgh SS Rodolfo Castro
53. AA Kansas City RHP Alec Marsh
54. AAA Baltimore OF Yusniel Diaz
55. AA Miami OF JJ Bleday
Slumping:
AAA San Diego LHP MacKenzie Gore: a cautionary tale about overvaluing the consensus chamber pick for top pitching prospect. Alex Reyes, Forrest Whitley, Jesus Luzardo, MacKenzie Gore, even Sixto Sanchez and Nate Pearson had a dance or two.
Injured:
AAA Philadelphia OF Cornelius Randolph
AAA Los Angeles (AL) Brandon Marsh
AAA Chicago (NL) LHP Brailyn Marquez
AA Los Angeles (NL) RHP Josiah Gray – word is he’ll be back soon. Less hopeful on these other three for the moment.
Thanks for reading!
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