If you’re one of the seventy percent of ESPN fantasy owners who haven’t jumped on board the A.J. Pollock train, let’s fix that for the weekend. The Diamondbacks’ 26-year-old outfielder has hits in 9 of his 13 games since returning from the disabled list and also has four steals. He’ll get a four-game set in Colorado heading into the weekend which is great for any hitter, but especially good from a steals perspective. Colorado owns baseball’s worst caught stealing percentage at 17%. The league average mark on the year is 27%. With Pollock currently owned in just 30% of ESPN leagues, he should be available to pick up. If he happens to be gone in your league, here are some other good steals matchups for this week in fantasy baseball…
Player | Own% | SBL15 | Schedule | SP to Target |
Juan Lagares | 72 | 8 | MIA (3), @ATL (3) | Aaron Harang |
Kirk Nieuwenhuis | 0 | 3 | MIA (3), @ATL (3) | Julio Teheran |
Eric Young | 8 | 1 | MIA (3), @ATL (3) | |
A.J. Pollock | 16 | 4 | SF (3), @COL (4) | Jorge De La Rosa |
Ender Inciarte | 8 | 4 | SF (3), @COL (4) | |
Alejandro De Aza | 42 | 2 | TOR (3), BOS (3) | Drew Hutchison |
Quintin Berry | 0 | 1 | TOR (3), BOS (3) | Brandon Workman |
Jimmy Paredes | 1 | 1 | TOR (3), BOS (3) | |
Michael Bourn | 28 | 2 | @HOU (4), @MIN (3) | Scott Feldman |
Jose Ramirez | 23 | 3 | @HOU (4), @MIN (3) | Ricky Nolasco |
Mike Aviles | 4 | 1 | @HOU (4), @MIN (3) | |
Adam Rosales | 3 | 2 | @OAK (3), @LAA (3) | Jered Weaver |
Jeff Samardzija | ||||
Scott Kazmir | ||||
Ezequiel Carrera | 1 | 4 | @MIN (3) , @KC (3) | Ricky Nolasco |
Andrew Romine | 1 | 3 | @MIN (3) , @KC (3) | Jason Vargas |
Emilio Bonifacio | 19 | 3 | WAS (3), NYM (3) | Stephen Strasburg |
Antoan Richardson | 1 | 3 | @TB (3), TOR (4) | Drew Hutchison |
Drew Smyly | ||||
Chris Archer | ||||
James Jones | 2 | 5 | @LAA (4), @HOU (3) | Jered Weaver |
Scott Feldman |
SBL15 = steals total for last 15 games
SP Targets = starting pitchers rostered on opposing team who are leaders in SB allowed
Green = teams with top ten worst CS% in majors