At this point in the season, the waiver wire is mostly a wasteland. The obvious breakouts are long gone, the trade deadline has passed and convincing yourself that the next guy to run into a .340 BABIP is finally breaking out probably isn’t going to save your fantasy season. That doesn’t mean there aren’t hitters who can help over the final month. It just means we have to dig a little deeper to figure out which players are actually giving us something useful. For this week’s Hitter Profiles, I am digging into a full lineup to review current skills, recent performance and playing time. Some of these players are legitimate recent risers. Some are simply good hitters who aren’t owned enough. A few are bets on the underlying numbers finally catching up to the box score. Most are available in more than half of leagues or at least close enough to be late season targets. With that out of the way, let’s get into the nine.
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Corbin Carroll had two of Arizona’s FIFTEEN hits last night as the D-Backs did their best impression of the worst hosts in baseball with a 9-0 thumping of Nick Lodolo and the Cincinnati Reds. The Snakes were biting in Arizona as Gabriel Moreno (2-for-5, 1 RBI, 5th SB), Geraldo Perdomo (3-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI), […]
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Buy This Classic Austrian Delight: Zac Veenerschnitzel
August 21, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell | 116 Commentsby: Grey
Saw an open house on RedFin recently of the Rockies’ front office. You enter from the parking lot into the lobby, which was built to resemble a giant ear canal. Then you travel into the main workspace, where the office and personnel is supposed to be and it was designed to appear to be a […]
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Rolling In The Deep: What’s Old May Have To Be New Again
August 21, 2026 | 2026 Fantasy Baseball | 4 Commentsby: Laura Holt
We’re heading into the last week of August, friends! If you are in a league where you’re fighting for a money spot but currently seem to be losing that battle, it likely feels like the season’s already over. If you’re on top of the standings with teams nipping at your heels, however, these next five […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Hope everyone had a fun Fourth of July! I spent it as our forefathers would’ve wanted: Driving around with an oversized sombrero screaming, “The British are coming,” while I had Cougs hoist a portable TV out our Celica’s sunroof, that was playing the World Cup match. Though, our forefathers would’ve wanted us to say a […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Hello friends! May is drawing to a close, which is a not-so-subtle reminder to all of us fantasy types that the first two months of the sixth month baseball season are in the books. A third of a season becomes more than a tiny sample size, and there’s no more pretending that the weaknesses in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Royce Lewis sent to Triple-A. Hmm, let’s see the Twins’ top hitting prospects of the last few years: Luke Keaschall, Brooks Lee, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Matt Wallner, Spencer Steer, Edouard Julien, Drew Gilbert, Trevor Larnach, Royce Lewis, Jose Miranda, Ben Rortvedt, and Redfin Smart Shopper, Alex Kirilloff. Quite the track record. It just so happens that […]
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May 12, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 350 Commentsby: Grey
April 13th was the last time Paul Skenes walked a hitter. It was James Wood, the NL leader in walks. Last night, Paul Skenes struck out the side in the first two innings, then Willi Castro laid down a bunt to open the third, because, as Biff once said, he’s chicken! In those first two […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Sal Stewart (2-for-4, 6 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer, hitting .323) is the first time in the history of the Reds that I’ve liked a hitter coming into the year and he’s actually performed well. Matt McLain? More like Matt McLame (wiped out his whole family with that one). TJ Friedl? More like […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 100 Outfielders for 2026 Fantasy Baseball
February 2, 2026 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Featured | 58 Commentsby: Grey
We’re deep, deep, deep, and these guys might not be playable. The top 100 outfielders for 2026 fantasy baseball are your flyers in most leagues, and your 5th and 6th outfielders in deep leagues. Keep in mind, we have NL-Only rankings, and AL-Only rankings. If you have no need for these outfielders in your league, think […]
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San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects For 2026 Fantasy Baseball
November 9, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 7 Commentsby: The Itch
1. 1B Bryce Eldridge | 21 | MLB | 2025
Here’s something Grey said the other day in his 2026 Fantasy Outlook for Bryce Eldridge:
“I’m going to go out on a sturdy limb — like this dude’s arms — and say he’s out-homering Pete Alonso by 2028. His average exit velocity in Triple-A as a 20-year-old was 95.7 MPH. At 20! Sorry to keep repeating his age, but if a 25-year-old is doing this, it’s whatever. A 20-year-old? It’s ludicrous. He was basically the top average exit velocity guy as a 20-year-old. “As a 20-year-old” repeat seventy-five times. Eldridge is unreal. 90th% EV? 108.6 MPH! Max EV? 114.6! Barrel%? 16.3! Hard Hit%? 64.5! If these numbers mean nothing to you, take my word for it. They’re nuts. Kyle Schwarber led the majors in Hard Hit%, it was 59.6! Ohtani was 58.4%. Look again at Bryce Eldridge’s — 64.5%!”
These numbers look ludicrous no matter how you slice them, but when you throw in the fact that Eldridge was a two-way prospect out of high school and that he’s 6’7” 240 pounds and still getting accustomed to his meta-human frame, the mind boggles at the possibilities. I wish he were in just about any other ballpark, but the Giants have a good lineup that should provide protection and opportunities for the young slugger who just turned 21 on October 20th.
Please, blog, may I have some more? The Summer Jeremiah Turned Pretty Enough To Buy
September 5, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell, Featured | 133 Commentsby: Grey
Every time I see J. Jackson in the Orioles’ lineup, I have to do one thing. Do you know what I do? This is like a Buzzfeed Quiz, How Well Do You Know Grey? If you guessed I see J. Jackson and start yelling like Joe Jackson, “You’ll never amount to anything!” at my life-sized […]
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