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Graduated from Stash List #7: Buy Tong In Time For Grilling Season: Adrian Del Castillo 

Note: Anyone promoted during the current season is ineligible for the stash list.

1. Cardinals SS JJ Wetherholt (22, AAA) 

2B Nolan Gorman has a 101 wRC+ despite a 30.1 percent strikeout rate, and he’s been hot since the calendar turned to June. He’s hit eight of his nine home runs since then, posting a 134 wRC+ despite still striking out an awful lot: 32.5 percent. The team already has something of an extra bat in C Yohel Pozo, but they’re in the wild card race. They’d make the playoffs if they started today, and JJ Wetherholt would be part of the Cardinals’ best playoff roster, so somebody’s going to lose some playing time sooner than later. Wetherholt went 4-for-5 with two doubles on Friday night, his fourth game in Triple-A, where he’s hitting .500 and slugging 1.000.

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Graduated from Stash List #6: Chase’s Fire or Colby Jacks Cheese: Chase Burns, Brady House, Harry Ford.

Note: Anyone promoted during the current season is ineligible for the stash list.

1. Guardians OF Chase DeLauter (23, AAA)

Slashing .314/.434/.500 with three home runs and more walks (17.9%) than strikeouts (12.3%). If I have to pick just one of these guys to swing some standings the rest of the way, it’s DeLauter by a mile. Cleveland might drag their feet a bit, but they’ve struggled like crazy to keep this guy on the field, and it makes sense to get him on a big league travel and rest schedule as soon as possible now that he’s locked in. Plus, it takes a while these days for young guys to adjust. Best to get him going now so he can help in August and beyond.

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In our 77th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer are joined by Joe Orrico of FanGraphs and FantasyPros, to discuss the latest MLB moves and preview the NL East teams. For each team in the division, we each pick a player that for fantasy purposes we would buy, sell, and pick to click. You can find us on bluesky […]

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Marlins 2B Javier Sanoja (22) is on the taxi squad today as the club awaits the injury news on Jose Devers. Sanoja has earned this promotion in his own right by slashing .291/.354/.431 with an incredible 8.9-to-6.1 percent walk-to-strikeout rate. A right-handed hitter listed at 5’7” 150 lbs, Sanoja has seven home runs and 17 steals in 126 games across two levels, so he’s not exactly an ideal fit for our game, but the Marlins were onto something when they prioritized the tough at bats a guy like Luis Arraez can provide, so maybe they’ll give Sanoja a good long look between this year and next. 

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