Death, taxes and Mike Trout destroying the competition. It’s comforting to know that even in the chaos of 2020 some things haven’t changed. He’s right back in the Top 3 of the two week running ISO power index. I was thinking Mike Trout was given Compound V by the Vought corporation as a baby, but it turns out he’s more like the male version of Captain Marvel, no discernible weaknesses. Uh oh, my geekness is showing, sorry about that!
So what’s very cool is that it appears the virus threw what it could at the sport and baseball has survived for another week. Love it! So we have comebacks, step ups, step backs and the Red Sox playing like the Pirates. Some Yankees are injured again, another sign that things are getting back to normal. This is a hitter listing. but have you seen Dustin May pitching this year? Unreal. Anyway, you can find last week’s list here.
Here are some of the movers for this week, followed by the list:
Aaron Judge: And around and around we go. He’s fighting injuries injuries again. How bad is it? Who knows, but questions breed drops in the rankings.
Giancarlo Stanton: And boom, he’s off the list.
Jose Altuve: So not knowing what’s coming does have an effect.
Charlie Blackmon & DJ LeMahieu: You take a serious run at .400 for a few months you move up the list. No, it won’t mean anything close to doing it in a regular season, but these guys are really helping their fantasy teams.
Rafael Devers: A posterboy for the Boston meltdown. Bogaerts and Martinez are waking up, but Devers is still in a career worst slump.
Mike Yastrzemski: Yastr…..YASTRZEMSKI! Mookie Betts isn’t the only one who can hit three homers in a game. Fine, so that clip was last year. He’s still hitting .314 with a 1.077 OPS this year. We finally have a Giant! Congrats Giant fans!
Kyle Seager: You know Corey is all, I hate you Kyle. Multi hit performances and grand slams definitely get you on the list!
Byron Buxton: You knew it was coming. Just when I think I’m out, he pulls me back in. Buxton takes a threat to his playing time and drops two homers in a game, handled. How about five homers in seven games? How about you’re looking pretty good if you hung on to this guy this year.
Andrew Benintendi: Just a note to say adios, it was nice to have the flow on the list but he’s out for who knows how long.
1 | Mike Trout | OF | LAA | 1 | 0 |
2 | Christian Yelich | OF | MIL | 2 | 0 |
3 | Cody Bellinger | 1B/OF | LAD | 3 | 0 |
4 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | ATL | 4 | 0 |
5 | Francisco Lindor | SS | CLE | 5 | 0 |
6 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | CLE | 6 | 0 |
7 | Trea Turner | SS | WSH | 7 | 0 |
8 | Trevor Story | SS | COL | 8 | 0 |
9 | Mookie Betts | OF | LAD | 9 | 0 |
10 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | COL | 10 | 0 |
11 | J.D. Martinez | OF | BOS | 12 | 1 |
12 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SS | SD | 13 | 1 |
13 | Javier Baez | SS | CHC | 15 | 2 |
14 | Bryce Harper | OF | PHI | 16 | 2 |
15 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | CHC | 17 | 2 |
16 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | KC | 18 | 2 |
17 | Alex Bregman | SS/3B | HOU | 19 | 2 |
18 | Ketel Marte | 2B/OF | ARI | 20 | 2 |
19 | Juan Soto | OF | WSH | 21 | 2 |
20 | George Springer | OF | HOU | 22 | 2 |
21 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | BOS | 23 | 2 |
22 | Nelson Cruz | DH | MIN | 24 | 2 |
23 | Manny Machado | SS/3B | SD | 25 | 2 |
24 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | ATL | 27 | 3 |
25 | Charlie Blackmon | OF | COL | 35 | 10 |
26 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B/2B/3B | NYY | 74 | 48 |
27 | Nick Castellanos | OF | CIN | 29 | 2 |
28 | Luis Robert | OF | CHW | 30 | 2 |
29 | Keston Hiura | 2B | MIL | 31 | 2 |
30 | Jose Altuve | 2B | HOU | 28 | -2 |
31 | Aaron Judge | OF | NYY | 11 | -20 |
32 | Pete Alonso | 1B | NYM | 32 | 0 |
33 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | MIN | 33 | 0 |
34 | J.T. Realmuto | C | PHI | 34 | 0 |
35 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | ATL | 36 | 1 |
36 | Starling Marte | OF | ARI | 37 | 1 |
37 | Gleyber Torres | 2B/SS | NYY | 38 | 1 |
38 | Mike Moustakas | 2B/3B | CIN | 39 | 1 |
39 | Austin Meadows | OF | TB | 40 | 1 |
40 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | ATL | 41 | 1 |
41 | Rafael Devers | 3B | BOS | 14 | -27 |
42 | Kyle Schwarber | OF | CHC | 42 | 0 |
43 | Kris Bryant | 3B | CHC | 43 | 0 |
44 | Carlos Correa | SS | HOU | 44 | 0 |
45 | Whit Merrifield | 2B/OF | KC | 45 | 0 |
46 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | CIN | 46 | 0 |
47 | Jose Abreu | 1B | CHW | 47 | 0 |
48 | Anthony Rendon | 3B | LAA | 48 | 0 |
49 | Tim Anderson | SS | CHW | 49 | 0 |
50 | Yuli Gurriel | 1B/3B | HOU | 50 | 0 |
51 | Eddie Rosario | OF | MIN | 51 | 0 |
52 | Adam Eaton | OF | WSH | 52 | 0 |
53 | Victor Robles | OF | WSH | 53 | 0 |
54 | Carlos Santana | 1B | CLE | 54 | 0 |
55 | Rhys Hoskins | 1B | PHI | 55 | 0 |
56 | Yoan Moncada | 3B | CHW | 56 | 0 |
57 | Eloy Jimenez | OF | CHW | 57 | 0 |
58 | Yordan Alvarez | DH | HOU | 58 | 0 |
59 | Oscar Mercado | OF | CLE | 59 | 0 |
60 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | PHI | 60 | 0 |
61 | Michael Brantley | OF | HOU | 61 | 0 |
62 | Yasmani Grandal | C/1B | CHW | 62 | 0 |
63 | Max Kepler | OF | MIN | 63 | 0 |
64 | Matt Olson | 1B | OAK | 64 | 0 |
65 | Franmil Reyes | OF | CLE | 65 | 0 |
66 | Gary Sanchez | C | NYY | 66 | 0 |
67 | Marcus Semien | SS | OAK | 67 | 0 |
68 | Joey Votto | 1B | CIN | 68 | 0 |
69 | Jorge Polanco | SS | MIN | 69 | 0 |
70 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | TOR | 70 | 0 |
71 | Bo Bichette | SS | TOR | 71 | 0 |
72 | Tommy Pham | OF | SD | 72 | 0 |
73 | Jeff McNeil | 2B/3B/OF | NYM | 73 | 0 |
74 | Shohei Ohtani | DH | LAA | 75 | 1 |
75 | Jonathan Villar | 2B/SS | MIA | 76 | 1 |
76 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | STL | 77 | 1 |
77 | David Dahl | OF | COL | 79 | 2 |
78 | Josh Bell | 1B | PIT | 80 | 2 |
79 | Justin Turner | 3B | LAD | 81 | 2 |
80 | Michael Conforto | OF | NYM | 82 | 2 |
81 | Matt Chapman | 3B | OAK | 83 | 2 |
82 | Byron Buxton | OF | MIN | 99 | 17 |
83 | Christian Vazquez | C | BOS | 84 | 1 |
84 | Corey Seager | SS | LAD | 85 | 1 |
85 | Jorge Soler | OF | KC | 86 | 1 |
86 | Ramon Laureano | OF | OAK | 87 | 1 |
87 | Willson Contreras | C | CHC | 88 | 1 |
88 | Edwin Encarnacion | 1B | CHW | 89 | 1 |
89 | Paul DeJong | SS | STL | 90 | 1 |
90 | Eduardo Escobar | 2B/3B | ARI | 91 | 1 |
91 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | OF | TOR | 92 | 1 |
92 | David Peralta | OF | ARI | 93 | 1 |
93 | Alex Verdugo | OF | BOS | 94 | 1 |
94 | Mitch Garver | C | MIN | 95 | 1 |
95 | Cavan Biggio | 2B | TOR | 96 | 1 |
96 | Ryan Braun | OF | MIL | 97 | 1 |
97 | Trent Grisham | OF | SD | 98 | 1 |
98 | Max Muncy | 1B/2B/3B/OF | LAD | 100 | 2 |
99 | Mike Yastrzemski | OF | SFG | NA | NA |
100 | Kyle Seager | 3B | SEA | NA | NA |