MILB, MLB and Fantasy Baseball
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A basket full of observations from someone who watched way too much baseball on Opening Day!
Fantasy Focus: Buy, Sell, Hold Outfielders
With Aaron Judge NYY and Juan Soto NYY you just relax and ride the wave if you are competing. Both are having amazing, league winning type seasons and short of an injury this isn’t going to change
This Weekend in Baseball May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024
Pirates v Cubs: While they won’t pitch against each other we will see both Paul Skenes and Shota Imanaga go in this series. Skenes will be tested in his second big league start (Fri), against a Cubs team that is playing good baseball. And if you love pitching, watching Imanaga is close to must watch
Altuve, Bagwell, Biggio…and Morgan?
May 7, 2024
Morgan’s considered an inner circle HOF’er and what he did during his Big Red Machine days was remarkable. Johnny Bench was always my favorite Red but back then every little leaguer I knew would try to imitate Joe Morgan’s unique pre-swing elbow trigger. It was easily the most recognizable swing for a generation of baseball loving kids.
Missions v Travelers May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024
Tyler Locklear had the sole home run of the night, a very long shot to LF that can be seen below. Locklear was the 58th overall pick in the 2022 draft. He’s listed 6’2 210 and is every bit of that. Locklear’s K rate is lower than you might expect for a power guy and currently sits at 21% with a walk rate consistently over 10%.
NFBC Shares - May 👀
May 4, 2024
Brice Turang (5) - This is my kind of pick in a draft and hold. Potential for high upside with little cost. I felt going in that Turang had a role and that he could deliver a 270/70/10/50/40 season.
Missions v Travelers May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
This was my first live look at Snelling and he showed us a bit of everything. It looked like Snelling mostly worked 3 pitches, a FB that sat 93 and touched 94, an 85 mph CH, and a 79 mph slider. Snelling threw 80 pitches over 5 2/3 innings, 52 of which were strikes.
Missions v Travelers Apr 30, 2024
April 30, 2024
Reid VanScoter started for the Travs and went 6 innings, giving up just 7 baserunners and 1 run while striking out 4. This lowered VanScoter’s ERA to 2.77 on the year. A really nice start to his second pro season and coming off 143.1 IP of 3.27 ERA at high A last year.