We have made it through another week of the MLB season. There were some awe-inspiring performances. As usual, there were some great showings and some rough ones to dig into. This weekly fantasy baseball column will help highlight some hot and cold players, risers and fallers. Some players are already rostered in many places. Other players may be widely available in fantasy baseball leagues, making a potential waiver wire claim a possibility.
This week, I will highlight some known and lesser-known players. Let’s see some of the risers and fallers for fantasy baseball Week 10 (5/26-6/1).
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Fantasy Baseball Risers & Fallers
Fantasy Baseball Risers
Cal Raleigh is in the middle of an MVP campaign. This past week was a monster week towards winning that award. Raleigh collected a hit in all six games for a .348 batting average. He hit six home runs with a .783 ISO and 331 wRC+.
Raleigh was locked in barreling the ball 40% of the time, with a 73.3% hard-hit rate. Raleigh is now hitting .264 on the season with 23 home runs, 45 RBI and has even stolen six bases. What a monster the first two months of the season have been for Raleigh.
Ernie Clement (2B, SS, 3B – TOR)
Ernie Clement is in the middle of a great offensive run. He finished the week on a six-game hitting streak for a .433 batting average. He had six extra-base hits with four doubles and two home runs to go with a .333 ISO and 245 wRC+.
Clement only struck out 10% of the time with a 41% hard-hit rate. Clement has been utilized all over the infield for the Blue Jays. He should be rostered in 12-team and deeper leagues while he’s hitting like this.
Jeremy Pena was off to a slow start to the season, but he has been swinging it well of late. This past week, Pena hit safely in all six games for a .435 batting average. He hit three home runs while barreling the ball 8.7% of the time with a 52.2% hard-hit rate.
Pena was also showcasing his speed by stealing four bases. Pena is now hitting .309 on the season with nine home runs and 10 steals. He’s on his way to a 20/20 season and maybe more if he keeps swinging it like this.
After a slow start to the season, Junior Caminero is showcasing all the elite offensive skills that had many so excited during draft season. This past week, Caminero hit safely in four out of seven games for a .379 batting average.
Caminero had multiple hits in the four games with four doubles and four home runs. Caminero barreled the ball 25% of the time with a 58.3% hard-hit rate while only striking out 16.7% of the time. He is poised for a big finish to the season on his way to becoming one of the top fantasy third basemen.
Christian Yelich was struggling at the plate entering last week, but that changed in a big way. He hit .500 over five games with three home runs, nine RBI and a stolen base. Yelich was barreling the ball 20% of the time with a 40% hard-hit rate to go with a 325 wRC+.
Yelich is only hitting .233 on the season, but now has 12 home runs to go with 10 stolen bases. If he can keep clicking at the plate like he did this past week, Yelich should finish the season with another great fantasy stat line.
Fantasy Baseball Fallers
Kyle Stowers was off to a great start to the season, but he has struggled in recent weeks. This past week, Stowers collected one single over six games for a .048 batting average. Stowers only made contact 63.5% of the time, with a 19.6% SwStr rate and 39.1% strikeout rate.
Stowers had a -50 wRC+, which summed up all his struggles. He’s still hitting .281 on the season with 10 home runs, but he needs to figure things out quickly as the Marlins are getting healthy in the outfield.
Mike Yastrzemski was a steady producer at the top of the Giants’ batting order for most of the season. The production has quickly dried up, though. This past week, Yastrzemski collected two singles over six games for a .083 batting average.
Yastrzemski did not collect a barrel to go with a 16.7% hard-hit rate while striking out 23.1% of the time. Yastrzemski is now hitting .239 with five home runs and five steals and has been moved to the bottom of the Giants’ batting order. He was once a nice streamer in the proper matchups, but that is a thing of the past.
There were some high expectations for Matt McLain this season after missing last season with an injury. He has not gotten things going this season, and this last week was just another example of his poor production.
McLain collected two singles for a .100 batting average. He struck out 25% of the time without a barrel. McLain is now hitting .175 on the season with six home runs and 11 steals. He’s even losing playing time, making for a tough start for fantasy.
It wasn’t long ago that Jordan Beck was hitting all of the home runs and was picked up in most fantasy formats. Those times have come to an end. This past week, Beck collected two singles over six games for a .091 batting average. He made contact 76.3% of the time with a 13% SwStr rate while striking out 32% of the time.
Beck is now hitting .251 on the season with eight home runs and seven steals. If he doesn’t get it going soon, he will lose more playing time.
Edgar Quero felt like the next best thing at catcher when he was promoted from the Minors. He was hitting for average early, but that has quickly come to an end. He collected two hits last week for a .111 batting average. He walked 14.3% of the time, but a 10.3% SwStr rate and 28.6% strikeout rate slowed things down.
Quero is now hitting .248 on the season without a home run and 10 RBI. It’s time to move on from Quero as a C2 option.
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