It’s Thursday. I know what that means.
Each week during fantasy baseball season, we produce a stock report examining players who are rising or falling in value.If there’s a specific player you’d like me to jump into, feel free to tag me twitter.
Now, without further ado, let’s get down to business.
Fantasy Baseball Stock Report: out of stock
Kevin Gausman (SP – TOR)
Kevin Gausman finally bounced back yesterday against the Yankees, striking out six and allowing just one run in five innings pitched. However, he still gave up walks to three batters. It wasn’t enough for the Blue Jays to win.
He lowered his ERA from 11.57 to 8.16. His basic advanced metrics show an xFIP of 4.18, which is still higher than his career average of 3.63. One concern about Gausman’s profile is that his fastball velocity has decreased this season. He was capped at 94 miles per hour (MPH) the past three seasons. He’s averaging 93.8 mph this year.
He should improve in his first few starts. Gausman has been dominant the past few seasons, finishing third in American League Cy Young voting last year. But there are reasons to be concerned about some of the issues the 33-year-old has seen this year.
Byron Buxton (OF – MIN)
The Twins as a whole currently have the coldest offensive line in MLB. As a team projected to win the American League Central, they currently rank 26th in wOBA (.281), 17th in ISO (.141) and 24th in wRC+ (83). Pitching is another story. Minnesota leads the entire league in overall K/9 (10.09) and ranks him fourth in xFIP (3.70).
To be fair, the attack left Royce Ruiz, Carlos Correa, and Max Kepler seriously injured. However, their top players, including Byron Buxton, are yet to be produced. He has a strikeout rate of 35.1% of his at-bats and a walk rate of just 1.8%. He’s still looking for his first home run and first stolen base.
Perhaps something will happen with Buxton once Minnesota’s key players return to the lineup. For now, please stay far away.
Francisco Lindor (SS – NYM)
Francisco Lindor has found himself falling into the fundamentals of many of the Mets’ advanced metrics three weeks into the season. He currently ranks last in wOBA (.232) and wRC+ (47).
It’s still early in the season, and Lindor’s .150 BABIP suggests we should see some positive regression, but one wonders if the 30-year-old will continue to put up the same numbers as he has been. Of course. Again, it’s a small sample size, but Lindor’s speed on the basepaths has declined this season. His Speed ​​Score on FanGraphs is his 2.7, which is much lower than his career average of 5.5.
The Mets overall rank middling in many offensive metrics, but Lindor isn’t contributing to those numbers.
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