Arenado settles in (USAT)
The Rockies finally returned home on Monday, the start of an excellent 9-game stretch at Coors Subject. We’re all the time searching for methods to take advantage of the thin air, and with that in thoughts, let’s give a glance to 3rd baseman Nolan Arenado.
Arenado’s had a curious season, primarily rushing from hot prospect to fantasy afterthought in a limited period of time. The Rockies gave the rated rookie a name in April however we didn’t see early returns. He was struggling with a221/.261/.374 slash within the first week of June, fantasy buzz plummeting.
Maybe it’s arbitrary endpoints and possibly it is not, but Arenado has stepped his sport up over the last 12 weeks, hitting a credible293 over that span (and329 in August). He had three hits in Monday’s win over San Francisco, settling into the No. 5 slot in the order. The facility continues to be on back order, but he is slugging462 at dwelling, along with an800 OPS. Arenado has additionally been sharp within the discipline, marking his territory nicely.
Now’s a good time to kick some tires, with Arenado house cooking and accessible in eighty two percent of Yahoo! leagues. (Just a few extensively-owned names to think about dropping on your Arenado pickup: David Freese, Michael Young, strep-battling Mike Moustakas, Jose Iglesias, Jurickson Profar.)
• Whereas the Rockies have dedicated to Arenado and fantasy homeowners should as properly, buzzy Boston prospect Xander Bogaerts is a trickier proposition. The Red Sox view Bogaerts as a component-timer for the steadiness of the yr, and he isn’t within the beginning lineup Tuesday even with an opposing left-hander on the mound. Taking part in time is criterial in most mixed leagues, which is why Bogaerts not really useful for the stretch run. Stephen Drew and Will Middlebrooks aren’t going to easily float away. (Positive, seize and maintain Bogie in keeper and dynasty codecs, obviously. Nobody fails to know that idea.)
• Monday unofficially was Matt Harvey mourning day. The Gotham Metropolis ace has a partially-torn UCL in his pitching elbow and will doubtless want Tommy John surgical procedure. That wipes out this season, and most (if not all) of 2014. You know the TJ drill by now.
The Harvey news is an effective reminder for keeper-league players: the prudent 12 months-to-yr plan is to give attention to hitting. Pitching is an unnatural act, in spite of everything, and for all the precautionary measures baseball golf equipment take with their men on the mound, sometimes you are going to hit a pothole. Everybody has to deal with the jagged edge of randomness. On the entire, the offensive shares are far much less volatile.
Nolan Arenado, back on the radar
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