Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Luis Matos headlines 5 hitters worth picking up now
Dalton Del Don unearths the tip widely obtainable hitters value adding on the chronicle baseball waiver wire in Week 8.
Luis Matos, OF, San Francisco Giants (36% rostered)
Matos wasn’t in San Francisco’s rapid plans except accidents struck the Giants’ outfield, nonetheless he’s made the most of his opportunity since getting recalled per week ago. He recorded 11 RBI over Friday and Saturday — the identical number Ronald Acuña Jr. has totaled all season. He has twice as many RBI (16) in 26 at-bats over the closing week than George Springer has in 159 ABs this year.
Matos has but to scramble, nonetheless he’s also struck out appropriate once over 30 plate appearances, so batting moderate wishes to be a strength. He modified into struggling in Triple-A (66 wRC+) this year and doesn’t cling a ton of energy/streak upside, nonetheless he’s going to fetch a extensive gamble to hit within the heart of San Francisco’s lineup. Collected, we ought to mood expectations for homers and steals for the 22-year-extinct, especially hampered by Oracle Park.
Matos is off to a sizzling originate up after getting recalled to the majors and has his roster percentage jumped accordingly off the substantial weekend. He is unruffled obtainable in additional than 60% of Yahoo leagues.
Davis Schneider, 2B/OF, Toronto Blue Jays (23%)
Schneider hit leadoff over the weekend with George Springer also within the lineup for the first time this season. His 141 wRC+ would be prime-25 among qualified hitters, and Schneider entered Sunday ranked prime-five in barrels per swing, appropriate within the aid of Juan Soto, Aaron Resolve and Shohei Ohtani (perchance you’ve heard of them). Schneider is a Twenty eighth-round pick who seemingly came out of nowhere, nonetheless he posted a 142 wRC+ in Triple-A and a 176 wRC+ after his first name as a lot as the majors closing season. Indisputably, Schneider modified into one among appropriate nine MLB hitters to submit a 1.000+ OPS within the second half. He can hit.
Schneider is eligible at 2B and OF, is within the tip 15% of the league in xwOBA and is hitting leadoff in Toronto. He shouldn’t be obtainable in additional than 75% of leagues.
Lars Nootbaar, OF, St. Louis Cardinals (35%)
Nootbaar’s .218 batting moderate comes with a .275 anticipated BA, which is one among the biggest differences among all hitters this season. Nootbaar’s contact metrics are impressive, and his max exit streak is within the tip 8% of the league. He also has suffered from having the ideally suited percentage of pitches outdoors the strike zone known as strikes against him this year. Abnormally uncomfortable umpiring and a lowly .236 BABIP are sure to regress, and projection systems are bullish, with Steamer predicting a 126 wRC+ rest of the season. Nootbaar hits second against righties, and it’s precise to ignore his deceptive batting moderate.
Nootbaar is equipped in 65% of Yahoo leagues and wishes to be a productive chronicle outfielder interesting forward.
David Fry, C/1B/OF, Cleveland Guardians (16%)
Fry would without problems lead all catchers in OPS (1.005) and wRC+ (185) if he qualified, and his scramble charge is within the tip 2% of the league. He’s develop into a fixture in Cleveland’s lineup all the scheme in which by Might, when he’s hit .344/.475/.656 with nearly as many walks as strikeouts. Fry has moved to the heart of the Guardians’ present within the aid of hitters with solid OBPs, so he appears love an underrated chronicle asset.
Fry entered Sunday ranked as the No. 12 chronicle catcher this season over appropriate 77 at bats (Yainer Diaz modified into regularly drafted as a first-rate-five C and has equipped a long way much less value over 166 ABs), but he’s obtainable in nearly 85% of leagues despite a new rotund-time role within the outfield.
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Tyler Freeman, 2B/3B/SS/OF, Cleveland Guardians (18%)
One other beneficiary of Steven Kwan’s effort in Cleveland, Freeman has thrived since interesting to the tip of the lineup. He’s quietly on stagger to head 15/25 despite a .221 batting moderate that appears sure to climb. Freeman doesn’t strike out a lot (6:5 K:BB ratio over 52 ABs in Might) and has solid exit streak and streak, so his lowly .241 BABIP appears love a fluke. The Guardians maintain been one among the extra aggressive harmful stealing groups this season, so there’s SB ability. Tiny pattern measurement alert, nonetheless the most steadily pitcher-pleasant Modern Discipline has been extremely favorable to hitters as a lot as now in 2024, collectively with rising home runs a whopping 41%.
Freeman is shimmering within the leadoff set, eligible at four positions and widely obtainable in chronicle leagues.
