Transferring is a demanding time in anybody’s life.
The excellent news: The stress is all the time brief lived, and it’s solely a matter of time earlier than you start getting comfy and thriving in your new residence.
Of all of the strikes made because the finish of the lockout, none was extra impactful for a nook infielder from a fantasy perspective than Kris Bryant’s transfer to Colorado.
Earlier than signing with the Rockies, Bryant was exterior Roto Rage’s prime 10 third basemen. He wasn’t even ranked within the prime 100 gamers general. Now? He has a median draft place of 79.7, based on Fantasy Alarm, and he leapfrogged former Rockie Nolan Arenado (55.02), Alex Bregman (73.94) and Anthony Rendon (99.5) to make all of it the way in which as much as No. 5 in Roto Rage’s third-base rankings, largely due to the Coors Area issue.
Does Coors Area actually make that large of a distinction? Three fast examples of what this residence area has completed for already nice gamers:
1. Charlie Blackmon, with the Rockies since 2011, is a .262 hitter with a .424 slugging proportion and .743 OPS on the highway, however a .339 hitter with a .569 slugging proportion and .967 OPS at residence.
2. From 2013-20, Arenado hit .322 with 135 homers, 461 RBIs and a .985 OPS at Coors Area, however was way more pedestrian on the highway (.263, 99 HRs, 299 RBIs, .793 OPS).
3. Larry Walker, who joined Colorado at age 28 (Bryant is 30), was a .313 hitter with a .565 slugging proportion and .965 OPS in his Corridor of Fame profession, however a .381 hitter with a .710 slugging proportion and 1.172 OPS inside Coors.
Bryant was a helpful fantasy choice final 12 months, hitting .265 with 25 homers, 73 RBIs, 86 runs, 10 stolen bases and a .835 OPS whereas splitting the season between the Cubs and Giants. Not solely did he have a career-best mark in zone contact price, which is the quantity of contact on pitches within the strike zone, however his exit velocity (88.2 mph) was his highest mark since 2016, his sweet-spot proportion (37.1) was his finest since 2018 and his hard-hit proportion (40) was his highest since 2015.
There could also be a interval of adjustment (as there was final 12 months with C.J. Cron), however it could be surprising if Bryant didn’t see a large statistical enhance after his transfer to Colorado.
New Courageous Matt Olson (34.24) is coming off a season with Oakland by which he reached profession marks in common (.271), homers (39), RBIs (111), runs (101), walks (88), on-base proportion (.371) and stolen bases (4). He additionally minimize his strikeout proportion from 31.4 p.c in 2020 to 16.8 whereas sustaining the Twelfth-best walk-rate within the majors (13.1 p.c).
Now, think about him in a smaller ballpark, the place his left-handed energy ought to play properly, whereas hitting on the prime of a championship-caliber lineup. That’s why he’s Roto Rage’s third-ranked first baseman, and a top-30 fantasy choice.
Freedie Freeman (16.4) has been the mannequin of consistency since 2011, hitting .296 whereas averaging 25 homers, 85 RBIs, 88 runs and a .894 OPS. It does, nevertheless, appear arduous to consider that his transfer from Atlanta to Los Angeles will make him higher than he already is. May this imposing Dodgers lineup (critically, they've three gamers who received MVP awards between 2018-20, plus Trea Turner and Max Muncy) give him a lift in RBIs and runs? Positive. May he hit a couple of extra homers at Dodgers Stadium? After all. However the transfer actually doesn’t enhance his fantasy worth a lot because you already had a prime 20 participant.
Over the previous two seasons, Matt Chapman (159.32) has seen elevated strikeout charges, decrease contact charges and a plummeting common, regardless of a ton of energy (probably the outcomes of the 28-year-old coping with a hip damage). Now, totally wholesome, he calls Toronto residence, a transfer that not solely provides him a ballpark improve and a significant enchancment within the workforce round him, however a big uptick in fantasy worth.
Eugenio Suarez (179.92) has a ton of energy, however has hit .199 over the previous two seasons and struck out 871 occasions in his previous 819 video games. The transfer from a hitter-friendly park in Cincinnati to hitter-hell in Seattle doesn’t assist. If he can’t strategy his profession .252 common, it’s tough to justify taking him within the later rounds.
Josh Donaldson (193.18) is 36 and certain destined to have a stint or two on the injured listing, however he can nonetheless be a dependable backup choice in later rounds. Becoming a member of the Bombers is definitely fairly acceptable, because the Yankees now have three of the highest 5 gamers with regards to exit velocity. Donaldson had a 94.1 mph exit velo in 2021, fourth-best within the majors (teammates Aaron Choose and Giancarlo Stanton had been Nos. 1 and a pair of).
After the Yankees signed Anthony Rizzo (175.3), Luke Voit (241.24) grew to become expendable. He was traded on Friday to the Padres, the place he ought to get the possibility to play each day in a stable lineup, albeit one with out Fernando Tatis Jr. for a couple of months. He has energy, as evidenced by his 2020 season, when he led the league in homers. A stable late-round decide.
Staff Title of the Week
Males Behaving Adley
First Base
1. Vlad Guerrero Jr., Tor
2. Freddie Freeman, LAD
3. Matt Olson, Atl
4. Pete Alonso, NYM
5. Paul Goldschmidt, StL
6. Max Muncy, LAD
7. Jose Abreu, CWS
8. Jared Walsh, LAA
9. Josh Bell, Was
10. C.J. Cron, Col
11. Ryan Mountcastle, Bal
12. Rhys Hoskins, Phi
13. Cody Bellinger, LAD
14. DJ LeMahieu, NYY
15. Jake Cronenworth, SD
16. Joey Votto, Cin
17. Kyle Schwarber, Phi
18. Trey Mancini, Bal
19. J.T. Realmuto, Phi
20. Anthony Rizzo, NYY
21. Alex Kiriloff, Min
22. Ty France, Sea
23. Frank Schwindel, ChC
24. Nathaniel Lowe, Tex
25. Yuli Gurriel, Hou
26. Eduardo Escobar, NYM
27. Bobby Dalbec, Bos
28. Andrew Vaughn, CWS
29. Brandon Belt, SF
30. Miguel Sano, Min
31. Dominic Smith, NYM
32. Luke Voit, NYY
33. Yasmani Grandal, CWS
34. Jesus Aguilar, Mia
35. Jonathan Schoop, Det
36. Eric Hosmer, SD
37. Tyler Stephenson, Cin
38. Spencer Torkelson, Det
39. Patrick Knowledge, ChC
40. LaMonte Wade Jr., SF
Third Base
1. Jose Ramirez, Cle
2. Rafael Devers, Bos
3. Manny Machado, SD
4. Austin Riley, Atl
5. Kris Bryant, Col
6. Nolan Arenado, StL
7. Alex Bregman, Hou
8. Anthony Rendon, LAA
9. DJ LeMahieu, NYY
10. Ke’Bryan Hayes, Pit
11. Adalberto Mondesi, KC
12. Justin Turner, LAD
13. Matt Chapman, Tor
14. Yoan Moncada, CWS
15. Ryan McMahon, Col
16. Chris Taylor, LAD
17. Josh Donaldson, NYY
18. Luis Urias, Mil
19. Eduardo Escobar, NYM
20. Jeimer Candelario, Det
21. Eugenio Suarez, Sea
22. Gio Urshela, Min
23. Spencer Torkelson, Det
24. Bobby Dalbec, Bos
25. Patrick Knowledge, ChC
26. Mike Moustakas, Cin
27. Evan Longoria, SF
28. Alec Bohm, Phi
29. Josh Rojas, Ari
30. Luis Arraez, Min
31. Cavan Biggio, Tor
32. Abraham Toro, Sea
33. Jonathan Villar, FA
34. Yandy Diaz, TB
35. Joey Wendle, Mia
36. Brian Anderson, Mia
37. Jose Miranda, Min
38. Josh Harrison, CWS
39. Ha-Seong Kim, SD
40. Hunter Dozier, KC
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