Peter Bourjos - Bourjos homered again last night, giving him four in the past week along with a 341/383/648 line for the month of August. The OF situation in Anaheim is extremely crowded right now, and all five players involved are under contract for next year as well (Hunter and Abreu are both only signed through 2012), so it wouldn't be surprising to see everyone's value a little lower than expected due to playing time issues. Bourjos, with a bit of power to go along with his excellent speed, remains a viable option in most formats due to his solid abilities across the board to go along with well above average speed.
Dayan Viciedo - Viciedo is finally coming up to play for the Sox after spending the entire season in Charlotte thus far while Juan Pierre makes his usual contribution of about 400 outs, and apparently the 22 year old is up to play every day, since the reason given for the delay of his promotion was that they didn't have enough consistent AB's for him. Viciedo is going to play either OF or 1B right now it seems, and with 48 XBH and a .297 AVG down at AAA (along with improved plate discipline this year) he should be able to step right in and help from a fantasy standpoint as well as actually aiding the White Sox in their efforts to catch the Tigers. He immediately becomes a viable starter in many formats, and his upside potential for 2012 is still very evident.
John Danks - The season-long numbers for Danks may not look like much, but since the end of May here are his numbers: 6-1, 71 IP, 59 H, 16 ER, 13 BB, 68 K. Basically, he's been throwing at pretty close to an ace level for three months now after a three-hit, 10 K shutout of the Mariners last night. The 26 year old is still a very solid #2/#3 guy in all formats for me after a nice improvement in control this season.
Kyle Seager - Seager was one of 4 M's to reach base last night against John Danks, stretching his streak in that department to 14 games, and the 23 year old is now hitting 310/368/448 through 25 games. Seager is reasonably similar to Dustin Ackley with quite a bit less publicity, and therefore is a bit underrated as far as things go, but with limited power and speed potential his ceiling is a bit lower than most guys that consistently hit .300 at a young age. He's still a very useful player in just about all formats...just one with a bit of a smaller upside.
Brett Lawrie - Lawrie has looked every bit the top prospect through his first 21 games, putting up a .470 ISO with 4 2B, 4 3B, and 5 HR already after yet another triple last night. The K rate, a minor concern coming into this MLB stint, has been reasonable enough, and so what if he's hitting above his head as far as BABIP goes? Even his fielding has been above par thus far...the 21 year old definitely looks like a budding star.
