Hitters
2 Billy Hamilton CIN SS A 40 SB in 41 G and a .386 OBP. Rumors of an eventual move to CF.
3 Wil Myers KC OF A 1.160 OPS gets him AAA promotion. .333 there through first 15 at-bats.
4 Miguel Sano MIN 3B A .371 OBP and 22 of 41 H are for extra bases. Needs to cut down on the K's (48 in 44 G).
5 Manny Machado BAL SS A Just 2 HR to date, but he's hitting .361 in last 10 games and yes, he's still 19.
6 Jurickson Profar TEX SS A .349 in May and could be fantasy superstar if power develops.
18 Wilin Rosario COL C B+ Playing time should increase due to Ramon Hernandez injury. Value up.
19 Gary Brown SF OF B+ .274 in May is an improvement, but still just 0 HR to go with his 12 SB.
29 Kolten Wong STL 2B B+ .371 in May and has OPS up to .888 on the season.
32 George Springer HOU OF B Well this is good: .513 with 7 HR in a 10 game stretch.
34 Christian Bethancourt ATL C B 4-for-13 since missing close to 3 weeks with a hamstring injury.
Pitchers
28 Jed Bradley MIL SP B 5.02 ERA and 8:8 K:BB in 14.1 May innings after a solid April.
30 Jose Fernandez MIA SP B Needs to progress vs. LH hitters, but hard to argue with a 1.91 ERA in 8 starts.
31 Wily Peralta MIL SP B Hammered for 9 runs last time out and may need more AAA time than we thought.
33 Nathan Eovaldi LAD SP B 5 shutout innings last time out, but control has wavered a bit lately.
35 Jesse Biddle PHI SP B 1.44 ERA since April 19 and a solid 40:15 K:BB in 36.1 overall innings.
36 Sonny Gray OAK SP B Needs to improve vs. LHP -
.302 avg, 5 K, 14 BB.
38 Alex Meyer WAS SP B 4.70 ERA conflicts with his 10.3 K/9. The latter number gives me optimism.
40 Nestor Molina CHW SP B 6 runs in a one-shot AAA gig and then 6 in each of his next two AA starts.
42 Tyrell Jenkins STL SP B ERA goes from 2.17 to 4.01 after he allows 8 runs in his last start.
43 Matt Barnes BOS SP B 11 19th overall pick off to great start - 0.60 ERA, 67:6 K:BB in 44.2 IP.
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