Cameron Maybin, Atlanta Braves - Maybin is slowly but surely becoming fantasy relevant once again. He picked up another two hits Saturday giving him six multi-hit efforts in his last eight games. Maybin has also settled into the top two spots in the Atlanta lineup, giving him a runs boost and he also has stolen a base in three of his last four. He's cut down on his swinging strike rate for the fourth season in a row, but the biggest part of his growth at the plate has been using the whole field at the plate. A career 38% pull, 39% center, and 22% oppo spray charts where as in 2015 he's hitting 34% pull, 30% middle, and 34% oppo which makes up for the slight drop in his hard hit rate. Keep watching him as the Braves offense is rolling, and Maybin is becoming one of the key cogs in the lineup.
Matt Kemp, San Diego Padres - WE HAVE A MATT KEMP POWER SIGHTING! Kemp hit just his second homer of the season Saturday and drove in five in clearly his best game of the season. Kemp has pretty much been a disaster at the plate this season after coming into the year with high hopes based on his 2014 second half. He's walking in only 3.9% of his at-bats and striking out in 24% percent of his AB's. Here's where his stats get fun... He has a 9% soft contact rate and a 35% hard contact rate with a .321 BABIP but yet is only hitting .247. Part of it is the increase in ground balls that he's hitting this season, but that should account for such a drop off. He's one of the most confusing players in fantasy this season and will likely continue to be so if he keeps hitting in the manor that he has.
Jason Hammel, Chicago Cubs - Hammel dominated again Saturday over eight innings allowing jut five hits while striking out seven batters. He is now sits with a 5-2 record and a 2.25 ERA over 75 innings in 2015 and has been one of the best pitchers in fantasy. Can he keep this up though? The numbers seem to indicate that he can. His biggest jump in any number is his steep decline to his walk rate which is under 1.00 per nine this season. By cutting down on the batters he lets on base it's allowed him to make the leap to where he is without having any peripharals that are unsustainable. Let's ride this train for as long as we can.
Chris Rusin, Colorado Rockies - Rusin was great in his second start of 2015 with eight strikeouts over seven innings. Now over three appearances and 18.0 innings he's allowed just three runs and has struck out 15 batters. The fact that this start came at Coors makes it look a little more promising for Rusin's fantasy value going forward but he is a flyball heavy pitcher over the course of his career. His groundball rate taking a jump this season is more than likely due to him using his sinker much more than he has in any prior season. He has cut back on that number this season, but it still gives reason for concern as any flyball pitcher at Coors is a terrifying option.
DFS - Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Rockies - $4,600 I'm stacking as many Rockies as I can against Marlins' rookie Jose Urena. Urena doesn't strikeout anyone and he has a 30% FB% with a 44% hard hit rate against him. Cargo makes for a somewhat nice value then and I think he can take Urena deep in his first game he's ever pitched at Coors.
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