Khris Davis (OF-MIL) - With the departures of Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra, Davis has a clear path to regular at-bats. He had a hit and two RBI Tuesday but is still batting just .230/.318/.407. On the plus side, he did hit 22 home runs last year and this season has improved his BB% from 5.8% to 11.4%. Perhaps regular playing time will help, but either way, his 27.1% K% is going to need to improve for Davis to take that next step and solidify a 2016 starting spot. If you're looking to use him in Draft Kings formats, a $3,000 price tag is reasonable, but not spectacular value. Just be sure not to roster him against LHP given his .151 BA versus southpaws.
Stephen Piscotty (OF-STL) - Piscotty hasn't shown superstar ability just yet, homering once every 41 Triple-A at-bats since 2014 while stealing 16 bases in 223 games, but he's disciplined and appears to have a high floor. So far in 40 MLB PA's, Piscotty has four doubles and four walks while batting a solid .400/.450/.514, and that's enough for the Cardinals to have already slotted him second in the order this week. Piscotty could eventually be impacted by the return later this month of injured outfielders Jon Jay and Matt Holliday, though Jay hasn't hit all year, so perhaps if the team feels he can handle center field, he could find time there. He'll need to continue this hot hitting to make that a potential reality however.
Starlin Castro (SS-CHC) - Is hasn't been a good year for Castro by any means, but two doubles, two RBI, and a run in five at-bats Tuesday didn't hurt his fantasy owners. Castro is still batting just .238/.272/.307 with five home runs and just four steals. Castro has just a 0.24 EYE so he's made little, if any progress there in the last couple years, and that is certainly concerning. It's amazing to think he's still just 25, but as of now, we've yet to see the speed or power that we saw a couple years ago. Castro is equally useless against RHP and LHP, making him of little value in Draft Kings formats.
Alex Wood (SP-LAD) - Wood left Tuesday's game having allowed one run in 6.1 innings, but unfortunately the next hitter (Maikel Franco) slugged a grand slam off Joel Peralta, leaving Wood with four runs allowed and a loss. He did fan eight, so not all is lost. On the year, Wood has a 3.65 ERA, but he's allowed more hits than innings pitched, leaving him with a subpar 1.42 WHIP and a 7-7 W/L. Wood is just 24, but in striking out two fewer per nine this year after last year's 8.9 K/9 and 2.78 ERA, he's taken a big step back over his first full season in 2014.
Jake Arrietta (SP-CHC) - Barring an unexpected collapse by one of the Dodgers' top two starters, Arrietta isn't going to win the NL Cy Young award, but at this rate, he may very well receive some third place votes. Tuesday, Arrietta spun seven two-hit shutout innings with a 5:3 K:BB against the Pirates, improving to 12-6 and lowering his ERA to 2.50. Arrietta has pretty much duplicated last year's 2.53 ERA, 9.6 K/9, and 2.4 BB/9 while improving his velocity by nearly a full mph. This is no fluke. With a K:BB right at 4:1 and a GB/FB rate of 2:1, Arrietta should continue to have plenty of success, as at the age of 29, he's right in his prime years.
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