Matt Wisler - Wisler had by the worst start of his major league career, allowing seven runs to the Phillies over just 4.2 innings. Wisler was remaining slightly relevant in fantasy but with the Braves' recent play, I'm not sure how many pitchers for the Braves are legitmate "should be owned" options. Maybe Teheran just based on upside. Anyways, Wisler doesn't strike out many batters, 5.79 per nine, and really hasn't shown any flashes that make him ownable this year (4.41 FIP). Long term he's still viewed as one of the bright young arms in the Braves organization, but this year his value is very limited.
Nick Markakis - Markakis is on a power binge at the plate now with two homers in the past 12 days after launching his second homer of the season Saturday. Maybe the phrase power binge is relative, but either way the .078 ISO toting Markakis is finally showing a bit of pop as of late. He says that his neck is fully healed after offseason surgery, and we may be seeing some life at the plate. With Freddie Freeman back in the lineup Markakis has been moved out of the cleanup spot (THANK GOODNESS) and up to the top of the lineup where his .371 OBP actually can have some influence. If he can get on base, Cameron Maybin and Freddie Freeman have played well enough where Markakis could rack up some runs for owners.
Kyle Schwarber - Schwarber launched his fourth homer of the year and that wasn't even the best Schwarber related nugget of the day. The Cubs said Saturday that the team will keep him on the roster even once Miguel Montero returns from the disabled list, which is huge news for owners. The Schwarbs has been a huge impact for the Cubs posting a 174 wRC over his first 78 PA's while driving in 13. He's also sporting a .426 wOBA and I have no hesitation saying he's easily a top ten catcher the rest of the way with top five upside at the position.
Joe Ross - The Nationals really need to find a way to keep Joe Ross on the MLB roster after another great start with six k's over 6.1 innings. He now owns a 9:1 K:BB rate with a 2.49 FIP in 39.0 innings. He's already been worth 1.2 wins while Doug Fister has been worth 0.3 in nearly triple the innings. Fister's financials would be tough to move around, but there's no doubt that the team is better trotting Ross out there every fifth day compared to Fister. Either way, we'll see news soon as Stephen Strasburg is likely to return from the DL this next week and odds are Ross will find himself back in AAA for a period of time.
Trevor Story - With Troy Tulowitzki sent to Toronto at the deadline, the next man to get a shot at shortstop for the future will eventually be Trevor Story. Story is having an excellent season across two levels, hitting 18 homers with 61 RBI and 15 steals over AA/AAA this year. He's only had one bad season in the minors, which came in 2013 in High-A, but even with that year he's posted double digit homers with 20+ steals every season. He now has a much clearer shot to Colorado, and dyanasty owners should take a look at him if he isn't already owned because he could be playing up the middle at Coors very soon.
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