Logan Forsythe - Forsythe doubled and homered on Sunday, giving him 31 and 17 respectively on the year. This is pretty clearly a career year for Forsythe, who is pretty much maxed out at this level of power if you look at hard contact rate and distance numbers, but that doesn't mean that he won't still be useful next year. He may have eligibility at 1B, 2B, and 3B next year, and he makes enough contact to offer you production in all categories. He's ranked 9th among 2B next year, and even with a bit of regression he should still be expected to provide solid MIF value in all formats. He's also priced at just $3900 on Draftkings for Monday, while facing lefty Eduardo Rodriguez.....Forsythe is hitting 296/368/612 against LHP this season. He and Neil Walker would be my top two choices at the position Monday.
Eddie Rosario - Rosario continues to hit, bashing another homer on Sunday to give him 4 triples and 3 homers this month. His avg HR distance is over 403 feet, which is a touch above average, and with 14 triples, 11 homers, and 11 steals on the year he certainly has some upside. His swing rate of nearly 60% highlights the problem with his approach, and I think that his AVG will suffer until his approach matures a bit. The OF situation will be crowded next year in Minnesota, so he won't have a ton of leash, but I think that the 23 year old is going to be worth owning in most formats if he can maintain his starting role in the spring.
Kevin Gausman - As usual, Gausman allowed a multi-run HR amidst an otherwise solid performance on Sunday. He struck out at least a batter an inning (6 in 6 today) for the 6th time in 8 starts, picking up a whopping 19 swinging strikes in 101 pitches. That pushes his swinging strike% up near 11 on the year, which would be good enough for the top 25 most years. That sort of thing leads me to believe that we are going to continue to see more K's from Gausman as we move forward. I expect him to continue to progress next season, ideally becoming a reliable mid-rotation starter with a likely ERA in the mid-to-high 3.00's.
Josh Tomlin - Tomlin continues to miss bats at an elevated rate, as he picked up another 8 K's in 5 2/3 innings against the White Sox on Sunday. Everybody will focus on the massive FB rate and preposterously low BABIP, and rightfully so to some extent. Tomlin's excellent control and steadily increasing swinging strike% do indeed merit long-term consideration, however. He's been a bit lucky with batted balls for sure, and the extremely low GB rate will leave him open to the occasional blow-up, but I think he's shown enough to deserve longer-term consideration as a back-end starter heading into 2016....he was missing bats at this level last season as well. I'd set my expectations at a "slightly better than league average starter" level.
Tyler Duffey - Duffey held the Angels to 3 hits and a walk over 7 shutout innings, striking out 7 while moving to 4-1 on the year. That's 7 straight outings of 3 earned runs or fewer for Duffey, and he's posted a swinging strike% of 10.5 thus far, which is well above average. His control (which was a strength in the minors) has been better in his last three starts as well. He certainly looks like he could provide mid-rotation starter value next season, and he's worth looking at for his last 2 starts this year as well.
