Alex Bregman- 3B- HOU- Cold- Bregman went 0-for-4 yesterday, dropping his slash line 20 .213/.302/
280. He has only 5 extra base hits (all doubles) in 86 PAs. Bregman is still walking at a solid clip of 11.6% and his K% is the same number. His EV of 88.9 is slightly above his 88.6 from 2023 and his HardHIt% of 37.1% is close to his 38.2% of last year. Bregman's Pull% of 27.4% is well below his career mark of 45.5%. He has a higher FB% (53.2%) than his career norm (44.2%) and his LA of 26.0 is well above his career average of 17.9. It appears that Bregman's poor results are an artifact of small sample size and also some bad luck (.242 BABIP.) He looks like a buy low candidate.
Mitchell Parker- P- WAS- Hot- The rookie has won each of his two MLB starts. Yesterday he threw 7 shutout IP, allowing 3 hits and striking out 8. Parker has yet to allow a walk in his 12 IP of MLB work. Prior to his promotion to the Nationals he had pitched only 14.1 IP above AA. His control has been superb in 2024. Parker only walked 1 in his 4 IP at AAA before joining the Nationals. Last year at AA he posted a decent 3.52 FIP and 3.80 xFIP with a 4.20 ERA. His BB/9 was 4.28, very different from 2024. Parker owned a 10.45 K/9 at AA last year. We are dealing with a very small sample size here but Parker does have a decent mix of pitches and is a sleeper candidate.
Eloy Jimenez- DH- CHW- Stats- Jimenez slugged his first homer of the season yesterday. He is currently slashing .167/.242/.267. Jimenez has a .174 BABIP, which is playing into his batting woes. However, his EV in the early going is 84.6 and his HardHit% is 35.0%. Jimenez missed the first two weeks of April with an abductor strain and may be getting past the aftereffects of that. He has 3 hits in his last 2 games.
Kyle Schwarber- OF- PHI- Hot- Schwarber slugged his 6th homer of the season yesterday and is now slashing .217/.327/.434. His chase rate of 27.1% and SwStr% of 14.2% has had him continuing his prodigious K% of 30.6%. In 2023 Schwarber had a .209 BABIP which resulted in an average below the Mondoza line at .197. This year some regression in his BABIP to.250 has his average higher. His career BABIP is .258 so more regression would help him. Schwarber has seen his EV at 93.4 and HardHit% at 59.6% so his power is staying.
Tyler Glasnow- P- LAD- Idea- Glasnow is paying dividends to the Dodgers for acquiring him in the offseason. Yesterday he threw 8 shutout IP, giving up 7 hits, walking no one, and striking out 10. Glasnow has run his record to 4-1 and has a 2.92 ERA, 2.99 FIP, and 2.71 xFIP with a K/9 of 10.70 and BB/9 of 2.19. He has started 6 games and posted 4 quality starts. His 37 IPs are almost a quarter of his 120 IPs in 2023, which was a career high. Quality has never been a question for Glasnow. Durability has been his issue. Last year he didn't pitch until May 27, so he is ahead of the pace there. The hope is that he has put the fragility demon behind him, but there is no guarantee.
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