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H2H Points League Pickups, Waiver Adds: Week 7

Just when we thought we going go make it, Oakland and Anaheim get erased off of Sunday's schedule due to a COVID postive test by the A's. We'll we actually go a whole week without this happening? Stay tuned.

We're over halfway through the season and it's getting down to the nitty-gritty. Bigger and bigger names are going to be worth cutting as their struggles continue and you might need to find their replacement on the wire. To keep an eye on who is running the hottest, this week's chars include the season-long average platform rankings, as well as the average ranks over the past 15 days.

We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver-wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the best and worst fit at. We know point players get neglected and we're here to help. Let's get to Week 6.

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Playing For Points Through a Pandemic

While the number of games has changed, the way that points are scored on each platform has not. You must account for, as precisely as possible, how a player performs under your particular scoring system. Don't be fooled into believing you can just make rough adjustments in your head, bumping up guys with high on-base percentages and low strikeout-rates. Every point, in every category, counts. For example, ESPN and Fantrax are virtually identical in their scoring for hitters and roster size. The only difference is that stolen bases are worth one more point on Fantrax and ESPN subtracts one point per strikeout. That's the difference over Ronald Acuna Jr. being a top-five batter versus a top-25 batter.

If your league uses standard settings, then great! Turn to page 94 and you can skip ahead to the leaderboards. If you play with custom settings, it'll still be fine. Go back to page 43 and look below at the scoring systems of the four major platforms. I bet there's a chance that you'll find that your league's scoring is very similar to one of the four (well, not Yahoo's), even if it's not the platform you actually play on. For example, my home league started on a now-defunct platform before moving first to ESPN and is now at Fantrax. But our scoring is basically ESPN standard but with two points for stolen bases and a handful of other minor adjustments.

If you look above, you'll likely find a suitable mirror to your own system. While every point counts, as long as they aren't seismic changes you can get away with some "close enough". IE. If everything is the same except for HBP (or something similar), you're probably fine.

All of the following charts are updated prior to Saturday's games, on stats and ownerships. Clicking on a chart will open a new page with a magnified version.

 

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Mitch Moreland, BOS - He's still a strong-side platooner (with 79 PA on the year) but Moreland's year needs to be acknowledged, as he has an average platform ranking of 8.6 on the season and 12.6 over the last 15 days. Moreland is slashing .328/.430/.746, with a .479 wOBA and 203 wRC+ overall, and a .398 wOBA versus RHP. You won't be able to play him often if you're in a weekly league but he should certainly be added in daily leagues.

Other Adds: Brandon Belt, Evan White, Justin Smoak, Jesus Aguilar, Rowdy Tellez

Deeper Pulls: Miguel Cabrera, Ji-Man Choi, Matt Beaty, Ryan O'Hearn

 

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Jonathan Schoop (DET) - Is this finally the last week that Schoop appears here? He hit his 8th home run on Sunday afternoon and is batting .296, with 19 RBI and 19 runs scored. He has a 7.4 average platform ranking on the season and 8.8 over the past 15 days. Schoop is pretty clearly a top-10 second baseman, even if he's available in over half of leagues.

Brad Miller (STL) - Miller is playing every day for the Cardinals and is now batting cleanup. With a 24.1% BB% and .441 wOBA, he's a must-add in all leagues.

 

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Evan Longoria (SF) - Longoria blew up last week, slashing .474/.524/.737, with a .531 wOBA and 245 wRC+. He's a borderline starter in most leagues and has two games in Colorado this week as a nice little bonus.

 

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Jake Cronenworth (SD) - The forgotten player in the infamous Tommy Pham trade that Blake Snell didn't care much for, Cronenworth just keeps on raking, slashing .348/.408/.587, with a 168 wRC+. And his Statcast numbers are a beauty: .392 xBA (top-1%), .710 xSLG (top-1%), .410 xwOBA (top-1%), .555 xwOBAcon (top-1%).

 

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Brandon Nimmo (NYM) - I wasn't joking; I'm going to keep on yammering as long as Nimmo's available. Nimmo has "only" been a top-40 outfielder over the past 15 days but still has an average platform ranking of 26.1. Yammer, yammer, yammer.

 

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Chance Sisco (BAL) - Catcher as a whole is just such a dumpster this season and the waiver wire is no different. Sisco has actually been pretty good when he plays, though, with a .399 wOBA and 152 wRC+ over 68 PA. And besides a game in Buffalo on Monday, Baltimore plays the rest of their games this week at a local Baltimore high school park.

Other Adds: Martin Maldonado (HOU), Jacob Stalling (PIT)

 

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James Karinchak (CLE) - How Karinchak is still available in even 50% of leagues, is mind-bottling. Through 17.2 innings, Karinchak has 34 strikeouts, a 1.02 ERA, 0.79 WHIP. When you're that dominant, you're useful, whether getting saves, or not.

Other Adds: Gregory Soto (DET), Aaron Bummer (CHW), Peter Fairbanks (TB), Buck Farmer (DET)

 

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Two-Start Streamer Options

Two-Starter Opponent Opposing Pitcher Venue
Spencer Howard Washington Erick Fedde

Philadelphia

Spencer Howard

New York (N)

Undecided

New York (A)

Jakob Junis Cleveland Mike Clevinger

Kansas City

Jakob Junis Chicago (A) Dallas Keuchel

Kansas City

Anthony DeSclafani St. Louis Dakota Hudson

Cincinnati

Anthony DeSclafani

Pittsburgh

Trevor Williams

Pittsburgh

Spencer Turnbull

Milwaukee

Adrian Houser

Milwaukee

Spencer Turnbull

Minnesota

Rich Hill

Minnesota

Dakota Hudson

Cincinnati

Anthony DeSclafani

Cincinnati

Dakota Hudson

Chicago (N)

Undecided

Chicago (N)

Martin Perez Atlanta Robbie Erlin

Boston

Martin Perez Undecided Toronto

Boston

Trevor Williams

Milwaukee

Undecided

Milwaukee

Trevor Williams Cincinnati Anthony DeSclafani

Pittsburgh

Chad Kuhl Chicago (N) Jon Lester

Pittsburgh

Chad Kuhl Cincinnati Sonny Gray

Pittsburgh

Chase Anderson Baltimore Undecided

Toronto

Chase Anderson

Boston

Undecided

Boston

Jordan Lyles

Houston

Framber Valdez

Houston

Jordan Lyles

Seattle

Marco Gonzales

Seattle

Ian Anderson

Boston

Undecided

Boston

Ian Anderson Washington Patrick Corbin

Atlanta

Asher Wojciechowski New York (A) Undecided

Baltimore

Asher Wojciechowski New York (A) Masahiro Tanaka

Baltimore

Erick Fedde

Philadelphia

Spencer Howard

Philadelphia

Erick Fedde

Atlanta

Max Fried

Atlanta

 

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Day Starter Opposing TM Opposing SP Venue
Monday Colten Brewer Atlanta Max Fried

Boston

Tuesday Jon Gray San Francisco Kevin Gausman

Colorado

Tuesday Kevin Gausman

Colorado

Jon Gray

Colorado

Tuesday Adrian Houser Detroit Spencer Turnbull

Milwaukee

Tuesday Ljay Newsome Oakland Jesus Luzardo

Seattle

Tuesday Michael Pineda Chicago (A) Dallas Keuchel

Minnesota

Tuesday Kwang-Hyun Kim

Cincinnati

Sonny Gray

Cincinnati

Wednesday Reynaldo Lopez

Minnesota

Jose Berrios

Minnesota

Wednesday Michael Fulmer

Milwaukee

Josh Lindblom

Milwaukee

Wednesday Danny Duffy Cleveland Triston McKenzie

Kansas City

Wednesday Elieser Hernandez Toronto Hyun-Jin Ryu

Miami

Wednesday Jordan Montgomery Undecided Tampa Bay

New York (A)

Wednesday Yusei Kikuchi Oakland Sean Manaea

Seattle

Wednesday Josh Lindblom Detroit Michael Fulmer

Milwaukee

Wednesday Tyler Mahle St. Louis Johan Oviedo

Cincinnati

Wednesday John Means Undecided New YorkY

Baltimore

Wednesday Kolby Allard

Houston

Cristian Javier

Houston

Wednesday Cristian Javier Texas Kolby Allard

Houston

Wednesday Derek Holland Chicago (N) Kyle Hendricks

Pittsburgh

Wednesday Logan Webb

Colorado

Kyle Freeland

Colorado

Wednesday Robbie Erlin

Boston

Martin Perez

Boston

Wednesday Triston McKenzie

Kansas City

Danny Duffy

Kansas City

Wednesday Johan Oviedo

Cincinnati

Tyler Mahle

Cincinnati

Thursday Zach Eflin Washington Anibal Sanchez

Philadelphia

Thursday J.A. Happ

New York (N)

Undecided

New York (N)

Thursday Mike Fiers

Seattle

Nick Margevicius

Seattle

Thursday Anibal Sanchez

Philadelphia

Zach Eflin

Philadelphia

Thursday Garrett Richards

Los Angeles (A)

Andrew Heaney

Los Angeles (A)

Thursday Taijuan Walker

Boston

Undecided

Boston

Thursday Brady Singer Chicago (A) Dylan Cease

Kansas City

Thursday JT Brubaker Undecided ChicagoC

Pittsburgh

Thursday Nick Margevicius Oakland Mike Fiers

Seattle

Friday Tanner Roark

Boston

Zack Godley

Boston

Friday Luke Weaver

San Francisco

Tyler Anderson

San Francisco

Friday Jake Arrieta

New York (N)

Undecided

New York (N)

Friday Austin Voth

Atlanta

Tommy Milone

Atlanta

Friday Sixto Sanchez

Tampa Bay

Josh Fleming

Tampa Bay

Friday Alex Cobb Undecided New YorkY

Baltimore

Friday Tyler Anderson Arizona Luke Weaver

San Francisco

Friday Steven Brault Cincinnati Trevor Bauer

Pittsburgh

Friday Justus Sheffield Texas Lance Lynn

Seattle

Friday Kris Bubic Undecided ChicagoW

Kansas City

Friday Zack Godley Toronto Tanner Roark

Boston

Friday Jorge Lopez Undecided New YorkY

Baltimore

Friday Tommy Milone Washington Austin Voth

Atlanta

Friday Josh Fleming Miami Sixto Sanchez

Tampa Bay

Friday Tarik Skubal Undecided Minnesota

Detroit

Saturday Kyle Gibson

Seattle

Justin Dunn

Seattle

Saturday Griffin Canning Houston Zack Greinke

Los Angeles (A)

Saturday Brett Anderson

Cleveland

Aaron Civale

Cleveland

Saturday Trevor Cahill Arizona Taylor Clarke

San Francisco

Saturday Alec Mills St. Louis Adam Wainwright Chicago (N)
Casey Mize

Minnesota

Kenta Maeda

Minnesota

Saturday Taylor Clarke

San Francisco

Trevor Cahill

San Francisco

Saturday Justin Dunn Texas Kyle Gibson

Seattle

Saturday Ryan Castellani

Los Angeles (N)

Undecided

Los Angeles (N)

Sunday Sandy Alcantara

Tampa Bay

Tyler Glasnow

Tampa Bay

Sunday Johnny Cueto Arizona Alex Young

San Francisco



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