Luis Urias (2B/3B/SS, MIL) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 10+ teams

ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues

ANALYSIS: The week sets up nicely for Luis Urias and the Brewers. The 24-year-old infielder is putting together the best year of his career for the Brew Crew and should continue to put up even more production over the final full week of the regular season. Milwaukee hosts the Cardinals for four games before the Mets come to town for a three-game weekend series. Urias putting up career-highs across the board this year with a .249/.339/.443 batting line to go along with 20 home runs, 65 RBI, and five stolen bases over 449 at-bats. In addition to that, he's posting career bests in Hard Hit Rate (41.6%), Barrel Rate (9.5%), Average Launch Angle (13.5 degrees), Walk Rate (10.4%), xwOBAcon (.372), and xSLG (.426).

The Brewers will face five right-handed starters and just two southpaws, which bodes well for Urias who's performed much better against the former. He's got a .251/.345/.445 slash line against right-handers this season with 20 doubles, 15 homers, and 49 RBI. The toughest pitcher he'll face all week is Adam Wainwright but the rest of the arms don't pose too much of a threat. Urias and company should all be favored against the likes of Jake Woodford, Miles Mikolas, Taijuan Walker, and Carlos Carrasco. The two southpaws they'll face are Jon Lester and Rich Hill, who don't scare anyone at this stage in their respective careers. We like Urias next week not only for the pitching matchups but because he's been hot lately. He's slashing a rock-solid .296/.381/.519 with three home runs and eight RBI over the last 15 contests. He'll look to keep it rolling against the stable of aforementioned hurlers.

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