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Jasson Dominguez , OF, Yankees: After leaving Low-A, Dominguez has hit another gear. The teenager put together an outstanding 40-game stretch at High-A Hudson Valley before its season ended. The Yankees then moved Dominguez to Double-A Somerset for the team's final regular season week and then the postseason.
On Tuesday, with the Patriots down a game to Erie in the best-of-three Eastern League Championship Series, Dominguez launched a home run to dead center field in the second inning of his team's eventual series-tying and season-saving win. The blast was part of a 2-for-5 night.
Daily Fantasy Sports gamblers care even more than fans or fantasy owners. Suspect the syndicates will pressure the comissioner to tighten this up.
Activated/communicated today at 4PM after my lineup was set. If baseball wants to enact rule changes that the fans want to grow the game, they could be more forthcoming about this sort of thing. Some of us REALLY need to know whether our catcher will be active! : )
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| Rob Refsnyder | Cedric Mullins | Anthony Santander | Bryce Elder | Kevin Gausman |
Sep 26, 2022 Top Performers
Pitchers:
Bryce Elder (ATL): 9.0 IP, 0 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 6 K, 80 GmSc
Kevin Gausman (TOR): 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 59 GmSc
Chase Anderson (CIN): 4.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 K, 55 GmSc
Roansy Contreras (PIT): 4.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K, 52 GmSc
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| Rob Refsnyder | Cedric Mullins | Anthony Santander | Bryce Elder | Kevin Gausman |
Sep 26, 2022 Top Performers
Batters:
Rob Refsnyder (BOS): 3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Cedric Mullins (BAL): 2-6, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Anthony Santander (BAL): 2-6, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Gunnar Henderson (BAL): 1-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Marcell Ozuna (ATL): 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
Kyle Stowers (BAL): 3-5, 2 RBI, 1 R
Matt Olson (ATL): 1-2, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R
Austin Hays (BAL): 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R
J.D. Martinez (BOS): 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R
Jack Suwinski (PIT): 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 R
Rotoworld:
09.27: Braves recalled LHP Kyle Muller from Triple-A Gwinnett.
Rotoworld:
09.27: Connor Seabold gave up five runs -- four earned -- in two innings
Rotoworld:
09.27: Kyle Stowers went 3-for-5 with a triple and two RBI in a blowout win
Bought at $1 in August as a next year lottery ticket. Sitting on my bench right now, of course.
With regard to the Angels, a rebuild is tough because they have Trout and it just resets the possibility to get him into the playoffs. I think the Blue Jays offer you described is interesting b/c Moreno and Tiedemann are both ready for the Majors next year. They should probably throw in Nate Pearson too as a lottery ticket if he's healthy. Martinez has major contact problems at the upper levels. I think he's going to fall on prospect lists for next season, despite his age. Zuleta might be interesting as well instead of Martinez. He's closer to the majors and the Angels have no history of success developing pitchers, so getting 3 from the Blue Jays might be their best hope. Robberse might be a good option too.
I think he's getting negative dWAR because of the weighting against DHs in the WAR defense formula.
If he's finished, remarkable consistency year over year. And high marks for Rotoman!
Seems like Ohtani should also be listed under "AL Pitchers" instead of Verlander
5.5 > 5.3
last night's FAABs ...
Brubaker's Yeasts: rel JBrubaker Pit, prr JBae Pit 4
Dirk Bags: rel WCrowe Pit, prr AVesia LAD 4
Fisher Catamounts: rel TRogers Mia, prr LOrtiz Pit 5
Fisher Catamounts: rel NCruz Was, prr MLeiter ChC 3
Choes Balin: rel DPeralta TB, prr ETovar Col 12
Choes Balin: rel BHand Phi, prr DJameson Ari 2
FAAB fights this morning in the ADL.
Nabobs the Swattie.
Money for the other 11 teams ranged from 22 to nada.
Jerry's Kids: rel JJimenez Det, pur GOtto Tex 0
Palukas: res JHarrison CWS, pur JKelenic Sea 22 (Losing Bids: Moose $4, BBs $1)
Palukas: res DPhelps Tor, pur JLyles Bal 22 (Losing Bid: Kids $1)
Palukas: res NSyndergaard Phi, pur BBello Bos 22
Random Hackers: dis TAnderson CWS, pur MMastrobuoni TB 6
Veecks: res YKikuchi Tor, pur SArmstrong TB 0
Stolen Bags: res KPilkington Cle, pur JHeasley KC 0
Nattering Nabobs: res MFord LAA, pur CCapel Oak 16 (Losing Bid: Moose $2)
Bad Kreuznachs: rel KAkin Bal, pur ESwanson Sea 0
BB Guns: res MBrash Sea, pur MBaumann Bal 0
Fine Tooners: res MFulmer Min, pur GJax Min 11
Moose Factory: res DGerman NYY, pur RStanek Hou 0
Moose Factory: res CMorris Cle, pur GCleavinger TB 0
Moose Factory: res KStowers Bal, pur JSmith Tex 0
Moose Factory: res AVaughn CWS, pur WBrennan Cle 7 (Losing Bids: Fine Tooners $6, Bad K $3)
Nova: res MStrahm Bos, pur PMaton Hou 0
Moose Factory: mov JSmith Tex OF
Also, the Nabobs drop Cal Stevenson to comply with the Rule of Seven
No one else has had four. Only seven have had any.
Milestone Watch
On Friday night, Albert Pujols became the fourth player in history to hit 700 home runs in the major leagues, joining Babe Ruth, Henry Aaron and Barry Bonds. He did it with his fourth multi-homer game of the season. No one else has had four multi-homer games at age 42 or older:
| Rk | Player | From | To | Count |
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| 1 | Albert Pujols | 2022 | 2022 | 4 |
| 2 | Barry Bonds | 2006 | 2007 | 3 |
| 3 | Carlton Fisk | 1991 | 1991 | 2 |
| 4 | Julio Franco | 2005 | 2005 | 1 |
| 5 | Dave Winfield | 1994 | 1994 | 1 |
| 6 | Darrell Evans | 1989 | 1989 | 1 |
| 7 | Enos Slaughter | 1959 | 1959 | 1 |
A stinging loss for the Mariners, who dropped a half game behind the Rays for the second wild card.
Yesterday's Biggest Play
Batter: Ryan O'Hearn (KCR)
Pitcher: Erik Swanson (SEA)
Situation: Bottom 6th, 2 out, 1-1 count, Runners On 1st and 3rd
Score: SEA 11, KCR 10
Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2 runs scored on the play, and KCR's win probability increased 34% points, to 73%
KCR went on to win the game, 13-12
The breakdown for Ohtani: oWAR 3.8, dWAR -1.4, pWAR 5.5.
For Judge: oWAR 9.9, dWAR -0.2.
Surprising Judge comes out negative in the outfield. Unless Ohtani is a really bad fielding pitcher (I suspect he's not), his dWAR is completely unwarranted.
Be that as it may, with ten days to go in the season...
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Closer Monkey:
September 26, 2022
New York Yankees – With rumors that the Yankees might be willing to DFA Aroldis Chapman, we figure they’re pretty unlikely to put him out there in a high-leverage spot if any other options are available. We’ll push Jonathan Loaisiga up into his place.
Updated hierarchy: *Holmes | Effross | Loaisiga.
* = closer-by-committee
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Stats tonight.
Closer Monkey:
Oakland A’s — With Joel Payamps on the IL, Tyler Cyr has been seeing more late-inning opportunities, including last night when he struck out both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani with the game tied in the seventh inning.
Updated hierarchy: Acevedo | Puk | Cyr.