We're about one-third of the way through the baseball season, and the fantasy baseball season. It's a good time to get out the clipboard and start tallying up the winners and losers. To be fair, any of these stories could flip at any time; that's baseball.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: Esteury Ruiz #1 of the Oakland Athletics runs up the first base line against the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the second inning of a major league baseball game at RingCentral Coliseum on May 12, 2023 in Oakland, California. We’re about one-third of the way through the baseball season, and the fantasy baseball season. It’s a good time to get out the clipboard and start tallying up the winners and losers.
Fantasy baseball pundits wanted to tell you that 4-5 players were worth considering at the No. 1 slot in March. Acuña’s making that angle look rather silly now. His slugging sagged last year, but that was mostly injury-driven. He’s never run as aggressively — or as successfully — as he’s done this year. He’s batting .324, for crying out loud. Ronald Acuña is unfair, man., who's already up to 18 homers. But if we were redrafting today, Acuña goes first everywhere in about five seconds.It’s generally not safe to watch the Oakland offense without protective eyesore, but Ruiz is making things happen up front.
We haven’t seen a 60-steal season since 2017 , and it’s been 14 years since someone hit the 70 mark . Ruiz is taking dead aim at those milestones, and with MLB’s new rules as a tailwind, he’s likely to get there.Prospect reports on Franco commonly mentioned how he could win a batting title someday, which is shorthand for “We’re not sure exactly how much power we’re getting, but he’s still awfully good.” Maybe take those reports to rewrite — Franco has seven homers, a .
Forget a future batting title, Franco looks like an MVP contender for seasons to come. He has plenty of help in the Tampa Bay offense, which ranks second in runs and first in OPS.Texas leads the majors in runs scored and run differential, and the scoring bonanza has come despite
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