Armed with a clearer idea of Kiermaier’s potential career trajectory, we examined him closer, and would you look at that: suddenly he is performing at a career-best level, OPS wise, and is worth considering in AL-only leagues. Before taking an 0-fer on Monday, he had hit safely in seven straight games, and has hit extremely well in May (969 OPS) with speed (four steals).

Ozuna, meanwhile is a two-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove winner, but right now last season’s (sort of) bounce back is looking like a mirage. Given that just two years ago he tried to strangle his wife and then had a DUI arrest last summer, there’s plenty of baggage here that a World Series team does not need.

The rookie was roughed up in his second start of the season, and had a poor outing on Sunday, but otherwise has given up just three earned runs or fewer in all six of his other starts, including four with one earned run or fewer. In fact, since the start of July, Crawford’s ERA was an eye-opening 2.38 before Sunday.

There’s no way to escape the fact that these names are all-time greats. So that begs the very fair question: is Greinke also an all-time great?

Following that season, Texas went into rebuild mode and traded long-time fan fave Andrus to AL West rival Oakland, where he recovered from a counting cat standpoint last year. This year, that bounce back has continued as he’s again been healthy and, although he’s not hitting quite as well, his walk rate and extra-base pop have been much better.

Are the Giants suffering from buyer’s remorse after re-signing Anthony DeSclafani? (NBC Sports) Heading into the 2020 season, we were bullish on Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s chances of developing into a superstar, but he actually took a bit of a step back despite some impressive counting cat numbers. Last year, he was better than ever and

Recently, however, the team has shown signs that things are turning around. With three straight wins and a 7-3 record over the last 10 games, the Bronx Bombers have managed to move into a tie with Toronto (Buffalo) for third place in the AL East. The Yanks are now just four games back in the Wild Card race, so there’s certainly plenty of hope.