But after throwing his fourth straight quality start on Thursday, it’s now obvious his job is secure. Gutierrez has been dynamite so far in August (1.42 ERA) to lower his season mark to a much more palatable 3.95. Grab him in all formats for the stretch run, especially with a two-start week on tap.
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A relative unknown, Schwindel has taken over first base for the Cubs now that Anthony Rizzo has been traded and so far, he’s doing pretty well. Schwindel spanked his first homer as a Cub on Friday, giving him a .375 BA for August with hits in four straight games, including back-to-back two-hit efforts. At the age of 29, he’s hardly a prospect, but he’s a dude with a job at a hard to fill position and he’s currently doing everything he can to prove he deserves it for the rest of the season.
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The small forward was a First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Area selection in high school before playing five games as a freshman at San Jose State in 2005-06. Kovacevich spent his sophomore season at a junior college before moving to Division II ball with Southwest Baptist University, captaining the team as a junior and senior, when he led the squad to the Sweet 16.
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Josiah Gray has been set free from the Dodgers. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press) Welcome back to another week of Fantasy baseball. We’ve reached the end of July and are now nearly two-thirds of the way through the season. Milk that waiver wire! This week, Starlin Castro received a 30-game suspension for violating the league’s domestic
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Estrada is riding a modest four-game hit streak, during which he’s driven in four runs, to take his July BA up to a whopping .349. He’s now seen almost as much action as he did in all of 2020, but has hit much better this season, and his fielding at shortstop has improved. Estrada looks like a nice short-term addition in deep NL-only leagues.
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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.
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Jefferson picked up 1,400 receiving yards in his rookie season in a hyper-concentrated offense. We expect him to command a target share of over 20 per cent in his sophomore year.
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