These players are moving on up the rankings
What does it take to move up the Fantasy baseball rankings a week into the season? 14 RBI in six games helped Nate Lowe move up, though that’s not everything — he also moved up because he’s playing every day for the Rangers. Tyler Glasnow dominating through his first two starts was certainly very good to see, too, but it was his dominant new slider that really opened my eyes.
I did my first big update to my rankings since the season started earlier this week, and there were plenty of players who moved up and down the rankings, though not often because of their production so far. You can read about the players who fell in the rankings here, and now here’s one player at each position (plus a couple of bonus pitchers) who rose in my first run of rankings.
Catcher
Here’s something that os has three batted balls hit at least 110 mph, making him one of just eight players in baseball with that many. Ramos has always hit the ball hard, but it’s been nice to see him start off so hot after such a rough start in 2020. I’m not sure I buy that his 13.4 degree launch angle will prove sustainable — he’s never been above 6.5 degrees for a season — but if he did keep it up, that would be a huge deal. I like Ramos as a starting option in all two-catcher leagues, and it’s not out of the question he can be a starter in a one-catcher league, too.
First base
I liked Lowe as a sleeper coming into the season with the hope that he would play everyday after the Rays largely limited him to platoon duty over the last two seasons, and that’s exactly what we’ve seen. (more…)