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National League
1 Bryce Harper WAS OF A+ Kid is ridiculous - .355/.456/.697, and that was AFTER a slow start. Promotion time. Double-A?
5 Brandon Belt SF 1B A Hitting .519 since demotion to Triple-A and could force Giants' hand again soon.
25 Jerry Sands LAD 1B B+ Hitting just .196 through Monday but he'll get better and has shown more pop than Loney.
26 Yasmani Grandal CIN C B+ Didn't start in AA as we thought. .276/.429/.571 suggests he'd do just fine there. 1.00 EYE, 6 HR.
27 Derek Norris WAS C B+ Wow, batting just .118 with 10 BB in 12 games. Gotta think he turns it around.
1 Julio Teheran ATL SP A 1.80 ERA in five starts and 14 K in last 14 IP.
3 Shelby Miller STL SP A 7 BB in a recent start and then this - 6-4-1-1-3-10. That's more like it.
4 Aroldis Chapman CIN SP A Command of fastball still not there. Will drop off this list next week due to reaching 30 games.
22 Simon Castro SD SP B+ Not getting any better - 9.00 ERA through 5 GS. It's early, but still concerning.
24 Zach Lee LAD SP B+ 1.09 ERA in 5 GS with 27:11 K:BB in 24.2 innings. Just an outstanding pro debut.
American League
2 Mike Trout LAA OF A+ Skid brings him down to a .877 OPS. Has 0.50 EYE and should go on a tear soon.
16 Jason Kipnis CLE 2B B+ Through Mon. has nine hits in last 7 games with 2 HR and 6 BB. All okay here.
28 Grant Green OAK SS B+ Slow start, but .441 avg in last 8 games 75.5% CT% a bit low for him.
30 Dustin Ackley SEA 2B B+ .221/.347/.317. Only thing keeping him this high is 1.1 EYE and draft status.
31 Aaron Hicks MIN OF B+ 0.65 EYE, but ugly .205/.303/.277 batting line. 0 HR, 1-for-3 in SBs.
7 Jacob Turner DET SP A- 24:4 K:BB in 26.2 innings and a .140 BAA vs LH hitters for this RHP.
8 Kyle Drabek TOR SP A Issues with location last time out but should be ok. Will lose eligibility for this list next week.
11 Martin Perez TEX SP A- Last year's 4.5 BB/9 has improved to 3.9 so far this year. Needs to keep that momentum going.
12 John Lamb KC SP A- 5-4-2-0-1-4 and seemingly getting over early-season control issues.
26 Danny Duffy KC SP B+ 6-1-0-0-0-8 is almost perfect. 0.90 ERA and 24:4 K:BB in 20 innings.
cb
May 4, 11 at 10:33 PM
I have been a subscriber for several years.
I have a question regarding a particular player...and the site's process.
Toronto sent down Travis Snider to get his mechanics right and they brought up David Cooper.
Cant find anything about him on insiderbaseball.com
Cooper was a first round pick in 2008 and is getting ABs...he even has 2 rbis as of today. I know he was aimed as a possibility as a Overbay replacement and was a factor in the Wallace trade. I was surprised to see no mention in Prospect Info,Player News, Player Lookup, Players on the Move,...I could not find anything/insight on him.
I am in a very aggressive "old school" roto keeper league with transactions only on mondays and many times players are scooped up immediately and usually before this site makes a mention.
I understand that the site spreads the responsibilities around to all the analysts, but is there a particular day of the week only that new player info is added? Cooper has 18 ABs already and I am finding myself going to Fangraphs first for info rather than Fantistics.
So..what is your take on David Cooper?
Please help me use your site better.
Thanks,
CB