Obudel Herrera, SS, OF, PHI
Herrera hit his first career homerun on Monday, finishing 1-4 in the game with 3 strikeouts. Homeruns will likely be a rarity for Herrera, as he only hit 13 throughout 5 seasons in the minors. BA and SB's are the areas that he is more likely to contribute, but his K% is now up to 26.2% on the season after hovering in the mid-teens throughout his minor league career. His hard hit percentage sits at a low 19.0%, so his .361 BABIP is sure to drop, which means he'll have to cut down on the strikeouts to be an asset in the BA department. Meanwhile, Herrera does have 5 steals on the season, but his 4.1% BB% is quite low, which limits his opportunities for more steals. He has especially struggled over the past 6 games, striking out 14 times in his last 23 PA's, so there are probably better SS options than Herrrera right now.
Daniel Murphy, 2B, NYM
Murphy went 0-4 on Monday, dropping his slash line to a disappointing .224/.272/.336 on the season. While Murphy has always had excellent contact rates, his miniscule 6.4% K% thus far in 2015 (8 K's in 125 PA's) is by far a career low, making his low BA all the more surprising. His current .224 BABIP is nearly 100 points lower than his career average and is due for regression, so there's no reason to assume that Murphy won't hit his typical .280+ from here on out. The slow start makes Murphy a good buy low candidate, and he is certainly a worth picking up if he is available on the waiver wire.
Yunel Escobar, SS, 3B, WAS
Escobar went 5-5 for the second Monday in a row and has now raised his average to .342 on the season. Escobar's greatest asset has always been his excellent contact rates (11.3% career K%), and this year has been no different with his K% currently at 10.7%. However, despite his great contact skills, Escobar has not had a season batting above .300 since 2007. His current .371 BABIP is bound to fall, which means that his BA will drop as well. He also doesn't offer much in terms of power or speed, as he only has 5 extra-base hits and no SB's through 29 games. With the SS position being very thin right now, Escobar could still be useful in some leagues, especially as long as he hits near the top of the Nat's order which should give him plenty of run scoring opportunities. Just don't expect his batting average to remain where it is now.
Shelby Miller, SP, ATL
Miller had another dominant outing on Monday, allowing just 1 ER on 3 hits and 2 BB's in 7 IP, while striking out 8. He is now 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA and 0.93 WHIP on the season. Miller has been especially strong over his last 3 starts, having only given up 2 ER's on 12 hits while striking out 25 in 23 IP. He is due for regression as his .203 BABIP and 87.9% LOB% are unsustainable, making his 3.69 xFIP probably a lot more reasonable than his 1.60 ERA. Still, if Miller can post an ERA in the mid-3.00's the rest of the way, he would remain a solid fantasy starter.
Kelly Johnson, OF, ATL
Johnson has gotten off to a good start in the power department this year, as he has 6 homeruns and a .507 SLG through 80 PA's. He has an excellent matchup on Tuesday against Reds RHP Anthony Desclafani in Cincinatti, as Desclafani has allowed a .295/.371/.508 slash line against LH-hitters in his career. Those numbers are even worse in Cincinatti, as lefties have hit a whopping .377/.437/.652 against Desclafani at home. That makes this a good matchup for any Braves left-handers, including Johnson who in fact homered off Desclafani on May 1. Value Play FanDuel Salary: $2,700.
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Dr Funky Dreadful
May 12, 15 at 01:02 AM
This prusta idiot is an embarrassment to all that is sane and normal. he eats treifus! pushet treifus!!!!!!!!! he's a chazir A dirty filthy-mouthed chazir!!!!!!!! He speaks nivul-peh and loshon hara!!!!!!! I've heard him my self, I tried to cover my ears but his nivul peh got in before I could defend myself. I'll never forgive him, he's such a prusta goy!!!!!!!!! He does aveiros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! chamur aveiros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's a shiksah, a prusta 97 year old shiksah with purple hair, the scary type!!!!!!!! HE'S BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA FOAMING FROM THE MOUTH AND WILDLY BABBLING MADNESS WHILE HIDDING UNDER A HIGHWAY-BRIDGE AND VICIOUSLY EATING AN OMPA-LOOMPA ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE OMPA-LOOMPA AND THE DEEPLY TROUBLED VOICE OF MENACHEM GREENFELD SAYING TO HIMSELF 'YUM....YEAH....THAT'S A TASTY OMPA-LOOMPA!', I PROMISE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT I ALMOST VOMITED RIGHT THERE.!!!!!!!!! HE'S EATING IT LIMB BY LIMB!!!!! IT'S DISCUSTING!!!!!!!! NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S AVER MIN HACHAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shvartza-thug goyisha zach
May 12, 15 at 01:02 AM
I ALSO THE GREENFELD DEVOURS OOMPA LOOMPA VIDEO AND WAS SHOCKED AND APPALLED!!!!!! I've heard it's not the first time that he's paid top dollar to have that endagered species caught tortured and shipped from south america to satisfy his desperate and bottomless canabalistic appetite!!!!!!! HE'S ONE SICK NUT, I'LL TELL YOU THAT!!!!!!!! HE'S A SICKO! A SICK SICK MAN WHO EATS OOMPA LOOMPA'S BY THE CASE (OR MORE REALISTICALLY: 'BY THE CAGE') !!!!!!
Not only that but if you look closely at the video you'll see he's wearing a 2 million dollar panda-bear fur coat: it must have been from one of the last 45 in the world!!!!
What other heartless acts of evil lie in menachem greenfelds secret dark past? I MYSELF DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT FOR FEAR OF COMPLETELY LOSING MY MIND AND ALL OF MY BODILY FACULTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BIG GOISHA GOY
May 12, 15 at 01:02 AM
MENACHEM GREENFELD IS THE SHPITZ GOY! EVEN HIS DAVENING IS GOYISH!!!!!!!! EVEN WHEN HE GIVES TZEDAKAH AND DOES HESED THERE'S SOMETHING GOYISH ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!