Brandon Guyer, OF, TB
Guyer continued his hot hitting on Monday going 3-5 with a HR, a double and 3 runs scored and is now hitting .327 for the season. The hot start has led to Guyer being moved to the top of the order and so far that move has worked. Since his transition to the leadoff spot on May 10, Guyer has hit .315 with 3 HR's, 7 2B's and 10 runs scored in 11 games. That being said, his peripherals are not significantly different from his career numbers, and he's a career .267 hitter, so it's hard to see this keeping up. The move to the leadoff should still help his value though as he gets on base at good clip, partially thanks to his knack at getting hit by pitches. Guyer currently leads the league in HBP's by a large margin with 12 (second most is 7), and that's in only 29 games.
Cameron Maybin, OF, DET
With another two hit game on Monday, Maybin has five multi-hit games through his first seven, and is hitting .583 (14-24) since coming off the DL about a week ago. It's easy to look at Maybin's BA and think that he's finally found something, but his LD% and Hard% aren't higher than usual while his BABIP is soaring at .650. Maybin has been a decent contact hitter the past few years, but he has never hit higher than .267 nor has he ever surpassed 10 HR's in a season. There aren't many categories Maybin is likely to help you with, although he is a good bet for 20+ steals.
Salvador Perez, C, KC
Perez was an impressive 5-5 for the Royals on Monday falling a HR shy of the cycle, and just like that his BA has risen from .245 to .270 on the season. Perez now has a 9 game hitting streak, and over the past 14 games, he is hitting .351 with 7 XBH's. It is still a bit disconcerting that Perez's K% is at 21.9% considering his career rate is 13.5%. He has always been a free swinger, but he used to hit pitches outside of the zone (77.1% career O-Contact%) while this year his O-Contact% has fallen to 58.5%. Regardless, Perez has decent power and an average that shouldn't kill you, and with the current state of the catcher position in fantasy, that's going to have to be enough.
Jose Ramirez, IF, OF, CLE
Ramirez homered in both ends of the double header on Monday giving him more homeruns in one day than he previously had the entire season. With Michael Brantley on the DL, Ramirez has pretty much been playing every day, starting 14 of the Indians last 15 games. While the power for Ramirez is uncommon, he has the ability to help in other areas given the opportunity. His excellent K% of 9.6% (career 11.3%) allows him to hit for a decent average and he should continue to make modest contributions in the counting stats as long as he is in the lineup. One area where we still may see an uptick for Ramirez is in stolen bases - he had 10 SB's in each of the past two seasons as a part-time player, while this year he only has 2 steals thus far.
Yunel Escobar, 3B, LAA
While Escobar isn't known for his power, he has a .970 OPS against LHP's this year (compared to .729 against right-handers) with 8 XBH's in 45 AB's against them. He also has been hot recently with a .361 AVG over his last 24 games. He has a good matchup on Tuesday against Rangers' southpaw Martin Perez who has allowed a career .760 OPS to right-handed hitters with an uninspiring 13.0% K% against them. Value Play Draft Kings $3,700.
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