The one drawback is the Astros would have to be especially nuts to ever play Yordan in the field, after his injury, so unlike a few of the guys in this post, hes going in as Util-Only and unlikely to change that, except in Yahoo where theyre supposedly not changing any eligibility from 2019. Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano What is a utility role? But are you draftinem?? c. Btw, found Lupin (with Omar Sy, its in French) and Your Honor (Bryan Cranston as the Judge, Showtime). When ranking a DH only player, I like to compare them to outfielders. But when hes at the plate, everythings alright Anybody else can be put into this roster. 20 team H2H categories league. Players in the Utility spot will get full credit for their stats in your league's scoring. Tap on the "Roster" tab. Or Jared Leto play a creepy Jim Carey in The Little Things (aka Seven but not as good)? He is by far the highest drafted player with a DH only designation, not just this season, but ever. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Steals Rate: It's not a readily available statistic, but can be calculated using numbers available on Baseball-Reference.com. Yahoo has announced a decision to introduce two distinct Ohtanis into fantasy baseball for 2018, giving owners the opportunity to use him exclusively as a hitter or a pitcher. I love him. Kind of hard to fuck it up. In fantasy baseball and basketball, a utility player is a player (specifically a batter in baseball) who accumulates statistics without being assigned to a particular position. But the imposing slugger remains a greater injury risk than the players who've preceded him in this article, as he missed 142 games in the . Giancarlo is awesome, man. In baseball, a utility player is a player who typically does not have the offensive abilities to justify a regular starting role on the team but is capable of playing more than one defensive position. Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano, Hes one of those Astro-domers Im in a 66 NL only. Every year he gets pushed down in drafts because of his UTIL-only status and every year he outperforms his draft day ADP. Dont care about the hood but it is far. Alternatively, you could have a non-playing basement priced player that you could utilise for the vice-captain loophole over the first five rounds when there are Thursday night games. Love that endingCaptain Whoo Cubano! The term "utility player" is rarely used in basketball outside of fantasy leagues. Okay, cool, crop circles, this is rad, man, I love itWait, whats with the water? In baseball, a utility player is a player who typically does not have the offensive abilities to justify a regular starting role on the team but is capable of playing more than one defensive position.These players are able to give the various starters a rest, or replace a starter due to injury, or play late in a game to provide improved defense when their team is winning. I call this tier, Kneer, far, wherever you are.My heart will go on. A tier name I sing and sound identical to Celine Dion. Toying with dropping him back for redrafting at a slight premium in lieu of keeping a second SP (a snell/carrasco type where id save about $10). Dubbed "The Most Interesting Man in Fantasy Baseball" by me (and potentially others) prior to him making a splash in the States, Shohei Ohtani has lived up to that title. Kyle Lewis $4, Cody for sure, then prolly Mondesi, all of them are solid tho, Is it Yahoo with Yordan having OF elgib? Instead; basketball uses the terms tweener and swingman to refer to a player who can play two or three different positions, with more specific terms being combo guard, cornerman, and forward-center.. Rugby union. Martinez Anyone telling you that he will stop his backslide and is now reasonably priced? The formula: Home Runs times 13 plus Walks plus Hit Batsmen times 3 minus Strikeouts times 2, divided by Innings Pitched, plus a FIP constant (dependent upon that season's run environment), or ((HR * 13) + (BB + HB) * 3 - (K * 2))/IP + FIP constant. However, what round is the right time to jump in? Players who are available on waivers will be open for bidding, and the manager who places the highest bid will have that player added to his/her roster. Maybe it was your general no bench bats influence. If he were to just hit, Id rank him in the top 100 overall and above Nelson Cruz here. Now, hes going around 60+ overall, so, yes, theres an actual buying opportunity this year. Wanted to see One Night in Miami so Ill definitely watch now. Additional categories are OPS and Total bases. . So if you get 20 holds from someone its the same as 20 saves? What is a Utility Player? Can wait for the pitchers projs. The utility hitting position in fantasy baseball can be used in two different ways: There is not a right or wrong strategy and often the best strategy will not be known until the ebb and flow of draft day opens an opportunity to follow one of these strategies. Pop-ups can also be added to the denominator. Ohtani is legit. 100%. B. Yeah, sadly Giancarlo is as fragile as my heart he broke. Click to view notes and other information. * Mondesi, Tough choice, I throw back Yordan and his bad knees. Oh sorry. I call this tier, Debunking the debunking equals bunking? This tier is guys who we all have witnessed do terrible things to our fantasy teams, but a lot of people are debunking that and pretending they are safe to draft. 2021 Projections: 52/20/63/.273/9 in 381 ABs, 7. Am i screwed on saves? When most people think of the DH or UTIL only players in 2022 the list is only 3 players long. I mean saves and holds are their own category. C. Rusty Kuntz? In todays column we are going to focus on two players that fit into the latter of these strategies due to their positional inflexibility. Pitchers who surrender higher rates in the category tend to have weaker stuff, while those with lower rates tend to have better stuff. Follow AFL Fantasy on Twitter and 'like' the Facebook page to join in the conversation. Copyright 2007 -2023 Razzball LLC. Fielding Independent Pitching score (FIP): Similar to ERA, and calculated on an ERA scale (with comparable ranges of success or failure), Fielding Independent Pitching evaluates only the events upon which a pitcher has the most control -- strikeouts, walks, hit batsman and home runs -- extracting results on balls hit into the field of play in order to strip "luck" from the equation. I even have the theme song all ready to go: CAPTAIN WHOO CUBANO (apologies to NRBQ, and hopefully not too obscure a reference): Some say the mans knees are a fright Not sure its possible to get elite Starters + elite closers and compete with the rest of the league. Well stick with the guy who swings with ease This is the most common draft style in fantasy sports, and is available in the ESPN Fantasy Baseball Live Draft Lobby. Always thought they should just let him hit. Steamer projection: .261, 28 HR, 82 RBI, 71 R, 1 SB, 121 games. Coined by John Lowe in 1985, a starting pitcher can be considered to have thrown a quality start when he retires at least 18 hitters (six innings) and allows three-or-fewer earned runs in the process. Name in this ranking that is just one example is Khris Davis. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. Different from Strikeout Rate (K%), this measures all pitches rather than only plate appearance-deciding offerings, and can often provide insight as to whether a player's Strikeout Rate might've been sustainable. Yordan Alvarez was a beast at the plate in 2021 with a home run in half of the games he played. While playing all over the infield he also hit 16 homers and . Hitters who excel in this category tend to fare well in the "power"-based Rotisserie categories like home runs and RBIs. In the nine seasons for which we have data, the league average in the category has ranged from as high as .215 (2011) to as low as .150 (2016), but in 2017 it was .162. Looking forward to your always stellar pitching rankings! The FIP constant formula: MLB ERA - ((MLB HR * 13) + (MLB BB + MLB HB) * 3 - (MLB K * 2))/MLB IP. I appreciate you more! 1. This is a simple statistic that puts an actual number to these designations. This allows the fantasy team manager to adjust their lineup as needed, instead of being limited to just one position. Just twenty-three, his futures bright, Specifically, it calculates a hitter's batting average or pitcher's batting average allowed on any non-walk, strikeout or home run outcome. Where do we sign up! Or how about the Rockies who spent $50 million to trade away one of their best hitters? It is one of the most common statistics used in categorical fantasy baseball leagues and provides a rough estimate of the number of baserunners a pitcher allows. His hard hit rate was still fantastic. Here at The Duel, we'll have you covered every step of the way, starting with the first step of draft prep identifying this year's top fantasy baseball assets. Ohtani plus SONs favorite play of the day makes for a tasty util. In fantasy baseball, utility is a special position that allows a player to fill any other position on the field. 35 Joey Votto Cin. Looking forward to that sweet tier of starting pitchers coming soon that well all get to draft once the industry aces are off the board. The concept of full-season fantasy baseball is really very simple: you draft a roster of major league players that only you own and accumulate points based on their real-life statistics. Do like all 3 to crank out the power, although think you mixed up Alvarez and Nelsons numbers LOL Have a great day! But there is still plenty of value in this year's crop. The formula: Hits plus walks plus hit batsmen minus runs, divided by hits plus walk plus hit batsmen minus home runs times 1.4 -- or (H + BB + HB)/(H + BB + HB - (HR * 1.4)). The advantage of using one league is that with a group of 8 to 12 owners, participants are forced to pick up utility players and middle relievers. I'm betting on a subpar season, even a return to utility status. * Lindor Making money early in the season is the name of the game in order to upgrade players quickly and, ultimately, score more points. So BABIP btu=the power generated by BABIP which is totally a term that everyone can understand! He had a 1.194 OPS before May 20. He was 93rd percentile in average exit velocity and 94th percentile in hard hit rate. What kind? Now both lines are pleasant, but getting it out of one roster spot ended up being easily the most valuable player in the league. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). The Utility position can be filled using any offensive player and position. that wasnt funny. 2021 Projections: 41/18/52/.211 in 321 ABs, 10. Using the example of a 10-team league, the first round will go from one to 10, with the player picking 10th immediately picking again at 11, all the way back to the player who picked first picking again at 20 and 21. I usually grab my 1st closer around 110-125 overall 7th round overall doesnt seem that great for a closer. In August, he underwent surgery on both knees to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee while cleaning up his left knee. Rather than change my typo, I have started a BABIP btu wikipedia page, Yeah, Im starting a Wiki page for any mistakes I make from now on, Still trying to figure out, why its a $54 vending machine steak lmao Where did the price come from, https://razzball.com/franmil-reyes-2019-fantasy-baseball/. Am I wrong? a. I couldnt resist, so I gave you a double dose of the really super philosophical Rusty! This is the percentage of a player's stolen-base attempts compared to his total number of opportunities. Pitchers who have unusually high or low FIPs compared to their ERAs might have gotten good or bad breaks, respectively, though the pitcher's defense, ballpark and other factors might well have contributed to his ERA result. The new utility position in Fantasy Classic opens up a whole range of new strategies. Id toss back Mondesi. Typically speaking, the best players in baseball tend to rank among the leaders in OPS. Personally I think Chapman>Bryant, Gausman>Lamet, Means> Benitendi, heh. Cognizant enough to realize that Nelson Cruz has sold his soul to the devil and will be playing this game longer than even Bartolo Colon would believe. Player: Taylor Ward. OPS: A popular statistical tool since the turn of the century, OPS is a player's On-base Plus Slugging percentage, or the combined total of his numbers in those two categories. One or both of Hader and Hendricks will be available. Ive been on ESPN for the last 10 years. Yahoos been running on empty for a long time now, not just their fantasy, I mean their entire company, and they are likely refusing to invest any money in their product. As for players to avoid, the model has pinpointed Braves first baseman Matt Olson as one of its biggest 2023 Fantasy baseball busts. Isolated Power can also be calculated by subtracting batting average (BA) from slugging percentage (SLG). Well, I'd argue Gavin Sheets deserves some love. The worst thing is I bought it. Im leaning toward Yordan instead of Mondesi. One side def sounds better when you read the namesI am up in the air. With the New Year, we have all new #FantasyBaseball projections for every hitter and pitcher courtesy of @rudygamble and @steamerpro https://t.co/J5nT6aQkSA. Even if you take away his pitching numbers, peep the ATC projection above. Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano, Hes one of those Astro-domers Can only keep 4. All rights reserved. a. This differs from a "keeper league," which often involves holding onto players year over year, but typically involves fewer players kept per manager. Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano, Hes one of those Astro-domers Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano. BABIPs do drop when a player ages and doesnt hit the ball as hard. Middle Infield (MI): This is a standard lineup spot in fantasy baseball which can be filled by any player with eligibility as either a second baseman or a shortstop. Its psychedelic pandemonium! People are saying this. I call this tier, Old AF. The AF stands for and funky. No one uses AF to abbreviate anything else, right? Id hire a skywriter to fly a banner saying he should hit; hire a Michael J. The Utility position can be filled using any offensive player and position. Looking at his percentiles against the rest of the league, it is no surprise to why those results are coming through: As the season approaches, we must at least be cognizant of the baseball aging curve. Many fantasy baseballers may be a little distracted in draft preparation this season. Theyre talking about me! This is a family friendly blog! Luis Roberts $40 The day I call Josh Donaldson, Bringer of Rain, will be the day you can call it a wrap on my brain. For anyone not familiar with the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSJ1dcak7P8. Anybody else can be put into this roster position. Anything under 0.33 is going to all but eliminate a huge chunk of the points that result from a power hitters' extra-base hit totals. I initially leaned toward keeping two pitchers, but Biggio scores well in this format and has me rethinking. cool. What Is The Definition Of Utility Player In Baseball? Do I think it is worth it for what Cruz will provide? Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Kyle Tucker had an amazing season with the Houston Astros last year. You know they were going to, even if baseball writers were trying to push the narrative: Cruz is holding out to see if the NL would have the DH, like 15 more teams would be competing for his services. This is why FanGraphs' league average in 2017 was 13.7 percent, while our pitch-tracking tool had it at 10.6 percent. Again, hitters gain points from walks and lose them from strikeouts, so for points leagues, the closer this number is to 1.00, the more valuable a hitter will be. You dont need saves if youre in a Holds+Saves league you dont have any saves there tho, just holds. These are not all hitters who work for your UTIL slot. As the Rays DH, Cruz hit just .226 with a .725 OPS. Still like it. On Feb. 21, the LABR experts league gathered to kick off fantasy baseball draft season. . Hrs, and rbis, Yahoo has both JDM and Yordan with OF eligibility. 16 man dynasty. Not much more needs to be said. 12 team roto auction league. Do people still play in Yahoo leagues? Whats the reasoning behind not needing saves? xFIP, or Expected Fielding Independent Pitching, is similar to FIP, except that instead of taking a pitcher's total Home Runs allowed, it assumes a league average Home Run per Fly Ball Rate. Taylor Ward is a very intriguing player for fantasy purposes. It's a more useful tool on the hitting side, where it can identify particularly patient or impatient players, though it can also reveal a pitcher's deceptive ability or quality of movement on his pitches. It can, however, be somewhat misleading, as a player who had an especially high on-base percentage or slugging percentage, but not both, might look equally skilled to the one whose strength was the opposite. Unless youre Bud Black. Generally speaking, when you add up the RC of all players on an individual MLB team's roster, you'll get an approximation of how many runs that club has actually scored. Ill check out Popeyes but Id have to go a long way and back to the hood. I pick 11th in the first round (actually 7th round with keepers). FanGraphs, whose calculation is often called fWAR, is one, while Baseball-Reference.com, whose calculation is often called bWAR, is the other and ESPN's standard for the category. Just curious. Havent done this post in a while, but due to last seasons wonkiness, there was a few guys who didnt get any position eligibility that I needed to go over, so here we are. We will want as many potential cash cows as possible to choose from to allow us to make choices about our on-field and bench options. Odds & lines subject to change. Last year he was on a 26-26 pace although his average was garbage, then again so were a lot of other guys in that aberration of a season. Franmil Reyes This is a new tier. 2020 was a rough season for many players, but Nelson Cruz appeared to be immune (see what I did there?). Players are nominated and bids are placed, with the highest bidder earning each player until every roster is filled. Now attends Pepperdine Univ. btu=British thermal unit=293 watts=measure of power. This refers to a player on the team that can play multiple defensive positions on the baseball field. You mean the btu was a typo? Your saying im pretty much going to get a 1 in saves and its ok? Strikeout Rate and Strikeouts Per Nine Innings Ratio: These are two measures of a pitcher's ability to strike out opposing hitters, and the former can also be used for hitters to measure their frequency of striking out. Any movies you seen recently worth mentioning? My guess is within five years theres no such thing as Yahoo, fantasy or otherwise. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. Alex Verdugo $20 Yeah I think Wendys is underrated. That price could get some helium if he shows up at camp (if there is a camp), and looks 100% healthy. There are different formulas for WAR, however, which often causes debate about the category. I misspelled everything. 5 MLB players who could be the top pick in your fantasy baseball draft. The premium DH of the past half decade, Nelson Cruz needs no introduction. The RP part could be done fairly inexpensively I think if I leave out top saves sources. Oh, I see what youre saying nowYeah, you need saves then, and you have none, or very few. Both players are strictly utility plays for 2021 unless your league carried over eligibility from 2019 in which case Yordan might get a slight advantage in positionally eligibility. I know hell be knockin homers (hey!) Here is a list of the top utility players heading into . Well Hit Average (WHAV): Tabulated by ESPN's internal pitch-tracking tool, Well Hit Average calculates a hitter's rate of making hard contact -- in this case such batted balls are called "Well Hit" (WH) -- or a pitcher's rate of suppressing it. His 150-game pace delivered 45 home runs, 93 runs and RBI apiece with a sterling .303 batting average. Utility players typically don't have one specific role on a team and may be asked to play different positions from game to game or even during the course of a game. My biggest thought on this is Yahoo doesnt want to pay someone to change their eligibility requirements after a 60-game season, so theyre just not changing anything in their system. Fantasy Baseball is heat. $1000 draft budget Welcome Jatonne Sterling! We need it more than climate change at the equator! In this strikeout-rich era, a good Strikeout Rate is at least 25 percent for a pitcher and beneath 20 for a hitter, while a good Strikeouts Per Nine Innings Ratio is at least nine (or one K per inning pitched). THE OFTEN redundant second bench ruck position is a thing of the past as in 2020 the fourth ruckman has been ditched in favour of a utility position in AFL Fantasy Classic. Please pick 2: Bellinger $27 Im glad a lot of guys have basically dismissed Ohtani and will gladly grab a guy with top 25 potential at around pick 250, its insane. Fantasy baseball: Head-to-head points mock draft, The Playbook, Inning 9: Mastering the 2023 fantasy baseball player pool, The Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use for fantasy baseball, Fantasy baseball: Hot stove analysis of offseason trades and free-agent signings, Karabell's way-too-early top-25 players for 2023, Fantasy baseball rankings for 2023 points leagues, Fantasy baseball rankings category-based leagues 2022. Thanks! Fantasy baseball rankings, projections, strategy and . Six-Five Height, Theres only three teams in the NL signing anyone, and those three teams have DHs if it gets implemented. I always follow your SP strategy and end up in the top 3 on pitching categories, but the tricky thing in this league is that it usually costs $25 $35 to draft any top 20 SP (so if I can keep a guy like cookie for $12 or Snell for $19 to pair with my dirt cheap Burnes, that means I can stay out of the SP1 bidding war). I know, he only played 2 games with 9 plate appearances but 2020 was all about small sample sizes, right? This ensures that those who draft late in the first round get better picks in the next round, while those lucky enough to get the top pick have to wait for their next player. Captain Whoo, Captain Whoo Cubano! Joe Engel, the Senators chief scout who discovered so many great ballplayers declared, unequivocally, that Coan was the best of them all. Alec Bohm for $10 Quality Start (QS): While wins are the name of the game in real baseball, and many fantasy Rotisserie leagues still use wins as a category, it's long been concluded that it's a lousy metric for determining the overall quality of a pitcher. Woodruff $15 Thanks! Here's a look at Joey P's cheat sheet for 2023 fantasy baseball drafts. UPDATE: Traded to the Rangers to act asBackup DH? This can be full time DHs like Nelson Cruz or David Ortiz. 38 Bobby Dalbec-3B Bos. What could be, indeed. I know hell be knockin homers (hey!) It can be averaged over any span of time, and split up by any type of batted ball, though most commonly fly balls and line drives, and helps identify hitters with greater quality of contact -- or pitchers who suppress it more -- than others. Strikeouts Per Nine Innings Ratio is Strikeouts times 9 divided by Innings Pitched, or K * 9 / IP. The outfield competition he has is either as bad defensively, or is someone like Daniel Johnson who probably cannot hit. Yordan DH only there. For what it's worth, on sites where Ohtani is a hitter only, I'd still have him as a first round pick. Waivers: A common system in fantasy leagues in which players are placed on hold as free agents, allowing multiple teams to attempt to claim the player and add him to their roster. This position excludes Goalies in Hockey and Pitchers in Baseball. He recalled his first of two big league victories, I beat the Cardinals 2-1 at Busch Stadium. You hate for that to be your only call-up and not to get a hit with 10 tries and never get back up again. Last year he set Southern League record for highest fielding percentage by a shortstop (.974) in one season. Heres hoping the cheating scandal and Yordans knees keep him nice and cheap this year of course, like you said, that will all go away if he has a good spring. If we're talking about BABIP, most likely we're doing so as a way of demonstrating how a certain player was either extremely or unlucky during a given time, though a player's quality of contact does influence his performance in the category. He was hands down the MVP of both real and fake baseball in 2021. Barrels: Created by Tom Tango and a Statcast measure only implemented league-wide as recently as 2015, Barrels, per MLB.com's own glossary, are "assigned to batted-ball events whose comparable hit types (in terms of exit velocity and launch angle) have led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage." I am loving the sound of Captain Woo Cubano, but I would spell it Whoo when he hits an HR, you can just include Captain Whoo! in the blurb, a la Au Shizz!. Fox lookalike to wake him in the middle of the night with headphones, blasting he needs to hit because its his density, and take away the ball when he tries to throw it! Thanks as always, appreciate your work! Wow, we even got an outro! Coaches can still choose to have a second ruck on the interchange, but it's completely up to you. Just fade away gracefully. To me, you may need to settle on low-end closers to make the money work. The major league average for left on base percentage is generally about 72 percent, and in 2017 was 72.6. Play fantasy baseball for free on ESPN with our custom league manager and follow your players all season long in the ESPN Fantasy App. RC/27: While RC helps you approximate what percent of an MLB team's runs can be directly attributed to an individual player, RC/27 is a way to better help compare players from different teams by coming up with a hypothetical value of what a team made up of nine "clones" of an individual player would be expected to score over a nine-inning game with 27 outs. Ohtani can hit 40+ bombs and steal 20+ bags. The formula: Swings and Misses divided by Pitches Seen/Thrown. I have too many hitters for 2 my last spots. Sadly, I think the Angels want him to pitch. I am expecting the Astros to be careful with him in 2021 and doubt he even sees the field during the upcoming campaign. But remember, that doesnt necessarily mean that good hitters wont hit good pitching., Dan Plesac [Post Game Press Conference, MLB Network, 2014], LAURIN PEPPER A right-hander who had a record of 2-8 in 44 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1957, Hugh Laurin Pepper did most of his pitching at Hollywood and Columbus, and at Salt Lake City, where he won 13 games for the 1959 PCL champions. Crazy to think of having Yordy and Franny as OFs and N. Cruz at Utl in a Yahoo format. Gonna play more games than a Chuck E. Cheese Thoughts. Fenway is a good place to assuage the bad BABIP, but how much heavy lifting are hoping from The Wall. This is so coolWait, hes only good if he stays healthy? * Gleyber I love potatoes therefore I live Ireland. Guys like Dong start getting older and before you know it theyre hitting .240 with 30 homers and youre like, Couldnt I have just drafted a Renato Nunez-type 150 picks later?2021 Projections: 81/31/94/.257/2 in 551 ABs, 6. Free Agent Auction Budget (FAAB): Certain leagues will opt for a system of picking up players that involves spending dollars from a set budget to bid against others in the league. Please, Miggy. . Prior to the trade, Cruz was hitting .294 with a .907 OPS as the Twins DH. Or stick to a more traditional plan for pitching? The formula: The same as FIP, except that Home Runs in the (HR * 13) portion of the numerator becomes Fly Balls times the MLB Home Run per Fly Ball Rate times 13, resulting in ((FB * MLB HR/FB% * 13) + (BB + HB) * 3 - (K * 2))/IP + FIP constant. Most will select another cash cow. It was a blow for Lux, the 25-year-old former top prospect who solidified himself as a big leaguer last year and was looking forward to his first opportunity as the . Yes Ill take your blessings. 40 Harold Ramirez TB. This twist ending sucks!2021 Projections: 71/33/82/.254/2 in 461 ABs, 5. This is a custom setting that can be employed in ESPN League Manager leagues. Yes. Xander Bogaerts $80 12 Teamer H2H Points League Seems that the OF eligibility would make him a Top 10 OF and possibly close to a Top 20 overall. Hitters with higher rates in the category tend to have higher-quality offensive stats, whether batting average, home runs or both, while those with lower rates tend to be weaker hitters. Great news on OF eligib for Yordan That really is huge. In fantasy baseball, for example, the utility player can be used at any of the infield or outfield positions. Your league is a Holds+Saves league? 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