Monday Morning Dynasty Baseball Rundown (9/27/21)

I’ll be running down everything that caught my eye in the Dynasty Baseball world on most Mondays throughout the season. Here is the Monday Morning Dynasty Baseball Rundown (9/27/21):

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Paul Goldschmidt STL, 1B, 34.0 – On July 1st, I named Goldy one of my 10 Dynasty Baseball Players to Target on my Patreon, concluding the blurb by writing, “There is potential for him to have an absolutely monster 2nd half, and considering his age, he should come at a very reasonable price.” I can now humbly say, I fucking nailed that one. Goldy homered again yesterday, and is now slashing .338/.412/.624 with 20 homers, 7 steals, and a 62/37 K/BB in 74 games since making that recommendation. I know many of my Patrons took me up on that advice, and I couldn’t be more pumped for them.

Shane Baz TB, RHP, 22.3 – Baz rose to 8th overall on my End of Season Top 322 Dynasty Prospects Rankings, and he then went out and obliterated Miami, going 5.2 IP with 3 hits, 0 earned, and a 9/1 K/BB. His fastball sat 96.2 MPH and all 4 of his pitches were getting whiffs with a 39% whiff% overall. He’s a budding ace.

Jarred Kelenic SEA, OF, 22.1 – 2 for 4 with a 104.5 MPH homer off Shohei Ohtani. Kelenic has 6 homers, 2 steals, and a .926 OPS over his last 19 games. I’m keeping the faith, ranking him 40th on my September Dynasty Rankings. His .303 xwOBA is not that far off from the MLB average, which ain’t too shabby for a 21/22 year old getting his first taste of the bigs.

MJ Melendez KC, C, 22.11 – Melendez is running through the finish line as he blasted 2 more dingers yesterday for his 40th and 41st of the season. They must be feeding the catchers in KC something different because Salvador Perez broke the record for most home runs by a catcher with 46. Melendez is certainly a target this off-season because I’m still not sure the hype matches his potential production. Perez I’m staying away from because buying a 31 year old catcher coming off a record breaking career year seems foolish.

Spencer Torkelson DET, 3B/1B, 22.1 – After Witt and Julio, the battle for the #3 overall dynasty prospect is up for a grabs, and I have Tork leading the way of that 2nd tier. He drilled his 10th homer in 35 games at Triple-A, and his K% has actually been slightly better than it was at Double-A with a 21.3% K%.

Oneil Cruz PIT, SS, 22.10 – Cruz has been a man possessed in his 4 game Triple-A cup of coffee, going 6 for 14 with 3 homers, 1 steal, and a 5/5 K/BB. It is just a continuation of what he was doing at Double-A as he has a 1.181 OPS over his last 15 games. At 6’7”, there might always be some strikeouts to his game, but the power/speed combo has the potential to be scary.

Byron Buxton MIN, OF, 27.9 – Buxton smashed a 100.8 MPH dinger off Alek Manoah as he has officially shook the rust off since returning from a fractured hand, slashing .273/.341/.584 with 6 homers, 2 steals, and a 21/6 K/BB in his last 20 games. I can’t quit Buxton, ranking him 55th overall in my September Top 466 Dynasty Baseball Rankings, and while I know the injury risk is off the charts, I have faith the injury gods will smile down on him one of these years, and it will be glorious.

Alek Manoah TOR, RHP, 23.7 – Speaking of Manoah, he pitched well yet again, going 5.2 IP with 6 hits, 2 ER, and a 8/2 K/BB. His slider was insanely filthy with a 77% whiff% on the pitch.

Nick Pratto KC, 1B, 23.1 – Pratto closed out his resurrection season by smashing his 34th homer. It seems like everyone in KC’s farm system has gone bonkos this year, setting them up quite nicely for the next 6+ years before they can’t afford to resign any of them.

Oswaldo Cabrera NYY, SS/2B/3B, 22.6 – Cabrera is the forgotten child with Volpe and Peraza overshadowing him, but he dropped a 20/20 season (27 homers and 21 steals) this year in the upper minors. He went out in style with this bomb at Triple-A. The swing looks mighty sweet from the left side, but his righty swing hasn’t been as effective with a .608 OPS vs. lefties at Double-A.

Cody Morris CLE, RHP, 24.10 – 4.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 7/2 K/BB at Triple-A. Morris has been nothing short of phenomenal this year with a 1.62 ERA and 93/20 K/BB in 61 IP. He’s not young, and shoulder soreness delayed the start of his season until July, so there are some red flags, but Cleveland looks to have made themselves another under the radar gem.

Vidal Brujan TB, 2B, 23.8 – The power may have disappeared after his early season binge, but his bread and butter, speed, kept chugging as Brujan nabbed his 43rd steal yesterday in 49 attempts over 99 games. He’s still right on a schedule for a mid 20’s blow up with plus contact, a plus plate approach, double plus speed and developing power.

Hans Crouse PHI, RHP, 23.0 – Crouse made his MLB debut vs Pitt and went 3 IP with 2 hits, 1 ER and a 1/4 K/BB. His sinker sat 93 MPH and he relied heavily on his slider, throwing it 42% of the time. He induced weak contact with all three of his pitches, notching a 79.7 MPH against. Looking at Pitt’s lineup, I think I could have actually induced some weak contact too with my playground style sidearm delivery.

Tyler O’Neill STL, OF, 25.10 – Here’s what I wrote about O’Neill on my March 15th Monday Morning Dynasty Rundown, “Tyler O’Neill was one of the first players I ever wrote a sleeper post for in February 2016, and when I did, I did not expect for him to still be a sleeper in 2021! But here we are, and he is. O’Neill went 3 for 3 with a double and 0 K’s yesterday and is now hitting .476 with 2 homers and 5 K’s in 21 at-bats. He looks locked into a starting job. I told you he was a sleeper in 2016, and there is still time to buy! 😉” I gave you guys a 5 year cushion to get in on him! He put it all together this year with 32 homers and 14 steals, but his 34.9% whiff% still makes him a major batting average risk going into 2022.

Shohei Ohtani LAA, RHP/DH, 27.2 – 7 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 10/0 K/BB and also 1 for 3 with 0 K’s vs. Seattle

By Michael Halpern (@MichaelCHalpern)
Email: michaelhalpern@imaginarybrickwall.com
Twitter: Imaginary Brick Wall (@DynastyHalp)

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