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Leody Taveras

BAL Center Fielder #30

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Leody Taveras hit his first career grand slam in the top of the 12th inning Monday as the Orioles outlasted the Royals 7-5.

The Orioles scored their first run with two outs in the top of the ninth to turn this into an extra-inning game. Both teams went scoreless in the 10th and plated one in the 11th. In the 12th, the Orioles took a lead on a Samuel Basallo single before Taveras appeared to finish things. The Royals, though, came back with three runs before making an out in the 12th, only to sputter out afterwards. Taveras came into tonight as a lifetime .280 hitter with the bases loaded, but he’d never gone deep in 50 plate appearances. He’s been a great surprise in the early going, hitting .341/.453/.554 to take over as the Orioles’ primary center fielder. His success might get Colton Cowser demoted at some point.
Kyle Bradish

BAL Starting Pitcher #38

Despite giving up 10 hits and walking three, Kyle Bradish held the Royals to one run in 5 1/3 innings on Monday.

The run came on a Jac Caglianone homer, so all of those other runners were erased of stranded. Bradish became the first pitcher since Ubaldo Jiménez in 2016 to allow 13 baserunners but only one run. Incredibly enough, Jiménez was also pitching for the Orioles and facing the Royals in that game. Bradish will likely make his next start Sunday against Boston.
Lucas Erceg

KC Relief Pitcher #60

Lucas Erceg blew a save by walking three and giving up a run in the ninth Monday against the Orioles.

Erceg walked Gunnar Henderson on seven pitches, only to pick him off afterwards. Another walk and a groundout followed. Facing Pete Alonso, Erceg got ahead 1-2 but walked him after a couple of borderline check-swings weren’t called. Samuel Basallo then singled to tie the game. Erceg’s stuff is down a notch this year, but he actually had great velocity tonight, throwing 1-1.5 mph than his season averages. Still, he certainly can’t afford to walk batters like this when he’s just not getting many strikeouts. This might open the door for Matt Strahm and/or Daniel Lynch IV to receive save chances.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

TOR 1st Baseman #27

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in a win for the Blue Jays over the Angels on Monday.

Guerrero Jr. smoked a two-run shot off Reid Detmers to give Toronto a 2-1 lead in the third frame. The 27-year-old has only homered twice in the first three weeks of the season, but it’s hard to complain too much about a hitter slashing .354/.442/.488 in his 21 games. Not many hitters have the ability to make that a sustainable slash for more than a week or two. Guerrero is one of them.
Dylan Cease

TOR Starting Pitcher #84

Dylan Cease struck out 12 over five innings of two-run baseball to pick up a win as the Blue Jays beat the Angels on Monday by a 5-2 score.

If you’re going to pick up your first win with your new team, you might as well strike out a dozen in the process. That’s just good manners. Cease was able to get 18 swings-and-misses on his offerings, and he issued just two walks. While it is his first win, that says more about the lack of run support than anything he’s done wrong; he now sports a 2.10 ERA and a 44/19 K/BB over his first 25 2/3 innings with the Jays. The only complaint here is that because Cease needed to throw 110 pitches, he wasn’t able to get deeper into the game. He should obviously be in fantasy lineups for Sunday’s scheduled tilt against the Guardians.
Max Muncy

LAD 3rd Baseman #13

Max Muncy homered twice while going 4-for-4 to help the Dodgers to a 12-3 win over the Rockies on Monday.

Muncy and Dalton Rushing both hit a pair of homers, with Muncy’s coming off Jose Quintana and Tanner Gordon. Remarkably, Muncy now has eight homers on the season, but only nine RBI. Seems impossible, but to say the 35-year-old is off to a hot start is an understatement. Those RBI totals should continue to rise for Muncy playing in the loaded Dodgers lineup.
Drake Baldwin

ATL Catcher #30

Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and a walk in the Braves’ 9-4 defeat of the Nationals on Monday.

Baldwin has been stuck on five homers for two weeks now, but he’s still hitting .313/.377/.510. He leads the majors in both runs (23) and RBI (21), though since he’s tied with five others in the RBI category, that might not be true by the end of the night.
Sal Stewart

CIN 3rd Baseman #27

Sal Stewart went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and also stole a base on Monday, propelling the Reds to a 6-1 win over the Rays.

Stewart has been one of the most impactful all-around contributors in the entire fantasy landscape this season, hitting .289/.388/.639 with 17 runs scored, eight homers, 21 RBI and five steals across 23 games. There were some concerns about the 22-year-old rookie’s path to everyday at-bats during the offseason, but he’s done more than enough to answer those question marks with his early-season performance. His ability to consistently drive the ball without sacrificing anything from a plate skills perspective is extremely impressive to watch.
Ronald Acuña Jr.

ATL Right Fielder #13

Ronald Acuña is day-to-day with a left hand contusion after X-rays came back negative for any fractures.

Acuña underwent imaging out of an abundance of caution after being drilled on the left hand during the sixth inning of Monday’s showdown against the Nationals. The 28-year-old fantasy superstar was hit by pitches twice during the contest and finished 0-for-1 with a run scored prior to exiting. It’s possible he’ll need some time off to rest and recover but the encouraging development here for Atlanta, and fantasy managers, is that Acuña appears to have avoided serious injury.
Christian Walker

HOU 1st Baseman #8

Christian Walker went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer on Monday, leading the Astros to a lopsided 9-2 win over the Guardians.

Walker switched up his facial hair and snapped an 0-for-15 slump by taking Guardians starter Slade Cecconi deep in the opening frame as part of a three-hit effort that left him a triple shy of the cycle. The 35-year-old has graded out as a top-12 fantasy option at first base early on, slashing .274/.367/.536 with 16 runs scored, five homers and 18 RBI through 24 games.

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