Jakob

Marsee

Marsee finished May with better results than he showed in April, but he simply isn’t hitting for power like he did in the second half of last season. The former Padre has seen his barrel rate and expected stats crater, while both his strikeout and walk rates are up a few ticks. Marsee’s 14 thefts were tied for sixth in the majors entering Sunday, however.

Marsee is coming around at the dish, collecting three hits in consecutive games. He knocked a base hit in the second inning, tripled in the fourth, then singled and scored in the ninth before drawing a walk in the tenth. The 24-year-old outfielder is hitting .204/.320/.317 with three homers, 25 runs scored, 14 RBI, and 13 steals across 198 plate appearances.

Marsee’s abysmal start to the year caused some fantasy managers to jump ship, but he’s shown some signs of life at the dish recently with a pair of homers and three steals in his last six games. The 24-year-old speedster has 13 thefts through 44 games and should finish among the National League’s leaders this year.

The 24-year-old speedster drew a walk in the eighth inning, swiped second and third base and then scored on a two-run single off the bat of Heriberto Hernandez. He has had a really difficult time overall at the plate this season, slashing .182/.307/.277 with two homers, 13 RBI and 12 stolen bases across 177 plate appearances.

After drawing a walk in the sixth inning, Marsee took Mitchell Parker deep for a three-run homer in the eighth. He needed that one as Marsee has struggled mightily at the dish so far. It was his first home run since April 19 and second of the season. He’s slashing .178/.297/.274 with 21 runs scored, 13 RBI, and ten steals across 173 plate appearances.

Marsee brought home a pair of runs in the opening frame when he lifted a two-out double into the left-center field gap. The 24-year-old center fielder has gotten off to a rough start this season, hitting .180/.294/.259 with one homer, 10 RBI and 10 steals through 36 games. He’s striking out a bit more than he did as a rookie last year and he’s simply not hitting for any kind of power, which his alarming after he hit five homers in 55 games last year.

Marsee had hit exclusively leadoff against righties and third against lefties before being dropped to fifth versus a righty tonight. Marsee has really struggled in batting .185 with one homer, but he has at least walked 21 times to produce a .305 OBP. This hurts has fantasy value some, but the leadoff spot will likely be waiting if he heats up. Edwards had been hitting cleanup of late, but is .333/.411/.465 line works everywhere.

It’s a bizarre-looking lineup from manager Clayton McCullough with Ramírez entering the leadoff spot while Jakob Marsee draws out of the lineup for the first time this season. Esteury Ruiz is making his first start of the year in center field. The 24-year-old power/speed combo backstop is off to a frosty start at the dish, hitting .226/.298/.366 with two homers, 12 RBI and one steal through 25 games.

Marsee brought in one run with a walk in the second inning and then drove in another with an RBI single in the fourth. He’s gotten off to a slow start this season, but he’s making an elite amount of contact and walking at a really high rate. He may be putting the ball in the air too much, but this is the profile of a hitter who should be producing at a higher level. We may be starting to see that since he’s 4-for-8 with three RBI and one home run over his last two games. He also has nine steals on the season and should be added if he was dropped in any formats.

Marsee’s homer was almost too low to get out, but it was a 110.9 mph rocket to right. That’s two mph better than his previous hardest hit ball this year. With two singles afterwards, he raised his season average from .149 to .176 tonight.