We are really in the house stretch! I will not say in any way that Fantasy Standings cannot still move … It is of course competition -specific. And so every “advice” is in that regard. So, with a little eye for keepers and concepts for next year, I wanted to look at a few outfielders who have risen in WRC+ since the All Star Break, or in some cases had surprising pops for the season. Do we have to adjust our Priors as the cool math -children say? Let’s take a few peaks. Statistics are up to and including Sunday for a change, because I was lucky to go to Baltimore on Saturday and go to that crazy Dodgers orioles match.
Ramon Laureano 167 WRC+
He looked like an increasing real life and fantasystud in 2019 for the then Oakland A’s when he hit 24 Homers, 13 bags stable in 124 games and some highlight Reel Outfield game. But injuries and a couple of meh games in part-time roles since then made him a total fantasy ash. The Orioles signed him in what looked like a 4th outfielder, a sort of role of a short sidecar in a presumably play -off team. And just like not expected, he became almost the best batter in a bad team, and they sold him at the Deadline to the Padres. And he’s getting better and better. In the year he .300, away over his entire seasonal peak of .268 in 2019, with 23 gays, 6 steals, 66 runs and 71 RBIs in 428 PAs. That is good for $ 18 of the auction value on the Razzball player Rater, 25th among outfielders.
He is 31, so we have to ask clearly if a man can suddenly become a star this age. But his statistics are the most back. It is 90.6 EV, 14% VAT% (88th percentile) and 50.2% hard hit% (86th percentile), while he reduces his K% to a career low 24.5% The Padres have a club option on him for next year, so assuming it is back in the middle of an excellent line -up, I am a buyer. Thanks to his age, he does not go for enormous concept costs.
Jurickson Profar 144 WRC+
Well, he is a great “late” career peak compartment for Laureano. Profar was famous the top perspective in MLB in one go, and never really did much until hit .280 with 24 gay people and 10 steals for the 2024 Padres at the age of 31. And then he signed with the Braves and was suspended for half a season for Ped’s, really questioned if that golf was “real” real “
He supported it nicely in a lost Braves season because he is at an even better pace. He hits .261 with 13 homers and 8 steals in 283 PAs. His strength is perhaps a bit over his skis, because his 8% VAT% would be a career high, but it is not a large number, and his EV profile is a bit of a means. He is really a man of sheet skills, because he has a great 12.4% BB% versus 15.5% K%, in accordance with his career lovers of 10.2% and 16.1%. He is a less extreme version of the Steven Kwan’s of the World, with slightly less contact and a little more power. He stays in what is probably still a good Braves -Line -up in 2026, and I would be a buyer for what is probably also a middle price.
Isaac Collins 143 WRC+
How do the brewers continue to find and develop quality players like this? The 28 -year -old Rookie hardly came out of anything and now starts almost every day in a charged line -up. In the year he .275 hits 9 gays, 16 steals, 53 runs and 54 homers in 402 PAs. That is really solid production for a man you have received from the FAAB wire in even the deepest competitions.
He really doesn’t jump off the page.
I got him in a few competitions and he was a surprisingly nice find, but I will be at a good price again next year. The Brewers just continue to pick up players from quality. Jackson Chouio is a lock for every day run in the outfield. But furthermore the Sal Frelick and Blake Perkins crew and Garrett Mitchell probably returns. And that is even before they turn a few random guys into pieces of pieces. I really need a discount here.
Daylen Lile 140 WRC+
Hey, another man I had never heard of! In a Nat season that went completely out of the rails, Lile has earned almost every run in an outfield full of much more appreciated prospects. He forced his way to the show. 328 on two levels of Minor League ball, with a 143 WRC+. He hits .282 in 275 PAs for the NATS, especially thanks to some excellent sheet skills for a Rookie. His 15.5% K% in the minors hardly moved this year because he is 16% for the NATS. His 42% La Sweet Spot% would be 3rd in MLB if he had enough PAs to qualify.
He is actually just a deep competition game for our match. He only has 4 homers in 275 PAs to go with 8 steals. That projects something like a 10 Homer, 20 steal the entire season. So we are talking about a likely stroke average assets with meh -counting statistics in a bad team. And it is a potentially busy outfield in 2026 as greater prospects such as Dylan Crews and Robert Hassell improve. He is at best a bench with bat and just in deep sizes
Harrison Bader 139 WRC+
Bader has always flashed an interesting Power-Speed-profile, with stroke average and health problems. His excellent glove in CF always helps him to get opportunities. And at the age of 31 he has his best season on the record. He cuts .270/.349/.452, all career heights, with 15 homers and 10 steals. He now plays almost every day in a charged Phillies -Line -Up.
I buy to a certain extent in the skills. He is at career heights in barrels at 11.1% and a high since 2020 in Ks with 26.2%. So he is clearly sold out a bit for more pop because his bat speed speed is now 69th percentile versus 36th last year. The problem is that his improved stroke average is probably an air mirroring. His 87.3 EV is good for him, but insufficient for MLB, and his XBA is only .231. He is another free agent and he gets a job because he offers consistent real life value when he is healthy. But his career .245 on average looks like a reasonable projection for next year, so combine that with 20 gayers and 12 steals like a high, and he is probably a 5th of or Bankvlat at its best.
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