Fantasy Baseball Daily Hitting Recap: 09/26/24

Lars Nootbaar (STL): 2-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI.

After the 2023 season, Lars Nootbaar was a well-liked breakout choose as he got here into 2024 wholesome and primed to lastly put all of it collectively. Sadly, Nootbaar continued to wrestle with accidents and has seen his manufacturing dip barely from final season. There’s room for optimism going into subsequent season, nonetheless, as Nootbaar has slowly improved because the yr went on.

PAs
HRs
SBs
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
wRC+
Course of+

First Half
193
6
3
.229
.318
.394
.712
101
122

Second Half
198
5
4
.265
.369
.428
.796
125
114

September (thus far)
74
3
2
.316
.446
.561
1.007
179
118

There’s an apparent hazard in merely extrapolating these numbers and leaning too closely on recency bias right here, however it actually is encouraging to see indicators of life from Nootbaar right here. Final evening’s residence run was a 105.7 mph blast and he adopted it up with a 100.8 mph double later within the recreation.

The Cardinals at the moment have a logjam of middling, lefty outfielders and are in critical want of some defensive upgrades so whether or not Noot stays or goes within the offseason, a rise in enjoying time and extra run assist might be on the horizon.

Let’s see how the opposite hitters did Thursday:

Aaron Decide (NYY): 1-2, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB.

Aaron Decide hit his 58th residence run of the season final evening. The record of gamers with a number of 58+ HR seasons: Mark McGwire (3), Sammy Sosa (3), Babe Ruth (2), Aaron Decide (2).

There will likely be loads extra to say about Decide earlier than the 2024 season involves a detailed however it’s exhausting to not point out such a profession milestone.

Charlie Blackmon (COL): 1-3, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, BB.

Charlie Blackmon introduced his retirement on Monday and has been ending his profession on a scorching streak. During the last week, Blackmon has three residence runs and a .381/.481/1.000/1.481 slash line. His residence run final evening was a 101.3 mph, no-doubter that might’ve gone yard in any ballpark.

Whereas he will not be a future Corridor of Famer, Blackmon has had a greater than respectable profession and deserves a tip of the ballcap.

Joey Ortiz (MIL): 3-3, 2B, 3B, R, RBI, SB.

On the opposite finish of the spectrum, now we have a rookie whose profession is simply getting began. Ortiz will likely be an afterthought within the NL Rookie of the Yr dialog as a result of Jacksons and a few sturdy rookie pitching however has began to indicate why he was the headliner of the Corbin Burnes commerce. Whereas he struggled after first getting back from a neck damage earlier this summer time, Ortiz has righted the ship with two HRs, three SBs, and a .267 AVG for the reason that begin of September.

Final evening marked his tenth stolen base of the season however with a 28.7 ft/s Dash Velocity (eighty fifth percentile), there’s nonetheless loads of room to develop right here. The long run is vivid in Milwaukee.

Otto Lopez (MIA): 2-6, 2B, 2 R, RBI, SB.

Otto Lopez seems to be cementing his maintain on the keystone in Miami. Lopez nabbed his twentieth stolen base of the season and twelfth since August 1st. Whereas he solely has three homers in that span, contact is his calling card, not energy, with a .307/.361/.438 triple slash exhibiting his true potential. Lopez has additionally been flashing an elite glove and needs to be within the working for a Gold Glove in his rookie marketing campaign.

Xavier Edwards (MIA): 2-4, 2B, 3 R, RBI, 3 BB, SB.

I gave a shoutout to Xavier Edwards in my first Batter’s Field earlier this yr and solely days later he hit for the cycle. Since writing that Batter’s Field, Edwards has 27 SBs (second solely to Shohei Ohtani’s historic season) and a .302/.366/.380 triple slash.

Hopefully, you picked him up after I first really useful him but when not, the Marlins have a enjoyable, younger center infield duo right here that needs to be in your radar when draft season rolls round within the spring.

Carlos Correa (MIN): 3-4, HR, R, RBI.

Carlos Correa was completely mashing towards Marlins starter Valente Bellozo final evening, opening the sport with a pair of blistering singles that clocked in at 110.8 and 104.6 mph earlier than barreling a 108.1 mph, 427-foot homer that lastly put the Twins on the board within the sixth. It was Correa’s first residence run since July tenth as he went on the IL two days later with plantar fasciitis.

The Twins will definitely want Correa to maintain swinging a scorching bat if they’ve any hope of catching the Tigers for a postseason berth.

Colt Keith (DET): 2-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI.

The Detroit Tigers are one of the enjoyable tales in baseball proper now, relying on who you cheer for (sorry Twins followers!), and it was Colt Keith’s flip to play hero ball final evening. His pair of RBI performed a key half in a must-win recreation for the Tigers. Keith confirmed off his upside to get the Tigers on the board with a 103.9 mph triple which additionally recorded a bat pace of 77.1 mph.

The important thing to Keith’s success subsequent yr seems to be in elevating the ball as his 11.0° launch angle and 44.7% groundball fee this season are actually bringing down his ceiling (pun supposed).

Jasson Domínguez (NYY): 0-2, R, BB, SB.

The Yankees’ prime prospect continued his up-and-down cup of espresso final evening. Domínguez’s batting common fell beneath the Mendoza line to .191 whereas additionally choosing up his fifth massive league stolen base.

Yankees followers on the lookout for indicators of optimism (past clinching a division title final evening), ought to think about his prospect pedigree mixed along with his rising Choice Worth. All the same old small pattern dimension caveats apply right here however in circumstances like this, that is what you’d need to see from a prospect like Domínguez.

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