Brown leads all fantasy pitchers? Suarez ended up with the top 50 batsmen? Don't be surprised

Every week of Major League Baseball is its own story – full of surprises, both positive and negative – and fantasy managers have to decide what to believe and what not to believe. Maybe we can help. If these ideas come true... don't be surprised!

Houston Astros RHP Brown Hunter In his 2023 rookie season, his ERA released 5.09 ERA, losing 13 games, allowing more situations than pitching and 26 home runs. He obviously improved last season, but even if that was cheating. Brown's Times played the first nine innings in Kansas City for the first time in the third inning in Kansas City, partly due to 7.71 to 9 starts. Some say he was sent back to the minor league. Not surprisingly, the fantasy manager kept moving forward.

Don't be surprised...If Brown completes his fantasy first pitcher in 2025

Yes, things that are overwhelming Brown will certainly go better now, but last May, the 2019 fifth-round draft pick has changed. Maybe the fantasy manager didn't notice his swollen season numbers, but Brown learned a new heavy game to help him deal with left-handed batsman, and now he throws harder (21.2% of the time). Of course, Brown is universally roster, but that doesn't seem to be enough.

Let's put it in a proper statistical perspective.

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In other words, it doesn't feel outrageous to predict Brown to be one of the top pitchers moving forward in the sport. Brown threw everything harder than last season, including his four-hole fastball, now averaged 97.2 miles per hour. He crocheted with a 1.22 ERA (1.84 FIP) at 4-1, 0.84 whip after six mass starts, only in Texas Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi and Boston Red Sox LHP Garrett crochet (in ESPN Fantasy Point) (both of them made seven starts). Brown's seventh outing was on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. It can be done very well.

Another reason Brown seems special is his 50.6% ground ball rate. Throwers rarely pile up strikeouts and induce ground balls at high speeds. Often, strikeout pitchers induce flying balls and want them to stay on the court. Entering Wednesday, only five qualified starters have strikeouts and ground ball ratios for Brown: Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Miami Marlins RHP Max Meyer, New York METS RHP Clay Holmes, San Francisco Giants RHP Logan Logan Webb and injured Seattle Seattle Seattle Mariners Rhp Logan logan gilgan). Brown in 2023 induced ground balls at 52.4%, and he beat 26.8% of batsmen. Greatness is vaguely visible. Great is here.

At this point, Brown should be a favorite to win the Al Cy Young Award, as are Crochet and New York Yankees LHP Max Fried. I'm worried about crocheting for over 30 starts. I don't have to worry about Brown, I'll definitely target his deal. I don't understand why for fantasy purposes he's not ranked behind Skenes, Skubal and Philadelphia Phillies RHP Zack Wheeler.

Don't be surprised...If Marlin RHP Sandy Alcantara has no deal this season

Meanwhile, the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner will enter his next outing with 8.31 ERA and 1.65 WHIP and a 1.65 whip, a rough outing on the same Swordsman, who walked 5 times and allowed seven runs in 2 2/3 innings. Alcantara missed last season’s recovery from Tommy John’s surgery, and the big narrative surrounding his return is that he will work hard for four months and welcomes competitors to trade with competitors.

Perhaps the most expensive player in the series is still over elsewhere, but he has to perform better to promote interest. Alcantara had 17 walks with 19 strikeouts and had 6 chances to start.

The fantasy manager of ESPN's shallow league has begun to move on, and Alcantara is now down to 60% of the roster, which seems wise, but we must assume that the veteran regains his control at some point. After a rematch with the mighty Dodgers on Monday, Alcantara lined up to face the White Sox before home Tampa Bay Rays and the mighty Chicago cubs. Alcantara has a 3.01 career era on Miami's spacious courts, with over 70 games. The times will improve when he throws more strikes. The question is, will he throw more strikes? The fantasy manager hopes he has a competitor. This may not happen.

Don't be surprised...If Arizona Rattlers 3B Eugenio Suarez ends up being the top 50 fantasy batsman

Thanks to his long ball ability, Suarez has long been a valuable fantasy choice. He is ranked sixth in home runs since the start of the 2019 season (when he beat 49ers), and he has earned 30 home runs despite three different franchises. Suarez hit the baseball hard and hit it at a high angle. He didn't do well was contact. No one has had more strikeouts since the beginning of 2019.

Regardless of the format, we will covet with the ability of fantasy baseball, but home runs are worth the standard dot format? Entering Thursday, no one has played more home runs this season. Suarez tied for 10 with Judge Aaron Judge's Yankees. His 33 strikeouts were eclipsed by 32 other batsmen while he was still swaying and missing. It's bad, it's just that it's not bad for "leading the league" (he leads the league three times).

In one season, only one player hit more than 40 home runs in one season, with the final hit average of .200. That was Kyle Schwarber's Philadelphiaman in 2023, when he reached .197 with 47 home runs. Schwarber is a valuable fantasy choice in the Roto League and is also in points format thanks to the countless ways to walk. The other three players reached 35 home runs in a season, but were worse than .205 (Adam Dunn, Joey Gallow, Dave Kingman). Suarez isn't on that list, but he's done a good job in 2021, with the Cincinnati Reds hitting .198 with 31 home runs. Suarez entered .200 on Thursday.

Despite the low batting average, Suarez still ranks sixth in ESPN Fantasy Score, tied with San Diego Padrez 3B Manny Machado and ranked in the top 50 of all batsmen. not bad. Few expect Suarez to be the top 50 batsman this season, so why is he at the top of the ESPN league in 58% (a 13% increase in the past week)? OK, hit four home runs. I think Suarez could still be the top 50 hitter if he could have 35 home runs with his current walking and strikeout rate, so even if he hits only .200, he would be underrated based on his roster percentage. I'm very interested.