H2H Points League Pickups, Waiver Adds: Week 7

Just when we thought we going go make it, Oakland and Anaheim get erased off of Sunday's schedule due to a COVID postive test by the A's. We'll we actually go a whole week without this happening? Stay tuned.

We're over halfway through the season and it's getting down to the nitty-gritty. Bigger and bigger names are going to be worth cutting as their struggles continue and you might need to find their replacement on the wire. To keep an eye on who is running the hottest, this week's chars include the season-long average platform rankings, as well as the average ranks over the past 15 days.

We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver-wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the best and worst fit at. We know point players get neglected and we're here to help. Let's get to Week 6.

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Playing For Points Through a Pandemic

While the number of games has changed, the way that points are scored on each platform has not. You must account for, as precisely as possible, how a player performs under your particular scoring system. Don't be fooled into believing you can just make rough adjustments in your head, bumping up guys with high on-base percentages and low strikeout-rates. Every point, in every category, counts. For example, ESPN and Fantrax are virtually identical in their scoring for hitters and roster size. The only difference is that stolen bases are worth one more point on Fantrax and ESPN subtracts one point per strikeout. That's the difference over Ronald Acuna Jr. being a top-five batter versus a top-25 batter.

If your league uses standard settings, then great! Turn to page 94 and you can skip ahead to the leaderboards. If you play with custom settings, it'll still be fine. Go back to page 43 and look below at the scoring systems of the four major platforms. I bet there's a chance that you'll find that your league's scoring is very similar to one of the four (well, not Yahoo's), even if it's not the platform you actually play on. For example, my home league started on a now-defunct platform before moving first to ESPN and is now at Fantrax. But our scoring is basically ESPN standard but with two points for stolen bases and a handful of other minor adjustments.

If you look above, you'll likely find a suitable mirror to your own system. While every point counts, as long as they aren't seismic changes you can get away with some "close enough". IE. If everything is the same except for HBP (or something similar), you're probably fine.

All of the following charts are updated prior to Saturday's games, on stats and ownerships. Clicking on a chart will open a new page with a magnified version.

 

First Base Leaderboard

 

First Base Waiver Wire

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Mitch Moreland, BOS - He's still a strong-side platooner (with 79 PA on the year) but Moreland's year needs to be acknowledged, as he has an average platform ranking of 8.6 on the season and 12.6 over the last 15 days. Moreland is slashing .328/.430/.746, with a .479 wOBA and 203 wRC+ overall, and a .398 wOBA versus RHP. You won't be able to play him often if you're in a weekly league but he should certainly be added in daily leagues.

Other Adds: Brandon Belt, Evan White, Justin Smoak, Jesus Aguilar, Rowdy Tellez

Deeper Pulls: Miguel Cabrera, Ji-Man Choi, Matt Beaty, Ryan O'Hearn

 

Second Base Leaderboard

 

Second Base Waiver Wire

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Jonathan Schoop (DET) - Is this finally the last week that Schoop appears here? He hit his 8th home run on Sunday afternoon and is batting .296, with 19 RBI and 19 runs scored. He has a 7.4 average platform ranking on the season and 8.8 over the past 15 days. Schoop is pretty clearly a top-10 second baseman, even if he's available in over half of leagues.

Brad Miller (STL) - Miller is playing every day for the Cardinals and is now batting cleanup. With a 24.1% BB% and .441 wOBA, he's a must-add in all leagues.

• Other Adds: Cesar Hernandez (CLE), Nick Solak (TEX), Garrett Hampson (COL)
• Deeper Pulls: David Bote (CHC), Joey Wendle (TB)

 

Third Base Leaderboard

 

Third Base Waiver Wire

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Evan Longoria (SF) - Longoria blew up last week, slashing .474/.524/.737, with a .531 wOBA and 245 wRC+. He's a borderline starter in most leagues and has two games in Colorado this week as a nice little bonus.

• Other Adds: Alec Bohm (PHI), Jeimer Candelario (DET), Matt Carpenter (STL)
• Deeper Pulls: Rio Ruiz (BAL)

 

Shortstop Leaderboard

 

Shortstop Waiver Wire

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Jake Cronenworth (SD) - The forgotten player in the infamous Tommy Pham trade that Blake Snell didn't care much for, Cronenworth just keeps on raking, slashing .348/.408/.587, with a 168 wRC+. And his Statcast numbers are a beauty: .392 xBA (top-1%), .710 xSLG (top-1%), .410 xwOBA (top-1%), .555 xwOBAcon (top-1%).

• Other Adds: Jon Berti (MIA)
• Deeper Pulls: Nick Ahmed (ARI), Willy Adames (TB), Niko Goodrum (DET)

 

Outfielder Leaderboard

 

Outfielder Waiver Wire 

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Brandon Nimmo (NYM) - I wasn't joking; I'm going to keep on yammering as long as Nimmo's available. Nimmo has "only" been a top-40 outfielder over the past 15 days but still has an average platform ranking of 26.1. Yammer, yammer, yammer.

• Other Adds: Robbie Grossman (OAK), Stephen Piscotty (OAK), Kevin Pillar (BOS), Ramiel Tapia (COL), Jason Heyward (CHC)

 

Catcher Leaderboard

 

Catcher Waiver Wire

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Chance Sisco (BAL) - Catcher as a whole is just such a dumpster this season and the waiver wire is no different. Sisco has actually been pretty good when he plays, though, with a .399 wOBA and 152 wRC+ over 68 PA. And besides a game in Buffalo on Monday, Baltimore plays the rest of their games this week at a local Baltimore high school park.

Other Adds: Martin Maldonado (HOU), Jacob Stalling (PIT)

 

Relief Pitcher Leaderboard

 

Relief Pitcher Waiver Wire

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James Karinchak (CLE) - How Karinchak is still available in even 50% of leagues, is mind-bottling. Through 17.2 innings, Karinchak has 34 strikeouts, a 1.02 ERA, 0.79 WHIP. When you're that dominant, you're useful, whether getting saves, or not.

Other Adds: Gregory Soto (DET), Aaron Bummer (CHW), Peter Fairbanks (TB), Buck Farmer (DET)

 

Starting Pitcher Leaderboard

 

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire

Two-Start Streamer Options

Two-Starter	Opponent	Opposing Pitcher	Venue
Spencer Howard	Washington	Erick Fedde	Philadelphia
Spencer Howard	New York (N)	Undecided	New York (A)
Jakob Junis	Cleveland	Mike Clevinger	Kansas City
Jakob Junis	Chicago (A)	Dallas Keuchel	Kansas City
Anthony DeSclafani	St. Louis	Dakota Hudson	Cincinnati
Anthony DeSclafani	Pittsburgh	Trevor Williams	Pittsburgh
Spencer Turnbull	Milwaukee	Adrian Houser	Milwaukee
Spencer Turnbull	Minnesota	Rich Hill	Minnesota
Dakota Hudson	Cincinnati	Anthony DeSclafani	Cincinnati
Dakota Hudson	Chicago (N)	Undecided	Chicago (N)
Martin Perez	Atlanta	Robbie Erlin	Boston
Martin Perez	Undecided	Toronto	Boston
Trevor Williams	Milwaukee	Undecided	Milwaukee
Trevor Williams	Cincinnati	Anthony DeSclafani	Pittsburgh
Chad Kuhl	Chicago (N)	Jon Lester	Pittsburgh
Chad Kuhl	Cincinnati	Sonny Gray	Pittsburgh
Chase Anderson	Baltimore	Undecided	Toronto
Chase Anderson	Boston	Undecided	Boston
Jordan Lyles	Houston	Framber Valdez	Houston
Jordan Lyles	Seattle	Marco Gonzales	Seattle
Ian Anderson	Boston	Undecided	Boston
Ian Anderson	Washington	Patrick Corbin	Atlanta
Asher Wojciechowski	New York (A)	Undecided	Baltimore
Asher Wojciechowski	New York (A)	Masahiro Tanaka	Baltimore
Erick Fedde	Philadelphia	Spencer Howard	Philadelphia
Erick Fedde	Atlanta	Max Fried	Atlanta

 

Other Streamers

Day	Starter	Opposing TM	Opposing SP	Venue
Monday	Colten Brewer	Atlanta	Max Fried	Boston
Tuesday	Jon Gray	San Francisco	Kevin Gausman	Colorado
Tuesday	Kevin Gausman	Colorado	Jon Gray	Colorado
Tuesday	Adrian Houser	Detroit	Spencer Turnbull	Milwaukee
Tuesday	Ljay Newsome	Oakland	Jesus Luzardo	Seattle
Tuesday	Michael Pineda	Chicago (A)	Dallas Keuchel	Minnesota
Tuesday	Kwang-Hyun Kim	Cincinnati	Sonny Gray	Cincinnati
Wednesday	Reynaldo Lopez	Minnesota	Jose Berrios	Minnesota
Wednesday	Michael Fulmer	Milwaukee	Josh Lindblom	Milwaukee
Wednesday	Danny Duffy	Cleveland	Triston McKenzie	Kansas City
Wednesday	Elieser Hernandez	Toronto	Hyun-Jin Ryu	Miami
Wednesday	Jordan Montgomery	Undecided	Tampa Bay	New York (A)
Wednesday	Yusei Kikuchi	Oakland	Sean Manaea	Seattle
Wednesday	Josh Lindblom	Detroit	Michael Fulmer	Milwaukee
Wednesday	Tyler Mahle	St. Louis	Johan Oviedo	Cincinnati
Wednesday	John Means	Undecided	New YorkY	Baltimore
Wednesday	Kolby Allard	Houston	Cristian Javier	Houston
Wednesday	Cristian Javier	Texas	Kolby Allard	Houston
Wednesday	Derek Holland	Chicago (N)	Kyle Hendricks	Pittsburgh
Wednesday	Logan Webb	Colorado	Kyle Freeland	Colorado
Wednesday	Robbie Erlin	Boston	Martin Perez	Boston
Wednesday	Triston McKenzie	Kansas City	Danny Duffy	Kansas City
Wednesday	Johan Oviedo	Cincinnati	Tyler Mahle	Cincinnati
Thursday	Zach Eflin	Washington	Anibal Sanchez	Philadelphia
Thursday	J.A. Happ	New York (N)	Undecided	New York (N)
Thursday	Mike Fiers	Seattle	Nick Margevicius	Seattle
Thursday	Anibal Sanchez	Philadelphia	Zach Eflin	Philadelphia
Thursday	Garrett Richards	Los Angeles (A)	Andrew Heaney	Los Angeles (A)
Thursday	Taijuan Walker	Boston	Undecided	Boston
Thursday	Brady Singer	Chicago (A)	Dylan Cease	Kansas City
Thursday	JT Brubaker	Undecided	ChicagoC	Pittsburgh
Thursday	Nick Margevicius	Oakland	Mike Fiers	Seattle
Friday	Tanner Roark	Boston	Zack Godley	Boston
Friday	Luke Weaver	San Francisco	Tyler Anderson	San Francisco
Friday	Jake Arrieta	New York (N)	Undecided	New York (N)
Friday	Austin Voth	Atlanta	Tommy Milone	Atlanta
Friday	Sixto Sanchez	Tampa Bay	Josh Fleming	Tampa Bay
Friday	Alex Cobb	Undecided	New YorkY	Baltimore
Friday	Tyler Anderson	Arizona	Luke Weaver	San Francisco
Friday	Steven Brault	Cincinnati	Trevor Bauer	Pittsburgh
Friday	Justus Sheffield	Texas	Lance Lynn	Seattle
Friday	Kris Bubic	Undecided	ChicagoW	Kansas City
Friday	Zack Godley	Toronto	Tanner Roark	Boston
Friday	Jorge Lopez	Undecided	New YorkY	Baltimore
Friday	Tommy Milone	Washington	Austin Voth	Atlanta
Friday	Josh Fleming	Miami	Sixto Sanchez	Tampa Bay
Friday	Tarik Skubal	Undecided	Minnesota	Detroit
Saturday	Kyle Gibson	Seattle	Justin Dunn	Seattle
Saturday	Griffin Canning	Houston	Zack Greinke	Los Angeles (A)
Saturday	Brett Anderson	Cleveland	Aaron Civale	Cleveland
Saturday	Trevor Cahill	Arizona	Taylor Clarke	San Francisco
Saturday	Alec Mills	St. Louis	Adam Wainwright	Chicago (N)
	Casey Mize	Minnesota	Kenta Maeda	Minnesota
Saturday	Taylor Clarke	San Francisco	Trevor Cahill	San Francisco
Saturday	Justin Dunn	Texas	Kyle Gibson	Seattle
Saturday	Ryan Castellani	Los Angeles (N)	Undecided	Los Angeles (N)
Sunday	Sandy Alcantara	Tampa Bay	Tyler Glasnow	Tampa Bay
Sunday	Johnny Cueto	Arizona	Alex Young	San Francisco

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