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Josh Rojas is a fantasy baseball waiver wire pickup for Week 17 of the 2021 MLB season. Consider adding the 2B, SS and OF if he's free agent in your leagues.
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Rojas has been a streaky hitter throughout the season for the D-Backs. He started the year as the primary leadoff man but got off to a brutal start, hitting just .146 with a .520 OPS over the first 17 games of the year. He was dropped in the batting order after his early struggles but then proceeded to hit .369 with a 1.074 OPS over the next 17 games. He's had hot and cold streaks ever since and has his season batting line up to a respectable .256/.337/.424 with 18 doubles, 10 home runs, 26 RBI, five stolen bases, and 45 runs scored across 297 at-bats.
He slashed .279/.389/.377 with three doubles, one home run, five RBI, and two swipes over the last 17 games leading up to the All-Star break and could spark another hot streak given the favorable pitching matchups the D-Backs will see next week. They'll host the Pirates at home for three games before heading to Wrigley Field for a three-game set with the Cubs. They're slated to face six right-handers and Rojas, who bats from the left side, is batting .255 with a .744 OPS against righties.
His rate stats are nothing special vs. right-handed pitching but the majority of his counting stats have come against them with 13 extra-base hits, six home runs, 19 RBI, and three stolen bases. On top of that, Chase De Jong (5.59 ERA), Wil Crowe (6.05 ERA), Zach Davies (4.37 ERA), Jake Arrieta (6.30 ERA), and Alec Mills (4.84 ERA) don't pose much of a threat. Rojas has been locked in as Arizona's leadoff man and will get plenty of cracks at the leaky Pittsburgh and Chicago rotations.
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