Monday was especially rough as we found out Dustin May needs Tommy John surgery and Luis Robert will miss the next 3-4 months with a hip injury.
With only eight games played on Monday , we decided to take a look at the top five players at each position on the podcast.
Scott believes he has corrected what plagued him early this year — for example, only allowing three hard-hit balls — and locating his pitches by mixing them up.
Maeda threw 5.1 shutout innings, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out eight batters with 13 swinging strikes on 94 pitches.
In Roto leagues, he has quietly become one of Fantasy’s most valuable hitters due to his power/speed combination, and he delivered again on Monday night, going 2 for 4 with a two-run homer he hit off Tyler Glasnow that traveled an estimated 427 with a 110.3 mph exit velocity.
I kind of just wish they would let him play as a hitter only, but Chris isn’t ready to get on board with that plan just yet.
Here’s that line for the top prospect: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K and seven swinging strikes on 74 pitches.
Scott was a bit surprised that he basically only went with the fastball and the slider — 63 of 74 pitches were one of those two.
When the Mets traded for SS Francisco Lindor this offseason, the expectation is that he would hit in the heart of their lineup and continue to mash the baseball.
Both Scott and Chris would be buying low and looking to offer players like Carlos Rodon, Kevin Gausman, and Julio Urias for Lindor.
That should be the case for Lindor, who likely hasn’t faced most of the pitchers he’s going up against since 2019 given the condensed schedule in 2020.