Fantasy Baseball-Week #18 Waiver Wire Pickups
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Players
from losing teams make up this week’s group of waiver wire pickups. Two
of them played their entire careers in Pittsburgh before getting traded
at the start of this season. Here are this week”s pickups to consider:
Ryan Doumit-C,OF-Twins- This
veteran switch-hitter, formerly a 2nd round pick of the now surprising
Pittsburgh Pirates, is the 6th highest ranked catcher in Fantasy Legues
over the past two weeks; ahead of 93% owned Mike Napoli as well as 95%
owned Brian McCann! During that span he has hit 3 HRs, drove in 11 and
scored 7 runs while batting .313. He has 10 multi-hit games this month
alone. Doumit, who also qualifies in two positions, is owned in 40% of
leagues although that figure should be higher.
#18 Ryan Doumit has been ranked higher over the last two weeks than several higher priced catchers. He’s worth a look.. Photo: twinsdaily.com
Carlos Gomez-OF-Brewers- This
speedster has been showing off some power of late and has already
matched his career high for home runs (8) in a season. It’s
a small number to be sure but remember he’s done it in just 197 ABs.
The former N.Y. Met looks to have grabbed the starting CF position from
OF Nyjer Morgan whose numbers are way down. Over the past two weeks
Gomez has collected 3 HRs, 9 RBIs, scored 9 runs and stolen 4 bases
while batting .333 (8-24). The only downside to Gomez’ game is his
batting average which stands right at his career mark at .244. However,
if you’re in need of SBs, his 18 so far this season is the most he’s had
since nabbing 33 back in ’08. And his SLG % of .448 and OPS of .743 are
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