Get the latest Bo Bichette fantasy baseball news, stats and injury updates, player profile, fantasy rankings, daily matchup ratings, DFS projections and more. Over two years with Toronto, Gurriel had what amounts to about a full season of at-bats (.279 with 82 runs, 31 HRs, 85 RBI, and seven SBs). A hot and cold arm that has 40-save upside with a chance at 100-plus Ks with 65 innings pitched. He is turning into a pure power hitter with his downside tied to his ability to stay healthy and make contact. I expect growth to the league average in runs while the power already graded well in 2019.In the offseason, Toronto signed SP Hyun-Jin Ryu, SP Tanner Roark, and RP Shun Yamaguchi to their pitching staff.
Joe Panik and Brandon Drury are options to fill in while Bichette is out.You would think having a home clubhouse staff member test positive would be unrelated to the Marlins outbreak. After a month at AAA (.276 with four HRs and 26 RBI over 123 at-bats), Gurriel was a new man when called back up to the majors. His AFB (97.2) remained elite, but it came in as a career-low. This helps identify a player's platoon value for fantasy baseball based on pitcher handedness. Ryu had an ERA under 3.00 in every month last season except August (18 runs, 32 baserunners, and five home runs over 21.2 innings). His CTBA (.255) had major regression for the second straight season (.368 in 2017 and .308 in 2018). These projections by Steamer are a MUCH better indicator of a hitter's platoon splits than in-season stats since it involves multiple years of data and has been properly regressed to league averages. Bichette played well at AAA in 2019 while flashing a 20/40 skill set if he repeated his … His strikeout rate (25.1) is too high and he has weakness in his walk rate (5.8).
Even with success, he did strike out too much (23.6 percent) with a below-par walk rate (6.6). At best, 12 wins with a 3.50 ERA and 150 Ks.Giles threw the great for most of 2019, but he had too many stretches with no innings pitched (15, 13, and 16 days between appearances) due to a battle with right elbow soreness. In the end, his walk rate (16.5) had top-of-the-order value while needing some major steps to clean up his strikeout rate (28.6).
Possible edge in batting average with an 85/25/90 skill set in 2020.His major league career started with an 11-game hitting streak (20-for-49 with four HRs, seven RBI, and one SB). He’ll induce a high number of ground balls (50.4 percent) with a low fly-ball rate (25.4). A quad injury cost him another five weeks, and his season ended a week early with an appendix issue. All Rights Reserved.Bichette was scratched from Monday's lineup against the Nationals for an undisclosed reason, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.Bichette was slated to lead off and play shortstop Monday, but he was scratched minutes before first pitch. Late in the year, he battled a left knee injury that led to a poor September (.232 with 5/0/10 over 82 at-bats), and no home runs over his final 118 trips to the plate. Buy the batting average and speed with the hopes of hitting on a five-category stud. His season ended with nine games to go due to a concussion.The Blue Jays still have miles to go on the pitching side. Unfortunately, three weeks into the year, he suffered a broken left hand after being hit by a pitch. He is still technically day-to-day. They ranked 21st in ERA (4.79) while picking up 33 saves (21st).From 2018 to 2019, the average age of a Blue Jays batter fell from 29.0 to 25.9 as they try to rebuild the core of their hitters. Bichette returns to action for the series finale after … Last year Gurriel did add more loft to his swing (42.9 – 33.2 in 2018).Bichette should get on base a minimum of 200 times in 2020, leading to a .300-plus batting average with 100-plus runs, 20-plus home runs, 75-plus RBI, and a minimum of 25 steals. His arm has the most value against lefties (.199 with six HRs over 171 at-bats). He’s a big-bodied player who can get nicked up. In 46 games with Toronto, Bichette offered strength in both his AVH (1.836) and CTBA (.418). His AFB (91.0) isn’t great, but batters hit .228 vs. his four-seamer. He responded well after a six-week trip to the injured list.After a relatively quiet first two seasons in the minors (.250 with 11 HRs, 86 RBI, and 22 SBs over 691 at-bats), Biggio flashed a 20/20 skill set in 2018 at AA (.252 with 26 HRs, 99 RBI, and 20 SBs over 449 at-bats). His approach graded well (strikeout rate – 17.7 and walk rate 9.0), but he was unable to match his minor league levels of 2018 in AVH (1.669 – 1.595 in 2019) or CTBA (.426 - .338). His ADP in early January is 77 as the 12th shortstop off the board. Anderson struggled to get right-handed batters out (.280 with 17 HRs over 293 at-bats), which could be a bad sign for this season. Giles converted 23 of his 24 save chances with his best ERA (1.87) since 2015 (1.80). With an ADP of 167, he should be an asset in power with a shot at neutral value in the other four categories.Even with a lead arm at the front of their rotation, the Blue Jays will be tested on most nights in starting pitching. They placed their bet on Ryu, which makes me think of a line a friend of mine uses about professional players:His resume suggests he’s a hard worker who will make adjustments to improve.