Fantasy Baseball Pickups - Josh Lowe rollin' with the Rays
Yahoo Fantasy analysts Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don offer a pair of fantasy baseball pickups midway through Week 2.
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SCOTT PIANOWSKI: 2023 fantasy baseball season is underway. Never too early to make some pickups. Scott Pianowski, Dalton Del Don. Dalton, Tampa Bay is going crazy. They are annihilating everything in its path. How in fantasy managers get invested?
DALTON DEL DON: Add Josh Lowe. Yes, he struggled badly last season after he was a popular waiver wire add when called up to Tampa Bay. I know I personally blew a bunch of fab on him, but he's getting regular playing time against right handers to open the season with Kevin Kiermaier gone, and Lowe is looked far better at the plate, including a much improved K rate, down to 14%. It was like 33% last season.
It's, obviously, been a tiny sample, but Lowe is a former first round pick with real power, speed potential, batting average remains a risk, and he's likely to sit against most lefties for now, but Lowe has 25/25 upside, and is still available in like 95% of Yahoo leagues.
SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Yeah, I'm at the point any port in the Tampa Bay storm looks good to me. Isaac Paredes was one of my favorite pickups. He's chased over 50%, So maybe low, could be a way to get invested in what looks like the best team in baseball. Let's shift to what may be the worst team in baseball, the Washington Nationals. But Victor Robles has my attention. Former hot prospect. This guy who has a 17 home run, 28 steal season on his resume, still just 26, and he came into the season with horrible plate discipline.
He's got more walks than strikeouts right now. Anybody who does that gets my attention. We knew that stat stabilizes very quickly in the fresh season. You don't have to watch the Washington games, but I think Victor Robles can help your fantasy roster.