Fantasy Baseball Pickups - Why fantasy managers should commit to the Blue Jays' Spencer Horwitz
Yahoo Fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski recommends a few mid-week pickups for Week 13, including JJ Bleday from Oakland and Cal Quantrill from Colorado.
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Scott POWs, Yahoo Fantasy Baseball.
You need some pickups.
I got three guys.
I want you to consider give your Fantasy roster a fresh coat of paint.
How about Spencer Horwitz in Toronto?
You've been slow to commit with this guy because he's still under 20% roster, maybe because Toronto has been a little slow to commit even though he was raking at Buffalo and his ops is over 1000 since he joined the Blue Jays, but he's pretty much a regular now.
He starts six of the last seven games.
I think a tear downs coming in.
Toronto.
Horwitz will probably survive that he should be an everyday player.
The rest of the season got some pop and hit for a plus average covers a couple of positions as well.
So Spencer Horwitz approved for all fantasy audiences.
I know things are not pretty right now in Oakland.
We don't know where the team is headed and they're one of the worst rosters in the American League, but the lineup is, I don't know, four or five deep J JB doing some good things at the top of that lineup.
Got some pedigree here.
He was the fourth overall pick in that 2019 draft out of Vanderbilt walking about as much as he's striking out.
That's a sign of a good offensive player.
He's got some pop average over 300 the last two weeks.
Even though the A's aren't a good team overall.
J GB should be rostered and maybe 50 or 60% of Yahoo Leagues.
Lets get to work on that if you play in head to head formats.
Cal Quantrell deserve your attention.
You think Colorado pitcher?
Why do I want?
Cal Quantrell, er A is just over three on the road.
He does pitch to contact that allows him to go deeper in games.
You'll get quality starts.
He has six wins.
So, no, you can't play him.
Maybe against the Dodgers.
No, maybe you can't play him at home.
But when he gets to those road starts, I expect six or seven innings from Quantrill usually just a couple of earned runs and surprisingly good win equity head to head managers.
Cal Quantrill is somebody who can help you out.