The Immaculate Inning

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Welcome to The Immaculate Inning. Posts updated as frequently as I can. 9 pitches, 3 batters, 3 strikes, Immaculate.

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@CardsWRLD @TaylorCrews1991 More power upside for Albies. Runs and RBI should be higher than Donovan. Double digit steals a possibility for Albies compared to 5 for Donovan. Albies gives more everywhere except avg/obp.

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Second base ranks 2026:

1. Jazz Chisholm Jr.
2. Ketel Marte
3. Maikel Garcia
4. Brice Turang
5. Jose Altuve
6. Jordan Westburg
7. Nico Hoerner
8. Brandon Lowe
9. Jackson Holliday
10.Gleyber Torres
11.Ozzie Albies
12.Luke Keaschall
13.Bryson Stott
14.Xavier Edwards
15.Luis Arraez

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I think Lenyn Sosa of the CHW has the best chance to jump from outside the top 15 to top 10.

Minimize the Chase and get the contact up a tick or two and he should be there with Ozzie.

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@CardsWRLD @TaylorCrews1991 These are fantasy ranks.Defense doesn’t matter for those purposes unless it impacts playing time.

Garcia is 2b eligible on many sites for meeting minimum games played at a position. I may or may not agree with it, but I am going to rank all eligible guys.

Disagreement is good!

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Another OF in the Baltimore system. This feels like the preceding move to mitigate a trade for SP (at least that is my hope!).

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Jhonkensy Noel: Claimed off waivers by Orioles https://t.co/F0JUUZRJ8P

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@TaylorCrews1991 Donovan came in at 16 for me. I don’t see much growth potential for him as long as he is still hitting in St. Louis.

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I think Keaschall has the best chance to finish top 5 from this group and Altuve is the most likely to drop out of the top 10.

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What top 30 player is most likely top finish 15+ spots worse than his draft position?

For me it is Pete Alonso (NFC ADP 27.8). New team, new league, over 30…power regression coming. I would rather have Vinnie Pasquantino as my 1b 60 picks later.

#FantasyBaseball

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@ProspectsOnWes @Fantrax 3 (2026-2028) year view for Dynatsy here OBP lean:

1. Bobby Witt Jr.
2. Juan Soto
3. Shohei Ohtani
4. Jackson Chourio
5. Julio Rodriguez
6. Corbin Carroll
7. Elly de La Cruz
8. Paul Skenes
9. Junior Caminero
10. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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Happy 2026!

Year starting off with a bang with Tatsiya Imai signing with #Astros

I have him as a top 50 starting pitcher and think he could rise into the 30-35 range as a low SP2/high SP3 for fantasy.

Where the strikeouts land will dictate that number. Expect mid 3 era.

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@JoeOrrico99 I really want to say Caminero because he is the one I think may be out based on production. Injuries will play a role in this so that makes me lean one of the pitchers…probably Crochet.

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NFBC draft complete. Took a lot of risk with this group, but if the 90th percentile hits, it will be very competitive. Think top 6 in the league will be my end game.

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6-20:
Freddie Freeman
Bryce Harper
Josh Naylor
Vinnie Pasquantino
Michael Busch
Tyler Soderstrom
Yandy Diaz
Christian Walker
Willson Contreras
Spencer Torkelson
Jonathan Aranda
Jac Caglianone
Kyle Manzardo
Andrew Vaughn
Alec Bohm

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Top 20 first base rankings. A lot of age in this group. It seems the young up and coming first basemen are few and far between now. DH or splitting time elsewhere. Jump in early with these guys:

1-5
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Matt Olson
Pete Alonso
Rafael Devers
Nick Kurtz

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First 6 picks are in. Drafting 15. Closers going way faster than I anticipated. Hoffman was the 13th off the board. Hoping to get another at the 7/8 turn. Liking the build thus far. #NFBC #fantasy #baseball

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Doing my first #NFBC with a Gladiator. Draft starts today. Drafting out of the 15 spot so let’s see if I can get ‘my guys.’ #fantasy #baseball

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I don’t love any one catcher, but if I had to pick my target, it is probably Gabriel Moreno. Good team context, low expectations, consistent went healthy. He is a low risk high reward pick and will pay off as a low end C1.

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It’s a make or break year for Adley Rutschman. That average needs to tick back up into the .260 range and we need some good health to get up to the 120 GP range. If he can get back to that after last years disappointment, he will be back to top 5 catcher status.

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I feel comfortable with any of these guys starting for me. I’m settling for these guys after pick 200 and happy with whoever drops to there.

For your 2 catcher leagues, grab 2 of these guys between picks 150-225 and you won’t regret reaching for one of the top 10.

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Catchers 11-20:

Yainer Diaz
Alejandro Kirk
Adley Rutschman
JT Realmuto
Samuel Basallo
Austin Wells
Gabriel Moreno
Kyle Teel
Francisco Alvarez
Ryan Jeffers