06-07-2021, 04:00 PM
Some Reds I have on some Fantasy Teams, and I'm sorry to say no Castellanos. I have Gray and hoping on a lot of fantasy teams. I don't have him starting, he has to earn that and it could be soon. I was lucky to add Winker to a team. Mahle was a good add to some teams. An add on I made to some teams in CBS Fantasy is India, because they have him as 2nd or 3rd, and I needed 3rd base boost. India is the best 3rd base add on in CBS Fantasy over last week, over last 2 weeks, over last month. Of course for Reds he is at 2nd. ESPN has him 2nd and 3rd you can start him at also.
So it's easy to see Castellanos and Winker dominating. Some may have Mahle or Miley doing well, and some may have Gray or Castillo hoping they become great the last 4 months. How many see India has been great every week of the last 4 weeks ? Was his goal rookie of the year. That is still possible. Then there is Stephenson flat out hitting, but who will lose 1st base to Votto back. With Barnhart at Catcher, I hate to see Stephenson returning to less at bats. I made Stephenson my last draft pick on all my teams in March, but I had to drop him because Reds can't get him in the line-up. Reds announcers said yesterday, " Nobody could see Stephenson was going to hit like this ". I saw it and Reds saw it because he was a #1 Draft Pick by The Reds. At some point Reds are going to have to play Stephenson every day. He is too good to ride the bench. A waste of a #1 Draft Pick. He could always hit, and his defense as a catcher is improving. Still, Stephenson remains a Free Agent in most Fantasy because nobody knows what the heck the Reds are going to do with him, including The Reds. INDIA is now the Red getting grabbed off Fantasy Free Agent Lists, because over the last month he has put up great numbers each week, and most Fantasy teams are looking high and low for 2nd base or 3rd base help, and you can put him at either position or DH Utility. I should add Suarez on teams is getting hot. It's Votto who is either a Free Agent or on a teams IL List to decide dropping a player to take Votto off IL, or just drop Votto. Reds do not have the option of just dropping Votto in real baseball. Stephenson will see less at bats, I'm sorry to say, and someone will be sent to the minors. CBS and ESPN listing INDIA as both 2nd and 3rd make him A MUST ADD. If Reds ever decide #1 pick Stephenson plays every day, he will be a MUST ADD. I see Stephenson as the All-Star Catcher for years to come, but Reds are dragging their feet on their #1 Draft Pick.
At Catcher Reds have Stephenson and Barnhardt. People who could play 1st are Votto, Stephenson, Moose, Suarez. Reds can't play both Suarez and Moose at 3rd. The July Trade Deadline approaches. Reds have players in the play me or trade me position. Yet Reds need help at other positions. It would be great to dump Votto contract on a team. Votto, Moose, Barnhart would make great trade bait. They won't trade all of them, but trading some of them sets up young stars India and Stephenson to continue to start. Plus in a trade, Reds could add pitching or a true shortstop. Vottos contract makes him hard to trade, but not impossible. I like Suarez, India and Stephenson better than Moose, if Barnhart is locked in as Reds catcher. Reds should be active at The Trades in July. Not because they are losing, but because they are winning with younger players making old school players on IL look like trade bait.
So it's easy to see Castellanos and Winker dominating. Some may have Mahle or Miley doing well, and some may have Gray or Castillo hoping they become great the last 4 months. How many see India has been great every week of the last 4 weeks ? Was his goal rookie of the year. That is still possible. Then there is Stephenson flat out hitting, but who will lose 1st base to Votto back. With Barnhart at Catcher, I hate to see Stephenson returning to less at bats. I made Stephenson my last draft pick on all my teams in March, but I had to drop him because Reds can't get him in the line-up. Reds announcers said yesterday, " Nobody could see Stephenson was going to hit like this ". I saw it and Reds saw it because he was a #1 Draft Pick by The Reds. At some point Reds are going to have to play Stephenson every day. He is too good to ride the bench. A waste of a #1 Draft Pick. He could always hit, and his defense as a catcher is improving. Still, Stephenson remains a Free Agent in most Fantasy because nobody knows what the heck the Reds are going to do with him, including The Reds. INDIA is now the Red getting grabbed off Fantasy Free Agent Lists, because over the last month he has put up great numbers each week, and most Fantasy teams are looking high and low for 2nd base or 3rd base help, and you can put him at either position or DH Utility. I should add Suarez on teams is getting hot. It's Votto who is either a Free Agent or on a teams IL List to decide dropping a player to take Votto off IL, or just drop Votto. Reds do not have the option of just dropping Votto in real baseball. Stephenson will see less at bats, I'm sorry to say, and someone will be sent to the minors. CBS and ESPN listing INDIA as both 2nd and 3rd make him A MUST ADD. If Reds ever decide #1 pick Stephenson plays every day, he will be a MUST ADD. I see Stephenson as the All-Star Catcher for years to come, but Reds are dragging their feet on their #1 Draft Pick.
At Catcher Reds have Stephenson and Barnhardt. People who could play 1st are Votto, Stephenson, Moose, Suarez. Reds can't play both Suarez and Moose at 3rd. The July Trade Deadline approaches. Reds have players in the play me or trade me position. Yet Reds need help at other positions. It would be great to dump Votto contract on a team. Votto, Moose, Barnhart would make great trade bait. They won't trade all of them, but trading some of them sets up young stars India and Stephenson to continue to start. Plus in a trade, Reds could add pitching or a true shortstop. Vottos contract makes him hard to trade, but not impossible. I like Suarez, India and Stephenson better than Moose, if Barnhart is locked in as Reds catcher. Reds should be active at The Trades in July. Not because they are losing, but because they are winning with younger players making old school players on IL look like trade bait.
1968 Bengal Fan
