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FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Top 5 Players to Trade for RIGHT NOW | Week 8 Buy Low, Sell High

FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Get ready for a rapid-fire rundown of our 5 fantasy baseball trade candidates, courtesy of Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh)! Listen in to find out who you should consider acquiring or sending away to maximize your roster's potential. Who are we trading for this week? The Pros will tell you!

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0:00.9

I've got a fever and the only prescription might be cowbell, but today it's just trades.

0:06.4

Of course, it's trades. I'm Chris Welsh from Fantasy Pros. I have got five players

0:11.4

on my trade radar that I want to share with you. This episode today is brought to you by

0:16.6

so rare digital cards that you own and play. The next era is yours, but more about them shortly.

0:23.6

Let's get to it. Five players. I am answering the trade calls for.

0:29.0

Number one, Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene. Don't look now, but some of these young

0:34.7

Tigers players are getting hot and Riley Greene is showing signs of a player we might want

0:39.6

some shares of. On the season, Greene is hitting 268 with three homers, five stolen bases.

0:44.8

Over the last two weeks, though, Greene has put up a 149WRC plus. He's got a

0:50.1

homer in that time and three stolen bases. The promise of power is starting to develop

0:55.0

is over the last two weeks. His ISO is up around 170. That's not fantastic, but it's better than

1:00.0

the season total stolen base numbers. They're also looking promising as he sat just above

1:05.7

the top 50% tile last year in sprint speed. This year, he's in the top 12% tile and it's showing

1:13.7

in his stolen base numbers. In that period of time, he's also cut his strikeout percentage by close

1:18.6

to 4%. On the year, Greene has upped his barrels from last year while raising his max EV to

1:25.5

over 114. Though his XBA is a little lower than his current average, his expected slugging is

1:32.0

actually higher. If Greene's current pace of ISO holds, we could see a spike in his power numbers

1:38.0

that push beyond his current projection numbers. As well, I think the rest of season projections

1:44.3

might be undershooting his speed. There is a real shot that Riley Greene might touch 20 stolen

1:49.6

bases. Greene is a cheap speculative buy that I would be checking in on. Number two, Tampa Bay

1:56.5

race starting pitcher, Zach Eflin. Eflin is almost about all they have left, right? I mean,

2:03.4

all the injuries. It's crazy. What's going on with the race? They're damaging pictures at the

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