The effort to make baseball fun again took a violent turn on Sunday—one that will hurt fantasy managers nearly as much as Jose Bautista.
As a result of last season’s unforgettably chaotic playoff showdown, tensions between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers ran high before their weekend series. When Bautista slid late into second base, Rougned Odor responded with fists rather than flips.
This wasn’t a typical baseball fight, where everyone crowds around, barks at each other and maybe throws a half-hearted strike away from the target. Odor hit the Blue Jays outfielder square in the face, and MLB is likely to respond with a lengthy suspension.
His investors will miss the budding star, who is hitting .286 with seven home runs and five stolen bases this season. Fortunately, two potential second-base replacements remain available in a majority of Yahoo Sports leagues.
This week’s list of top waiver-wire adds runs the gamut from a player maturing in the minors to a 37-year-old veteran who looked finished last year. There are also the typical hot hands, returning veterans and overlooked contributors ready to help fantasy squads.