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Christian Moore – 2B, LAA: 6% rostered
(PROSPECT CALL-UP, POWER/SPEED UPSIDE)
Last week, the Angels called up Moore and made him the FOURTH player from last year’s draft class to already make his MLB debut, along with Nick Kurtz, Jac Caglianone, and Cam Smith. Moore struggled to start the season in Double-A, but was playing solid in Triple-A and now has a .279/.374/.422 slash line in 54 games across Double-A and Triple-A with five home runs and eight steals. He also had a 14% swinging strike rate and just a 70% contact rate, so that tells us there will be swing-and-miss issues in the big leagues. I would expect a .230 average but with some intriguing power and speed hitting near the bottom of a solid but not great lineup. I get wanting to add him for his upside, but it does feel like more of a deep league target. Ryan Ritter – SS, COL (1% rostered), is another rookie who has stepped into a full-time role with Ezequiel Tovar on the IL with an oblique injury. Ritter was crushing at Triple-A with a .305 average with 16 home runs, 43 RBI, and three steals in 52 games. His contact rate was under 73% in Triple-A, which isn’t ideal and makes me think the batting average will be a fair bit lower in the big leagues. I don’t think he’ll be up for long, but in deeper formats, he could be worth a gamble if you need a MIF, especially given the Colorado schedule the next two weeks.
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