Double Dong Day for Springer gets his season total up to 13 HR and the wRC+ up to 140. The EV, barrels and hard hits point to a peak resurgence at age 35 after two down years. He’s swinging a lot less and again, more in line with his peak seasons. I’m not sure what’s gotten into him but he hasn’t been this good in a hot minute.
‼️Edward Cabrera, RHP MIA (MLB)
7 IP, 2 H, BB, 6 K
I’ve been a Cabrera detractor for a while, mostly harping at a walk rate that just didn’t seem to be fixable. Now he’s got it down to a flat 10%, it’s still too high. What I’ll concede to him is getting the ball in the Zone more while maintaining the same ZoneContact%. That said, it’s possible he’s overperforming his HR/FB right now and if he regresses at all with the walk rate it could make for some ugly outings. I’ll stand firm on the hill and call him a sell.
Max Muncy, 3B SAC (MLB)
2-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI, K
The Young Muncy was sent down after a slow start in April and was recalled in early June. Since then he’s had a near league average 95 wRC+ with 5 HR and a SB over 92 PA. The 5.4% BB and 32.6% K over that span still stand out, in a bad way. If we’re looking for any silver lining here he’s been steadily increasing the zone contact. We need to see a bit more before getting too excited though.
‼️Matthew Boyd, RHP CHC (MLB)
7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 5 K
I said this on Twitter but if you roster multiple shares of Boyd then we are family. The 2.65 ERA is obviously outperforming all peripherals, estimators and projections, but he’s comfortably sitting in that mid-to-high 3 ERA territory moving forward. He’s been a QS machine with 12 over his 17 games started and has yet to give up more than 4 ER in a game this season. The home run tendency that Boyd was known for prior to injury now appears to potentially be a strength. His IP total of 98.2 is his highest since 2019, so there’s some obvious question whether or not he’ll hold up. My guess is Boyd is already on a win-now squad, but if he’s not, that needs to be rectified.
Seiya Suzuki, OF CHC (MLB)
1-for-4, HR, R, RBI, K
Seiya already reached an MLB-high season HR total with 23, but I’m surprised to see that his walk rate is a few percentage points lower than his past 3 seasons. xStats paint a picture of an unlucky BABIP, so I’d expect the BA/OBP to come up in the second half. We just need him to remain IL free for the first time in his career.
