Week 2 fantasy baseball FAAB check-in

Our first FAAB period of the fantasy baseball season was focused on adding relievers to help bolster the bottom part of your pitching. Each week, relievers will be mentioned as viable options due to back end starters having difficult matchups the upcoming week or they’re simply questionable on their own. Week 2 has plenty of hitters and pitchers to add whether you’re in a 15- or 12-team league.

As always, you should monitor the previous week’s bid amounts to get a ballpark of how your league mates are allocating their budget. Once the FAAB results are posted you need to keep tabs on which players are being dropped, not just the players being added.

The amount of games played along with this week’s upcoming two-start pitchers have been added for your viewing pleasure.

Sunday night updates

Ken Giles was removed from the game in the ninth inning Sunday with what appears to be an elbow injury. He is set to get an MRI. The closer to speculate on is likely Anthony Bass. We saw Shun Yamaguchi get an opportunity Sunday, but that was after Bass was used. Jordan Romano and Rafael Dolis are the other options in the Blue Jays’ pen.

Dusty Baker notified the press that Justin Verlander has a forearm strain and will be shut down for a couple of weeks. After that Verlander will be evaluated. With the uncertainties and shortened season, it’s likely the right move is to cut Verlander and move on.

Taylor Williams was handed the ball in the ninth inning of a two-run game against the Astors, and was able to come away with the save. Williams faced the heart of the Astros’ lineup, racking up three strikeouts, albeit with two hits and one run allowed. Matt Magill was used in the fifth inning, for what it’s worth.

Tyler Chatwood was impressive Sunday against the Brewers, going six innings while only allowing one run on three hits. The most impressive part of Chatwood’s outing was the two walks. Chatwood’s nemesis in the past is putting runners on base via the walk. Chatwood becomes a viable option if he can continue to decrease his walk rate.

And now the rest of the original advice:

Notes:
Hitters and pitchers are broken down into tiers based on their projected budget allocation for Sunday, July 26.
Budget allocation and ownership percentages will be used from the NFBC site.
Players mentioned will have an NFBC ownership of 50% or less.

Schedule

Five games
- St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies

Six games
- Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A’s, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants
Seven Games
- Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres

15-team (sub-50% TGFBI ownership)

Hitters

Minimum bids: Yan Gomes, Chris Davis, Albert Pujols, Wilmer Flores, Isan Díaz, Jason Kipnis, Johan Camargo, Brandon Crawford, Marwin Gonzalez, Colin Moran, Alex Dickerson, Derek Fisher, DJ Stewart, Josh Reddick
1-5%: Austin Barnes, Rowdy Tellez, José Iglesias, Christin Stewart, Chad Pinder, Jay Bruce
6-9%: Ji-Man Choi
20-25%: Kiké Hernández

Pitchers

Minimum bids: Adam Ottavino, Will Harris, Yusmeiro Petit, Joakim Soria, Patrick Sandoval Randy Dobnak, Matt Andriese, Nick Wittgren, Michael King, Jonathan Hernández, Rowan Wick
1-5%: Greg Holland
6-9%: Tyler Mahle, Elieser Hernandez
10-15%: Trevor Rosenthal
16-19%: Brady Singer, Vince Velasquez
20-25%: Oliver Drake, Trevor Gott

12-team (sub-50% NFBC RotoWire Online Championship ownership)

Hitters

Minimum bids: Mike Zunino, Pedro Severino, Austin Barnes, Garrett Cooper, Albert Pujols, Rowdy Tellez, Ender Inciarte, Stephen Piscotty, Jay Bruce, Andrelton Simmons, José Iglesias, Kevin Kiermaier, Mitch Moreland, Alex Dickerson, Leury García, Franchy Cordero
1-5%: Victor Caratini, Ji-Man Choi, Shed Long Jr., Adam Frazier, Chris Taylor, Kole Calhoun, Tyler O'Neill, Jurickson Profar, Hanser Alberto, Jesús Aguilar
6-9% Anthony Santander, Kyle Seager, Travis Shaw
16-19%: Kiké Hernández
20-25%: Robinson Canó

Pitchers

Minimum bids: Trevor Richards, Yusmeiro Petit, Merrill Kelly, Alec Mills, Rowan Wick, Rick Porcello, José Alvarado
1-5%: Kyle Wright, Jon Lester, Zach Eflin, Tyler Mahle, Elieser Hernandez, Wade Miley, Homer Bailey, Greg Holland
6-9%: Vince Velasquez
10-15%: Trevor Rosenthal, Brady Singer
16-19%: Oliver Drake, Trevor Rosenthal, Trevor Gott

Two-start pitchers

Merrill Kelly (at Rangers, vs. Dodgers)
Luke Weaver (at Padres, vs. Dodgers)
Michael Wacha (at Red Sox, at Braves)
Zach Eflin (vs. Yankees, at Blue Jays)
Jake Arrieta (vs. Yankees, at Blue Jays)
Trent Thornton (at Nationals, vs. Phillies)
Tanner Roark (at Nationals, vs. Phillies)
Kyle Wright (at Rays, vs. Mets)
Mike Foltynewicz (at Rays, vs. Mets)
Alec Mills (at Reds, vs. Pirates)
Jon Lester (at Reds, vs. Pirates)
Wade Miley (vs. Cubs, at Tigers)
Tyler Mahle (vs. Cubs, at Tigers)
Aaron Civale (vs. White Sox, at Twins)
Zach Plesac (vs. White Sox, at Twins)
Asher Wojciechowski (at Marlins, vs. Rays)
Gerrit Cole (at Phillies, vs. Red Sox)
J.A. Happ (at Phillies, vs. Red Sox)
Tyler Glasnow (vs. Braves, at Orioles)
Yonny Chirinos (vs. Braves, at Orioles)
Walker Buehler (at Astros, at Diamondbacks)
Aníbal Sánchez (vs. Blue Jays, at Marlins)
Austin Voth (vs. Blue Jays, at Marlins)
Josh James (vs. Mariners, at Angels)
Adrian Houser (at Pirates, vs. Cardinals)
Homer Bailey (vs. Cardinals, vs. Indians)
Dylan Cease (at Indians, at Royals)
Griffin Canning (at A’s, vs. Astros)
Chris Bassitt (vs. Angels, at Mariners)
Elieser Hernandez (vs. Orioles, vs. Nationals)
Pablo López (vs. Orioles, vs. Nationals)
Kyle Gibson (vs. Diamondbacks, at Giants)
Mike Montgomery (at Tigers, vs. White Sox)
Kendall Graveman (at Astros, vs. A’s)
Antonio Senzatela (at A’s, vs. Padres)