Minnesota Twins Fantasy Baseball Plays for the Week of April 24
By Nate Palmer
Taking a look at the best and worst Minnesota Twins fantasy baseball options for the next set of games against the Rangers and Royals.
The Minnesota Twins are coming off of a week where they could have taken some big strides to try and take advantage of a struggling division. Instead they struggled and the bats were cold.
Looking to the next week let’s see if a team the Twins had success against last year in the Rangers, and a team they roughed up already this year in the Royals, can ignite some bats.
As far as probable starting pitchers, the Twins end up with an interesting split of three righties and three lefties. As we go through our list of “Play or Pine” you will see that has heavily influenced some of the picks this week.
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Upcoming Probable Opposing Starters:
Rangers:
Royals:
Play Them:
Robbie Grossman: Grossman was on the other side of this list last week. Boy, was I wrong. Grossman leads the team in average and OBP and it is no secret he likes to hit lefties. It looks like the makings of a hot week for Grossman.
Miguel Sano: I resisted putting Sano here last week because it just seemed too easy. It seems that way again this week, but his story is similar to Grossman’s. Sano is slashing .333/.500/.722 against lefties this year. Not to mention he is sitting on a homer whenever he steps into the box, it seems.
Ervin Santana: Santana has been a huge bright spot in the Twins’ rotation. He is also sitting on a two start week. This feels like the safest play of the week. Although, we all know in fantasy Starting Pitchers can go the wrong way fast too with a bad start. This still feels safe.
Pine Them:
Joe Mauer: Mauer joins Grossman in guys who are flipping between which side of the list they fall on. While Mauer came through big with a double in Saturday’s game against the Tigers, he just can’t seem to hit anything but singles. That is why I am staying away from him for the short term.
Brian Dozier: This pick makes no sense in my heart, and little in my head. But my gut is saying that he just isn’t quite ready to bust out yet.
A lefty heavy week seems like a primed Dozier week. For some reason Dozier is starting slow against lefties slashing only .125/.263/.125 to this point.
Max Kepler: While I really like personally what Kepler has done this year, last week wasn’t as productive as one might like and he may fall victim to the lefties coming the Twins’ way. Last year he slashed .203/.273/.322 against lefties and this year isn’t off to any better of a start at .158/.200/.316.
Next: Minnesota Twins: What Needs to be Done to Get Back on Track
Bonus: Potential Sneaky DFS Play
If you play DFS in any format, keep an eye on Kennys Vargas this week. This article has mentioned again and again there are a fair amount of lefty starters coming the Twins way this week. That means that likely Mauer will also find the actual pine in the dugout. Keep an eye on how Vargas gets used with his recent call up.