FAAB FRIDAY | May 24th 2019 | Reinforcement Arms

Hey gang, FrontOfficeJer here & with the show off this week I dove into finding some interesting & unorthodox reinforcements for your fantasy squads who’ve been flying under the radar. I’m shocked at how low the ownership on these guys are in ESPN, most 65% & below!

It’s Friday, meaning it’s time to get serious & dig into some names worthy of a pickup in your FAAB runs this weekend. Whether you gauge it by hottest bat of the week, 2 good starts, or just someone to get me by until so-and-so is healthy it can be a make or break moment.

Here’s two dozen players to kick off your search to inject some life into your fantasy baseball squads from the Front Office Writing Staff (ESPN % Owned):

Arms to Target 🎯

Frankie Montas 62% Owned ESPN (85% Fantrax)

60.0 IP | 16 ER | 13 BB | 61 K | 6 W | 2.40 ERA | 1.13 WHIP
12.0 SwStr% | 24.7 K% | 19.4 K-BB% | 2.72 FIP | 3.24 xFIP

Luke Weaver 61% Owned ESPN (95% Fantrax):

57.1 IP | 20 ER | 12 BB | 62 K | 3 W | 3.14 ERA | 1.06 WHIP
10.7 SwStr% | 26.6 K% | 21.5 K-BB% | 3.07 FIP | 3.65 xFIP

Got busy yesterday with work and forgot to post this – @DreamWeava7 has kicked 🍑 on the road this year of late. Shocked he’s owned so low in ESPN Leagues 👀 pic.twitter.com/fipAYjbBG6

— FrontOfficeJer (@FrontOfficeJer) May 22, 2019

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Lucas Giolito 40% Owned ESPN (86% Fantrax):

52.0 IP | 16 ER | 19 BB | 59 K | 6 W | 2.77 ERA | 1.06 WHIP
11.5 SwStr% | 28.5 K% | 19.3 K-BB% | 2.78 FIP | 3.77 xFIP

Lucas Gi-elite-o. pic.twitter.com/bvUqA6KKM9

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 24, 2019

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Hector Neris 34% Owned ESPN (66% Fantrax):

20.1 IP | 4 ER | 6 BB | 27 K | 1 W | 2.08 ERA | 0.97 WHIP | 8 SV + 2 HD
17.2 SwStr% | 33.0 K% | 25.0 K-BB% | 2.85 FIP | 3.31 xFIP

Arms to Pickup for Ratio Help

Amir Garrett 2.4% Owned ESPN (26% Fantrax):

20.1 IP | 3 ER | 9 BB | 31 K | 3 W | 1.33 ERA | 1.08 WHIP | 7 HD
17.2 SwStr% | 38.8 K% | 27.5 K-BB% | 2.15 FIP | 2.54 xFIP

Ryan Pressly 19% Owned ESPN (56% Fantrax):

21.0 IP | 0 ER | 0 BB | 22 K | 1 W | 0.00 ERA | 0.43 WHIP | 2 SV + 10 HD
15.3 SwStr% | 30.6 K% | 30.6 K-BB% | 0.99 FIP | 1.62 xFIP

Taylor Rogers 12% Owned ESPN (44% Fantrax):

20.1 IP | 3 ER | 5 BB | 27 K | 1 W | 1.33 ERA | 1.33 WHIP | 4 SV + 7 HD
10.3 SwStr% | 30.3 K% | 24.7 K-BB% | 2.25 FIP | 3.19 xFIP

Minnesota Twins Taylor Rogers (55) and Jason Castro celebrate their 2-0 win over the Cleveland Indians after a baseball game Thursday, March 28, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Ty Buttrey 9% Owned ESPN (57% Fantrax):

24.0 IP | 4 ER | 4 BB | 31 K | 2 W | 1.50 ERA | 1.08 WHIP | 2 SV + 9 HD
13.0 SwStr% | 31.6 K% | 27.6 K-BB% | 1.79 FIP | 2.83 xFIP

Tommy Kahnle 2% Owned ESPN (15% Fantrax):

20.0 IP | 4 ER | 6 BB | 29 K | 2 W | 1.80 ERA | 0.85 WHIP | 7 HD
17.5 SwStr% | 36.7 K% | 29.1 K-BB% | 3.04 FIP | 2.41 xFIP

John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Yoan Lopez 1% Owned ESPN (11% Fantrax):

19.0 IP | 2 ER | 7 BB | 14 K | 0 W | 0.95 ERA | 0.89 WHIP | 6 HD
12.3 SwStr% | 19.2 K% | 9.6 K-BB% | 4.09 FIP | 3.71 xFIP

Unorthodox Arms

Sean Newcomb 29% Owned ESPN (67% Fantrax):

22.0 IP | 7 ER | 8 BB | 14 K | 0 W | 2.86 ERA | 1.45 WHIP | 4 HD
6.1 SwStr% | 14.4 K% | 6.2 K-BB% | 3.49 FIP | 5.57 xFIP
BUT Since Coming back up as RP Only on May 6th:
9.2 IP | 1 ER | 0 BB | 9 K | 0 W | 0.93 ERA | 0.93 WHIP | 4 HD
9.2 SwStr% | 23.1 K% | 23.1 K-BB% (ZERO BB GIVEN UP) | 2.57 FIP | 3.77 xFIP