Fantasy Baseball: Week 4 waiver wire pickups by position
80% – Colby Rasmus – HOU
A move away from the Rogers Centre in Toronto has revitalized the career of former top prospect Colby Rasmus. He’s destroying right-handed pitching in 2016 at a .288/.424/.731 clip with seven home runs and 17 of his 18 RBI coming off of them.
Rasmus is one of the most coveted outfield bats to own in leagues that probably did not draft him. According to Yahoo, for leagues that held a standard snaking platform, the Astros’ outfielder was selected in only 10 percent of drafts. He’s playing well above his career averages right now and at only 29, there’s no reason to think he hasn’t finally figured out how to play his brand of baseball to the best of his ability.
There’s decent depth to be had elsewhere though, so if you’re in the market for an outfielder, consider these names:
- Wil Myers – SDP – .316-10-4-9-2 (65%)
- Odubel Herrera – PHI – .286-11-2-9-4 (44%)
- Steven Souza Jr. – TBR – .291-8-5-11-1 (58%)
- Michael Conforto – NYM – .296-8-2-10-1 (72%)
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