With just three days remaining in the regular season, we're going to do things a bit differently this week. Instead of a paragraph each on a small number of guys, we'll give you a brief look at a handful of widely available players at each position â a smorgasbord of fantasy free agents, if you will â with their FOXSports.com ownership percentages. Good luck with the culmination of your title chase!
(Note: All stats are through Wednesday.)
Catcher
Toronto's Dioner Navarro (29 percent owned) is batting .277 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI. He's the best all-around hitter at this position that might still be available in your mixed league ... You know who's tied for third among catchers with 21 home runs? Seattle's Mike Zunino (10.9 percent owned). With three days left, who cares if he's batting .198? ... A Padre catcher with 13 home runs, who plays every day because he also spends time at first base? Sign us up for Yasmani Grandal (4.4 percent owned) ... Welington Castillo (1.7 percent owned) is still trotting out there every day for the Cubs, and he has two homers since Sunday.
First base
Minnesota's hulking DH Kennys Vargas (21 percent owned) doesn't walk enough, but he has nine homers in 204 at bats ... Logan Morrison (2.9 percent owned) plays every day for the Mariners. Nine homers and 33 RBI in 95 games â eh, not terrible ... All-or-nothing Pirates 1B Ike Davis (1.6 percent owned) plays against righties ... Daniel Nava (1.3 percent owned) is playing every day for the Red Sox because the team doesn't have many healthy people left. Nava won't hit for power or steal bases, but he has a .273 career BA and might score/knock in a couple of runs.
Second base
Jedd Gyorko (29 percent owned) has 10 homers with 51 RBI this season. Not great, but not horrible, at least if you ignore his .208 BA ... Speedy Padres Alexi Amarista (10.6 percent owned) will stay at shortstop with Everth Cabrera done for the season ... Speedy Indian Mike Aviles (4.3 percent owned) has 2B/3B/SS/OF eligibility ... Rangers rookie Rougned Odor (2.5 percent owned) has seven hits, five runs and five RBI in his last six games.
Third base
Cubs 3B Luis Valbuena (17.1 percent owned) has hit in seven of his last eight games, and is batting .252 with 16 homers ... The Tigers are still chasing a playoff berth, so Nick Castellanos (13.6 percent owned) will keep playing. He's batting .263 with 10 home runs, which isn't bad for someone at this position ... Rafael Ynoa (1 percent owned) is playing third base for the Rockies, and batting .370 since his callup earlier this month ... Jake Lamb (0.1 percent owned) of the D-backs has four homers in 34 games since getting called up, and 19 for the season between the minors and majors.
Shortstop
Mookie Betts (36.8 percent owned) is figuring it out, folks. After a slow start during his initial callup, he's batting .285 with five homers, six steals, 31 runs and an .802 OPS in 48 games. Too bad he'll have only outfield eligibility next season ... For the homer-needy, Javier Baez is still owned in just 20.6 percent of leagues. Who cares if he strikes out twice every day? ... Cleveland's Jose Ramirez (2.3 percent owned) isn't that good, but he has 27 steals between the minors and majors this year, and plays every day ... Rangers rookie Ryan Rua (1 percent owned) has been playing mostly left field lately. Between Double A, Triple A and the majors, he's batted over .300 with 20 homers. Not bad for a guy with SS eligibility.
Outfield
Cleveland's Michael Bourn (22.4 percent owned) isn't running much these days, but he's scored 11 runs over the last couple of weeks ... Arizona's A.J. Pollock (8.4 percent owned) is batting .307 with seven home runs, 14 stolen bases and an .865 OPS in 72 games this season ... Pollock's teammate, Ender Inciarte (2.4 percent owned) has stolen 26 bases between the minors and majors, including three this week ... Minnesota's Oswaldo Arcia (3.6 percent owned) is batting just .228, with 19 home runs in 99 games, including five this month ... Houston's Jake Marisnick (3.2 percent owned) has been hot, with 10 hits, two homers and eight RBI over his last seven games. Between Triple A and the majors, Marisnick has 13 home runs and 35 stolen bases.
Starting pitcher
Your weekend streaming options are:
Friday: Jon Niese (15.3 percent owned) vs. HOU; Drew Hutchison (20.9 percent owned) vs. BAL; Jordan Lyles (7.3 percent owned) at LAD
Saturday: Derek Holland (31.7 percent owned) vs. OAK; J.A. Happ (3.6 percent owned) vs. BAL; Rafael Montero (0.1 percent owned) vs. HOU
Sunday: Clay Buchholz (36.5 percent owned) vs. NYY; Danny Salazar (31.6 percent owned) vs. TAM; Kyle Hendricks (18.5 percent owned) at MIL
Relief pitcher
Why don't more people own Hector Rondon (31.6 percent owned), who has 27 saves for the Cubs? ... Mets closer Jenrry Mejia (28.5 percent owned) has delayed his sports hernia surgery until next week. That's taking one for the (fantasy) team ... The Nats have clinched their division, but that doesn't mean Drew Storen (23.6 percent owned) can't get saves ... Joaquin Benoit (9 percent owned) reclaimed the Padres' closer role on Wednesday after a month-long absence ... Jake Petricka (3.5 percent owned) usually closes for the White Sox, and hasn't been bad.
Thanks for reading every week this season. See you next April!
