Week 10?! That can't be right. It seems like just yesterday that we were all saying things like, "Hey, catcher might not be a black hole this season!" and "That Dallas Keuchel guy sure can throw a baseball good!" and "Justin Upton's probably going to have a career year!" Oh, to be two months younger again.
Most of the guys we'll be looking at today probably weren't on many owners' radar back then, but they should be able to provide your team with some value anyway. Let's get down to it.
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Week 10 Corner Infield Waiver Wire Targets
Matt Adams, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals (24 percent owned)
Despite only logging 66 at-bats over the last month, Adams has knocked in 20 runs. That tends to happen when you hit .364/.419/.636. In recent days, he’s gotten the lion’s share of the playing time at first base over Brandon Moss. Expect that to continue for as long as Adams is on this hot streak. If pitchers are smart, they’ll stop trying to throw him fastballs; only four hitters have done better against the heat per FanGraphs’ pitch values.
Logan Morrison, 1B, Tampa Bay Rays (21 percent)
Morrison was atrocious in April, posting a .290 OPS. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s not a typo. Since the calendar flipped to May, though, he’s been one of the best first basemen in baseball. LoMo has hit an absurd .374/.462/.637 with seven homers and 35 R+RBI in the last month, with four of those dingers coming in his last three games.
Yangervis Solarte, 1B/3B, San Diego Padres (17 percent)
Solarte has missed a good chunk of the season to date with a hamstring injury, but he’s produced when on the field. The infielder, who also has eligibility at second base, has collected multiple hits in five of his last 10 games, including three homers. Currently sitting pretty with a .318/.408/.545 line, Solarte’s positional flexibility makes him a solid addition for owners in deeper formats.
Hyun Soo Kim, 1B, Baltimore Orioles (8 percent)
After an inauspicious start to his MLB career, Kim is finally getting a chance to prove he belongs in the big leagues. He struggled in spring training, to the point that the Orioles tried to force him to the minors and/or back to Korea. Instead, he spent most of the first six weeks of the season buried on the bench. Eventually, everyone involved realized that Joey Rickard is terrible, and Kim’s done nothing but hit ever since. He’s rocking a .377/.449/.493 triple slash and figures to be a dependable source of runs hitting near the top of the lineup.
Chase Headley, 3B, New York Yankees (3 percent)
Headley wasn’t quite as bad as Morrison in the first month of the season, but a .418 OPS is still pretty awful. Fortunately for him and the Yankees, he’s been much better lately. Over the past month, Headley has hit .322/.380/.467 with three homers and 25 R+RBI. The veteran is never going to replicate the out-of-body experience that was his 2011 campaign, but he’s a solid corner infielder in deep and AL-only leagues.
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