Fantasy Baseball Risers & Fallers: Joey Votto, Brendan Rodgers ...

The Braves played eight games last week, and Riley did his best Joey Votto impersonation by homering in four straight games and slashing .379/.455/.897 with five home runs and 13 RBI over 29 at-bats. For the season, he’s slashing .270/.337/.470 to go along with nine home runs, 26 RBI, and 20 runs scored over 185 at-bats. The 31-year-old is having the type of year many expected he would have so far, but he’s got the potential to erupt over the final two months of the regular season.He’s already sporting career-highs in Barrel Rate (9.9%) and Hard Hit Rate (44.1%) and is now surrounded by a formidable lineup that will be playing half of its games in Yankee Stadium with the short porch in right field. Regardless of where he bats in the order, he’s got an eight-game hitting streak and will see plenty of RBI and run-scoring opportunities moving forward.Logan Webb (SP – SF) Overall, he’s posted a 3.33 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 73:23 K/BB ratio over 73 innings (15 games, 14 starts) this season.He’s sporting career-bests in CSW Rate (32.1%), Whiff Rate (28.7%), Strikeout Rate (25.2%), and Walk Rate (7.9%). He allowed three home runs in that contest, including one to the opposing pitcher, German Marquez.Darvish put up a 31% Strikeout Rate and only allowed 10 home runs (3% HR Rate) over his first 16 starts of the year while opponents hit just .194 against him with a .201 xBA. This last week was no different as he went 5-for-26 with no home runs, no RBI, and seven strikeouts over six games. He’s slashing .242/.323/.334 with six home runs, 37 RBI, 10 stolen bases, and 32 runs scored over 335 at-bats this season. The lack of power has been well documented up to this point, but it’s still hard to believe this is the same player that hit 24 and 38 home runs back in 2018 and 2019, respectively.Torres has just nine home runs over his last 134 games dating back to last season. He has just one home run over the last 41 games and only has four more extra-base hits this season (51 games) than he did last year (24 games).