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1 | Johnny Cueto, Reds. The 29-year-old free-agent-to-be is churning out another strong season. He boasts a 153 ERA+ since his bust-out season of 2011, and since the start of the 2014 season he's racked up 366 1/3 innings. Looking for an ace with command of five pitches? Cueto's your guy. | |
2 | Carlos Gomez, Brewers. Gomez has slipped a bit from his 2013-14 peak, but he remains a useful hitter (109 OPS+ on the season) with pop from the right side. As well, Gomez adds value on the bases (he's taken the extra base 59 percent of the time in 2015 versus a league-average mark of 39 percent). He's also a plus defender at an up-the-middle position. | |
3 | Cole Hamels, Phillies. The somewhat lofty ERA is out of character, but Hamels still appears to be in vintage form when it comes to velocity and underlying peripherals. Drop him in the middle of a pennant race and in front of a better defense, and watch the bad luck on batted balls correct itself. He's still a frontline guy. | |
4 | Justin Upton, Padres. Upton's still got some thunder in his bat, as this season he's slashing .252/.331/.426 despite playing his home games in run-suppressing Petco. Upton's running the bases better than ever, and he's once again on pace to play in more than 150 games. | |
5 | Jay Bruce, Reds. Bruce endured a slow start to the season, but the knee problems of 2014 finally seem to be behind him. Since he bottomed out on May 14, he's batted .306/.379/.549. There's some risk involved in acquiring Bruce, given his injury history and bouts of inconsistency, but there's also upside. | |
6 | Ben Zobrist, Athletics. After a slow start to the season and then a serious knee injury, Zobrist has found himself. He's now running an OPS+ of 115 (the same as 2014 and higher than his mark in 2013) and still flashing the adept defense and positional flexibility that typify him. Every roster can use a Ben Zobrist. | |
7 | Jeff Samardzija, White Sox. Maybe the Sox stay the course and don't move Samardzija, but they're facing long odds of making the postseason. Samardzija's cutter-sinker-slider approach has yielded solid underlying results in 2015. He's not the ace he looked like for much of last season, but Samardzija's a mid-line guy capable of eating innings. That always has value. | |
8 | Aroldis Chapman, Reds. The best closer in baseball may be up for grabs. No one throws harder, and no one's a better bat-misser. The relatively modest ranking is a reflection of the fact that relievers can be only so valuable because of their innings limitations. As relievers go, though, Chapman is mega-elite. | |
9 | Scott Kazmir, Athletics. Kazmir's unlikely renaissaince continues apace. Since returning to the majors in 2013, he's pitched to an ERA+ of 110 and a K/BB ratio of 3.23 in 79 starts. This season, the 31-year-old lefty boasts an ERA of 2.38, and he's on pace for 188 2/3 innings. | |
10 | Adam Lind, Brewers. Lind doesn't offer much in the way of defensive value, and he definitely needs a platoon partner. However, he owns a career line of .294/.353/.513 against right-handed pitching. Over the last two seasons, he's put up an excellent OPS+ of 140. |
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