Fantasy Baseball: The Five Freakiest Hitters in 2025
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Remember when we were smart? Or rather, the period of time before real baseball began, when we thought we were smart? Ahh, things seem so simple and wonderful during this period of blissful ignorance, but don't underestimate the gains to be made from taking stock of just how wrong you were.
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Fantasy Baseball: Streaming for Championships (Starters)
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How have we already arrived here? We have fewer than 10 regular-season games left, and that means those still in the running for a fantasy championship have scant few opportunities left to change their fortunes.
We've handled the hitters and relievers; now it's time for the final leg of your streaming tripod to stand on its own. Whether you're looking for a specific category or just need overall goodness, knowing who to choose can be walking a knife-edge.
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Fantasy Baseball: Streaming for Championships (Bullpen)
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Hopefully, September continues to treat you well as we keep cruising in our fantasy stretch run. We're looking to help you out with all of your streaming needs for a championship run, as categorical specificity may start driving your decisions even more. Translation? You gotta do what you gotta do to squeak out any extra points you can in different categories.
With that in mind, we're going to continue looking at late-season options if you're hunting specific gains. Last week, we went over some hitting options, so naturally, it's time for some arm loving, starting with everyone's favorite fantasy Rubik's Cube to crack -- the bullpen!
First, a couple of notes. We're going to look at players who are currently rostered <40% on Yahoo and will look heavily at numbers from the last 30 days, noting numbers, as well as usage. We'll look more specifically at saves, strikeouts, and holds, but for there is plenty of information included for those mostly looking to amp up their ratios.
Okay, no more preamble. Let's...bullpen!
Saves
We won't bother burying the lede -- there are only a few weeks left, and scrounging a handful of Saves might be the difference in whether you end 2025 as a champion or just a second-place jobber without a belt. The landscape for finding Saves on the wire is as bleak as you might expect around this time of year, but when you need 'em, you need 'em. So pinch your noses, everyone, it's time to seduce the foulest fantasy mistress of them all...
*insert dramatic "dun-dun du-uuuun"*
September Saves!
Shawn Armstrong, TEX (Yahoo: 21%)
Phil Maton might have gotten Texas's last opportunity, but it's Armstrong who has five saves in the last 30 days (two in the last five games). He seems to still be the lead dog among their strong trio of options, along with Robert Garcia and Maton, even if the latter got a chance after Armstrong had picked up the previous two.
However, I would still exercise caution, as danger lurks below his peripheries. As in, a regressional reckoning might still be on his September horizon.
Armstrong's numbers over the last month have been pristine, posting a 1.42 ERA and 0.71 WHIP, but a .152 BABIP and 93% LOB% don't tend to be sustainable over long stretches. Add that to a strikeout rate that has ticked down to a 20% K%, after running a 26% K% previously, and you're left feeling less comfortable.
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Fantasy Baseball: Chasing Categories for Championships (Hitters)
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We've officially flipped the calendar over to September, and with only the final weeks left, we can safely split most of the fantasy baseball universe into three groups: keeper leaguers looking ahead to next year, championship losers checked out and waiting on football, and championship chasers who are getting locked in more than they've been all season.
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Fantasy Baseball: Streaming for Speed
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Somehow, some way, it's almost September. For many of us, the season is still technically going, but any realistic expectations of winning have long since passed. For others, though, the chase remains afoot, and these possible champions of the future need to scrounge points wherever they can. Including the bane of many fantasy existences.
That's right, America -- I'm talking about red-hot speed.
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