Heading into week seven of the MLB season, Vladimir Guerrero is currently the number one ranked fantasy first baseman and the number one ranked fantasy third baseman in leagues that count all three rate stats (BA, OBP, SLG). Number two at 1B is Buster Posey, showing more power than he has in any season of his career. Also in the top five are Jared Walsh and Nate Lowe.This isn't to highlight how wacky baseball is now or claim it's turning into fantasy football in terms of flukiness. On the ...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh continues to rake heading into the team's matchup with the Rays on Wednesday. Walsh is hitting .375 over his last seven games and is slashing .333/.409/.583 through 96 at-bats this season. He has been lethal with runners in scoring position, posting a 1.309 OPS and is slugging .632 during home games. Walsh needs to be rostered in all fantasy formats and will have excellent DFS value through the rest of the week.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder/first baseman Jared Walsh will be looking to finish up a strong April on a high note when the team takes on the Rangers on Tuesday. It has been a productive first month of the season as Walsh is slashing .319/.395/.556 through 72 at-bats with three doubles, four home runs and 16 runs batted in. Walsh's versatility to play both the outfield and first base has enabled him to stay in the lineup and has at least one hit in nine of his last 10 starts. Walsh also is ...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh and the team will take the day off Thursday before gearing up to host the Twins beginning Friday. Walsh is off to a promising start, collecting at least one hit in eight of his first 10 starts. Through his first 37 at-bats, the young slugger already has three home runs, 10 runs batted in and is slashing .324/.419/.649. The 27-year-old will continue to lose at-bats to future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols from time to time but Walsh should see the ...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh is absent from the team's starting lineup for Saturday's game against lefty Steven Matz and the Toronto Blue Jays. Albert Pujols is manning first base for the game and hitting fifth. Walsh is off to a strong start to the year. He's reached base in six straight games and is slashing .375/.464/.833 with three home runs, three walks, nine RBI and six runs. The left-handed Walsh performed relatively well against lefties last year, hitting .324, but he ...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh will head into Monday's action swinging a hot bat. The 27-year-old played the hero Sunday night by smacking two home runs, including a game-winning three-run homer, and has four hits over his last eight at-bats. Walsh is in line to split time at first base with future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols this season but don't be surprised if Walsh eventually takes over the position full-time. The left-handed slugger posted a .970 OPS in 32 games last season,...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh will be excited to leave Spring Training behind when regular season games begin on Thursday. It's been a quiet performance for the 27-year-old, slashing only .209/.280/.233 with only one extra-base hit through 43 exhibition at-bats. Walsh is coming off a promising 2020 shortened season that saw the slugger end the season white-hot. Over his final 22 games last year, Walsh slashed an impressive .337/.368/.744 with two triples, four doubles, nine home ...

This time last year, I provided RotoBaller readers with some sleeper prospect names for 2020 redraft leagues. The advice aged quite well despite the stunted major league season and lack of minor league games.Among my predictions, I spoke glowingly about Tony Gonsolin a pitcher that had not received much love from others. However, if you listened to the advice, then you ended up with a pitcher that outperformed the more-heralded Dustin May. Another prediction, Jared Walsh, slugged nine home runs...

A late-blooming prospect, Los Angeles Angels first basemanJared Walsh shot up through the Angels system in 2018 when, as a 24-year-old, he compiled a .277/.359/.536 slash line with 29 homers in 130 games across three minor league levels. Walsh started 2019 in Triple-A and had a .325/.423/.686 line with 36 homers in 98 games while splitting time between the majors, where he struggled to the tune of a .329 slugging percentage and homered just once in 87 plate appearances. Walsh didn't start the ...

Los Angeles Angels first baseman Jared Walsh will finish up an excellent month of September with three more games against the Dodgers beginning on Friday. Walsh went hitless in 13 at-bats to begin his season but has absolutely raked since. In the 73 at-bats since, Walsh is slashing .342/.370/.753 with one triple, four doubles, eight home runs, 17 runs scored and 23 runs batted in spanning 17 games. He is hitting .333 with runners in scoring position and is hitting .310 against left-handed ...