Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Joey Wendle is getting the day off on Monday as the team faces Jameson Taillon and the New York Yankees. Yandy Diaz is getting the start at third base and batting fifth in the game. Wendle has been a mainstay in the lineup all year and has had a fantastic season. He's slashing .302/.360/.525 with six home runs, 16 doubles, three stolen bases, 26 RBI and 34 runs on the year. He's reached base safely in each of his past six games. Expect to see him back in the ...

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Joey Wendle launched two home runs on Thursday afternoon as he finished 4-for-6 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in a 10-1 win over the Orioles. It was the first multi-homer performance of Wendle's career, as he now has five home runs on the year and is slashing .309/.354/537 over 41 games. 2021 is shaping up to be a breakout year for Wendle, who has nearly eclipsed his previous career-high of seven home runs in less than one-third of the games it took him to ...

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Joey Wendle went 4-for-5 with three doubles, two RBI and two runs scored in a 12-5 win over the Mets on Saturday. Wendle has been off to a slow start in May, but Saturday's performance raised his triple-slash line this season to .289/.341/.471 with three home runs, three steals, 18 RBI and 24 runs scored. He's a solid corner infield option to roster in 12-team and deeper leagues.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Joey Wendle is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against Jordan Montgomery and the New York Yankees. Kevin Padlo is getting the start at third base and batting sixth in the game. Wendle has been seeing near everyday playing time this year. He's off to a nice start to the season, slashing .287/.339/.463 through 33 games. He has three home runs, 10 doubles, 16 RBI and 21 runs. Expect to see him back in the lineup for Game 2 of the team's current series ...

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Austin Meadows and infielder Joey Wendle are not in Saturday's lineup for the second game of the series against the Blue Jays. Meadows is in the midst of a three-game hitting streak, though he had appeared in seven of the team's last eight games. Wendle is also swinging a hot bat, though he'll get the day off against Blue Jays' southpaw Robbie Ray. Manuel Margot will get the start in left, with Mike Brosseau taking over at second.

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Joey Wendle continued his recent hot streak on Wednesday, finishing 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and a run scored in a 9-8 loss to the Royals. Wednesday's performance extended his hitting streak to nine games, as he is now slashing .405/.425/.703 with two home runs, eight RBI and 11 runs scored in that span. Wendle is putting up the best numbers of his career right now, and he's looking like he could finally be reaching the 15 to 20 home run potential he ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Joey Wendle went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI on Friday night in a 6-4 Rays victory. With the Rays trailing 4-2 in the top of the ninth with one out, Wendle launched a go-ahead, game-winning three-run home run off Miami pitcher Anthony Bass. Wendle has never been much of a power hitter in his career, with a career-high of seven home runs in 2018. His biggest value in fantasy is his positional flexibility, as he is an ideal bench guy for managers to plug in and...

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Joey Wendle is not in the team's Opening Day lineup against Sandy Alcantara and the Miami Marlins. Yandy Diaz is getting the start at third base, where Wendle is expected to see most of his time this year, though he may also see a good deal of time at his primary position, second base. Rays manager Kevin Cash said that the lineup decision wasn't based on a matchup situation or an injury. He said it was "just a matter of anticipating workload over first week." Cash ...

When focusing on sleepers for deeper leagues, playing time really matters the most. You also might want to pair playing time with certain stats as you get deeper into the player pool.Below are five names that offer secure playing time and many come with a stat that helps them stand out from others at the position especially this late.We are focusing on players going outside the top 300 in ADP in NFBC formats. This ADP is from January 1 to January 31, 2021. Joey Wendle, Tampa Bay RaysADP: ...

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Joey Wendle saw his stat line improve almost across the board in 2020 despite many of his advanced metrics taking a dip. He slashed .286/.342/.435 with a .149 ISO and a 19 percent strikeout rate and 5.4 percent walk rate over 50 games. With the exception of the strikeout rate, all of those marks were his best since 2018. That performance came in spite of career-worst performances in exit velocity (86.7 mph), launch angle (5.2 degrees), hard-hit rate (32.1%). It appears ...