BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy is hitting .243 on the season with two home runs, 32 RBI and 26 runs scored. Lucroy has looked strong recently with hits in four of his last six, including a home run and seven RBI. He hasn't been the same catcher offensively since his trade from the Brewers two seasons ago, however, he finds himself in a great position for offensive production. Lucroy will see regular playi[...]

With the second half of baseball now in full swing, teams are doing their best to make a late season playoff push. As the trade deadline approaches, teams around the league will drastically change as they do their best to try and win the World Series. As the MLB landscape changes, so will Fantasy Baseball. With multiple injuries, trades and overall depth chart transactions, different players will become viable in fantasy leagues. One of the hardest positions to manage is catcher. With only li[...]

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Texas Rangers. Lucroy has struggled against left-handed pitching this season, so Oakland will give him the night off. Josh Phegley will draw the start behind the plate and bat ninth against Martin Perez. Phegley does not see enough playing time worth owning him in fantasy leagues. He's not a solid option in DFS contests either.

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy had a nice day at the plate on Monday against the White Sox, going 3-for-4 with three singles and an RBI. He now has six hits over his last four games and is hitting .268 with a .328 on-base percentage and 21 RBI on the season. While he doesn't hit for power (.349 slugging percentage), Lucroy is a consistent catcher option in deep single-catcher leagues or two-catcher leagues.

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy went one-for-four with a double and two runs batted in on Monday in a win over the Red Sox. He is now hitting .294 for the season with a .358 on-base percentage, no home runs, and 10 RBI. Lucroy looks to be bouncing back nicely from a less-than-average 2017 season. He has been a top catcher option for fantasy players in the past and looks to be returning to form. [...]

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy will sit in Sunday's game against the New York Yankees. He continues to provide no real offensive productivity from the catcher position. Lucroy has improved his batting average this year (.287), however, it comes with a .333 BABIP. He once was a source of power but he has yet to hit his first homer in 2018.

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy is sitting on Tuesday due to rest. He's replaced by Bruce Maxwell who will be behind the plate and batting eighth. Lucroy is hitting .254 with five RBI to start the season. Lucroy's play has fallen off a bit since his All-Star season in 2016. However, he's a starting catcher on a budding Oakland team. He won't give you massive results, but you can do much worse than Lucroy on most nights.

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy had gone nine at-bats without a base hit before a huge night at the dish in [...]

Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy was hitless in spring training, his first with the Athletics. He had 20 at-bats this spring and has zero hits and only one walk. Since 2014, the only offensively successful season Lucroy had was in 2016 (24 home runs, .292 average). In 2017, he managed only six home runs with a .265 average. Lucroy is not the offensive catcher that many had hoped he would become. The new environment is less suitable than in past seasons. Unfortunately, the catcher positi[...]

Free agent catcher Jonathan Lucroy has a one year deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to Jane Lee of MLB.com. Lee said earlier that the Athletics were close to a deal with either Lucroy or Matt [...]