Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman (wrist) is not in the starting lineup on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers. Chapman also missed the game on Saturday with a wrist issue that has been bothering him of late. With Chapman out again, Santiago Espinal will get the start at third base and will hit sixth against Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal. On the season, Chapman is slashing just .216/.305/.371 with seven home runs, 23 RBI and 27 runs scored in 220 plate appearances and 56 games ...

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman enjoyed a solid game Monday against the Seattle Mariners, going 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk. While it was his sixth homer of the season, strong games have been hard to come by for Chapman this year. In May, he's managed just five hits total in 44 at-bats. After a down 2021 season in which he recorded a .717 OPS in 609 plate appearances, fantasy managers have to be concerned that things won't get much better than Chapman's current ...

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman is absent from the starting lineup for Thursday's game against Luis Severino and the Toronto Blue Jays. Santiago Espinal is shifting over to cover third base for the game while Cavan Biggio is at the keystone. Chapman is off to a slow start to the year. Over his first six games as a Blue Jay, he's gone 4-for-21 with a home run and a double. The most alarming statistic is his nine strikeouts as strikeouts have been a big problem for him over the ...

We are on to the RBI category in our later round categories targets series. This is a category that gets a bit overlooked just due to the nature of things, but it's important to have a good understanding of it.This post will follow the later round HR targets post pretty closely, so check that out here if you have not already.Let's talk briefly about RBI and then get into business. ConsiderationsThe most important inputs into RBI are slugging percentage and lineup factors. If you are hitting...

The Toronto Blue Jays and third baseman Matt Chapman have agreed to a two-year, $25 million contract extension on Tuesday, according to sources. The Blue Jays buy out Chapman's final two years of arbitration with the new deal after acquiring him from the Oakland Athletics in a trade. The 28-year-old will receive a $1 million signing bonus and will have salaries of $12 million in 2022 and 2023, per MLB Network's Jon Heyman. Chapman's defense is among the best in the league at the hot corner, but...

Matt Chapman is on the move for the first time in his career. He heads away from Oakland's marine layer to the confines of Toronto's dome to play alongside one of MLB's best offenses. Chapman not only brings his bat but also elite glove to a team that is in need of infield help after the departure of All-Star Marcus Semien.Through five seasons, Chapman carries a slash-line of .243./.330/.478 with a 120 wRC+. He has accumulated 20.2 fWAR since his 2017 call-up and really was only traded due to ...

The Oakland Athletics traded third baseman Matt Chapman to the Toronto Blue Jays for Kevin Smith, Gunnar Hoglund, Zach Logueand Kirby Snead. He is one of the best defensive third basemen in baseball. He now joins a loaded Toronto Blue Jays lineup, including Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, George Springer, and Teoscar Hernandez. The 28-year-old slashed .214/.314/.403 with 27 home runs, 72 RBI, 75 runs scored, and three stolen bases over 151 games for the A's in 2021. With a park upgrade and a...

Chapman really hit rock bottom in 2021 with a career-worst .210/.314/.403 slash line. His strikeout rate skyrocketed in 2020 (35.5%) and it did not come down much in 2021 (32.5). This was quite strange because he had posted a 21.9% K% in 2019 while slashing .249/.342/.506. The most trustworthy data is always the most recent data, so we must view Chapman as a low batting average bat for 2022. The silver lining is that he can still give you a solid supply of homers (23 PA/HR last year, easily ...

Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in a loss to the Mariners on Monday. His third whiff of the night was his 198th of the season, passing Jack Cust for the most strikeouts in a season in franchise history. Chapman simply hasn't looked right since having hip surgery after the 2019 season. He posted a whopping 35% strikeout rate in the shortened 2020 season and has posted a 32.7% K-rate this year while setting the strikeout record for Oakland. Perhaps ...

Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over the Angels on Sunday afternoon. The blast was Chapman's 26th of the season as he's had a decent season in the power department despite his batting average woes. The 28-year-old is batting just .222 this season thanks to a sky-high 31.7% strikeout rate. This comes on the heels of a 35% strikeout rate in the 2020 season, so there is reason to believe Chapman's whiff issues are here to stay. He's a ...