Today's piece covers a set of players who either should not be available on waivers or will return back there soon. Most of the earlier editions of this recurring buy or sellarticlehave included several universally owned players whose values have been manipulated enough by early season performances. Unfortunately, as we get deeper into the year, the regression fairies come to ruin every savvy owner's fun.Nevertheless, there is nothing worse than seeing one of your guys continually underperform. [...]

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Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Eric Thames and third baseman Travis Shaw are batting fifth and seventh, respectively, for Milwaukee's matinee hosting the Seattle Mariners Thursday. Both have the platoon advantage against starting pitcher Mike Leake. Thames is a solid play for DFS. Shaw, however, is not a good DFS value at any price or lineup spot right now. He is having a nightmare of a season at .166/.278/.293; plus, despite a home run Sunday, he is hitting an even worse .129/.229/.226 in the [...]

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At this point in the season, nearly half over, you should pretty much know what you have on your fantasy team. (Unless you have Jose Ramirez.) Chances are, if you still have a certain frustrating player on your roster -- especially one you drafted -- you've had plenty of chances to remove them but have decided to stay the course each time. (For instance, Jose Ramirez.) A lot of cuts should be just the usual roster churn at this point, for example moving from one streamer SP to the next. (For ins[...]

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Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Travis Shaw is on the bench versus left-hander Steven Brault in Sunday's game against the Pirates. He's 3-for-12 with four strikeouts since his return from the IL earlier this week, and he figures to sit often against southpaws until he gets the bat going. It's been a disappointing year for Shaw batting .170 on the year with four homers and an enlarged 31.8% K% in 44 games. It remains to be seen if the 29-year-old can bounce back, but the Brewers have plenty of [...]

Milwaukee Brewers infielder Travis Shaw (wrist) will rejoin the team after the Triple-A series this weekend, according to manager Craig Counsell. Shaw's role will be uncertain, as he was hitting a brutal .163/.266/.281 with four home runs and eight RBI in his 135 at-bats before getting injured. With rookie Keston Hiura handling himself at second base, Shaw could just be a utility infielder for the Brew Crew. You can take a wait-and-see approach with the struggling Shaw in mixed leagues.

Prospect call-ups have been getting all the baseball headlines recently - Austin Riley has been mashing, Brendan Rodgers has Coors Field, and fantasy owners are salivating over the presumed promotion of uber-prospect Yordan Alvarez. Oh, and some guy named Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is getting his first taste of the majors, no big deal.[...]