Per usual, it’s Saturday, so it’s time for the new edition of the category impact. The dog days of the fantasy season are approaching, but you need to push through and continue to give your team the attention it deserves. Do not get complacent, because this is how you can lose games that you should be able to win. I know it sounds childish, but it’s the honest-to-God truth. All three guys in this piece are 27 years of age or younger. d’Arnaud’s turnaround is coming, or at least I think it is, Bauer is (finally) dominating and Reed is the next young prospect to get the call to the big leagues.

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Travis d’Arnaud, C NYM— d’Arnaud’s stat line is far from good, but keep in mind he is just off the disabled list and has been limited to 17 games this season. Since he’s returned he hasn’t looked good, but when it comes to the catcher position in fantasy, unless you have one of the top four or five guys, you could use some help. He hit .268 with 12 homers and 41 RBI in just 67 games last season, but once again, it was an injury that got the best of the Mets backstop. Barring anything crazy, he should be able to stay healthy moving forward and produce in that New York Mets lineup. He’s been hitting more ground balls this season, but with time, his line drive and fly ball percentages should creep up to its normal marks. He also has a career 10.5 percent HR/FB ratio, so once he starts lifting the baseball more consistently, he should start to get balls to fly over the fences. Albeit a brief sample size, his current BABIP is almost 50 points below his career marks. In short, it’s been an extremely unlucky season, in all facets, for d’Arnaud thus far, but the turning point is coming soon.

Trevor Bauer, SP CLE— He has gotten better as the season has moved on, and I mean exponentially better.

April (7 appearances, 1 start): 1-0, 5.28 ERA, .290 BAA, 18 Ks in 15.1 innings

May (5 starts): 2-2, 3.86 ERA, .241 BAA, 23 Ks in 30.1 innings

June (5 starts): 2-0, 1.86 ERA, .182 BAA, 38 Ks in 38.2 innings

Bauer has just been electric this June, particularly over his last three starts. He’s struck out 19 batters in 16 innings, while allowing just two earned runs on seven hits and four walks. At this point of his career, we all have to come with terms that he’s going to be consistently be a guy with a slightly above-average BB/9. However, that doesn’t mean he can’t be effective at the major league level. He has great stuff that translates to close to a strikeout per inning, which is something that owners fantasy owners love. He’s struggled with the home run throughout his career, but his increased ground ball rate has helped keep his home run totals down. He’s inducing ground balls almost half (48.9 percent) of the time, which is over nine points above his career average. If he can continue to induce ground balls and miss bats, he could be poised for his best year as a professional yet.

A.J. Reed, 1B HOU—The first base position for Houston has been a problem all season long. The first base position has produced a .241 batting average, which ranks in the bottom third of all of baseball. When he joins the team tomorrow, barring something crazy from the Houston catching staff, Reed is going to get every opportunity to stick in the lineup the rest of the season. He’s going to find his name on the lineup card more often than not, and Reed should be able to vastly improve the statistics from the team’s biggest weak spot. Before being promoted to the bigs, Reed was slashing .266/.345/.509 with 11 home runs through 59 games. His raw power grade of 65 is equal to that of Arizona’s Peter O’Brien. Reed, like O’Brien, will deal with some strikeout problems early on, but he won’t punch out as much as Arizona’s young slugger. Do yourself and your team a favor by taking a chance on this young slugger.