For those of you who are wondering why this wasn’t up yesterday, it’s due to a busted router at my friend’s beach house. No worries, it’s fixed now! Cheslor Cuthbert has the chance to produce until Mike Moustakas returns, while Avisail Garcia seems like he underwent a resurrection. Joey Rickard has the chance to be extremely valuable hitting atop the Baltimore order. Without further ado, let’s get into it.

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Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B KC— The injury to Mike Moustakas has pushed Cuthbert into a regular role into the team’s lineup. He is 6-for-25 with one homer, three RBI and three runs scored since the entering the starting lineup a few days ago. While his numbers may not be attractive from a fantasy standpoint, in a brief amount of time, they very well could be. In 24 games at Triple-A this season, Cuthbert has seven home runs and 28 RBI alongside his .333/.402/.624 slash line. He homered 56 times in 2301 at-bats, good enough for once every 41 or so at-bats. That power likely won’t translate to the major league level, but while he is the starting third baseman, he has the ability to produce in your lineup. One of the best things about Cuthbert is his stability within the team’s lineup. Since Moustakas went down with the injury, Cuthbert has started the last six games. He has the ability to provide some power during his time in the majors, which makes him a valuable pickup for those in deeper mixed leagues or AL-only formats. Keep in mind that he is only a short-term fix, because he will lose his starting gig when Moustakas returns to action.

Avisail Garcia, OF CHW— A few weeks ago, this guy was poised to head down to Triple-A to work out the struggles he experienced at the big league level in the early parts of this season. At the end of April, he was hitting .214 with three homers in nine RBI. It’s also worth mentioning that he had 20 strikeouts in as many April games. Well, the old adage is April showers bring May flowers, right? It sure applied to Garcia. When the calendar turned May, Garcia turned it on. Through seven May games, Garcia is hitting .370. He had 15 hits in 20 April games, however, the Chicago outfielder already has 10 hits in seven May games. His batting average is up to .258 on the season, which makes those four home runs, 17 runs scored and 14 RBI look just that much better. Garcia currently sits just out of the top-60 at his position, which in theory means that he should be owned in leagues with 12 or more teams, assuming your league starts five outfielders. Well, sometimes that utility spot goes to an outfielder, too, so some could start six. Anyway, in short, Garcia is raking right now and if you look at his minor league numbers (.291 average, 45 homers, 13 AB/HR), you will see that this guy’s bat oozes fantasy potential.

Joey Rickard, OF BAL— After being mired in a 5-for-24 slump, Rickard has turned it around over the last week. In that span, he is hitting .353 (6-for-17) with one home run, two RBI and six runs scored in as many games. There were some questions about whether or not Rickard could keep up at the top of the order, but to say the least, Rickard has squashed all those qualms. He’s slashing .281/.321/405 through 32 games with three home runs, nine RBI and one stolen base. He may not be running a ton at the major league level, but he has the ability to steal bases. He stole 29 bases across 162 games between Triple-A and Double-A. Hitting in front of Manny Machado has plenty of perks, see runs scored, but that is probably also a reason as to why Rickard hasn’t been running as much as he potentially could. Despite the few stolen bases, hitting in front of Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo gives Rickard a legitimate chance of reaching 90-100 runs scored in 2016.