THE NEXT GREAT ONE?Manny Machado has been called up for the Orioles, and he'll be thrust into the lineup. Given that he's a top-10 prospect in all of baseball, you can imagine how the fervor to add him to a fantasy squad has been. Before you do something like dumping Aaron Hill to pick him up, I just ask you to consider a few points. (1) He's just 20 years old. (2) He's got just 219 games of professional experience including just 109 games about A-Ball. (3) He's produced an exceedingly boring slash line of .263/.344/.432. (4) He's average fantasy line, over 500 at-bats, would equate to an effort of .263-14-70-68-15. That's pretty much Mike Aviles. (5) He's going to be asked to play third base. He's a shortstop who has appeared in just two games at the hot corner in his professional career. AL-only leaguers can break whatever remains of their bank to add Machado, maybe he takes off like a Bryce Harper, but mixed leaguers would be wise not to expect the world from a guy that is full of talent but rather raw at the moment.ASTROS DEALWith Jed Lowrie making little progress from his leg woes – it was reported Monday that he's yet to resume baseball related activities – the 'Stros needed some help up the middle. They accomplished filling that need when they made the move to add Tyler Greene from the Cardinals for a PTBNL or cash. Hitting just .218 on the year Greene has some pop, he's gone deep four times with nine doubles in 179 at-bats, and he's also swiped nine bags. Given that he figures to play every day for the Astros, at least until Lowrie returns, he's someone to roll with in NL-only leagues given that he's got a decent little package of power and speed.CRAIG KIMBREL's DOMINANCEI'm totally stealing these numbers from Buster Olney of ESPN, but they were just too spectacular not to pass on. Braves closer Craig Kimbrel is amazing. When he gets ahead of batters 0-2 hitters have struck out 50 times, haven't walked once, and have hit .061 in 66 at-bats. When he gets ahead of batters with strike one, meaning the count is 0-1, batters have hit much better at .103 in 97 at-bats. That's crazy good. Now my own numbers (feel free to steal them back Buster). In three seasons covering 140.2 innings, Craig Kimbrel has a 15.48 K/9 mark. Among pitchers who have thrown 100-innings in their big league career no one else in the history of the game has a mark over 14.70. Two men are close though with Kenley Jansen (14.69) and Aroldis Chapman (14.62) being within shouting distance. Beyond that trio the next highest total of all-time is the 12.22 mark of David Robertson. Among pitchers who have thrown 140-innings in their career Kimbrel is also first all-time with a 1.60 ERA. The next closest guy is Al Spalding, yeah the sporting goods guy, at 1.78. Moreover, if we look at only pitchers who have thrown in the modern era, since 1900, the #2 man is Ed Walsh at 1.82. Furthermore, if we limit ourselves to hurlers that began their career in 1950 the next closest man is Andrew Bailey at 2.07. Speaking of Bailey... Andrew B. threw a scoreless inning Thursday in his second outing at Triple-A Pawtucket as he attempts to work his way back from UCL surgery in his thumb. Reports are that Bailey showed good velocity, routinely hitting 91-92 with his heater, slightly below the 94 mph he's averaged on his fastball for his career. Bailey has allowed just one run in five outings in the minors and it would seem that his return could come in days at this point. That means now is not the right time for Alfredo Aceves to struggle. Opps. Aceves has lost seven games this season while blowing six others, a rather dubious set of marks for any reliever. He's also allowed six runs in his last 4.2 innings while picking up a loss and two of those blown saves. The Red Sox won't immediately just put Bailey back in the 9th inning, but if he comes out looking sharp and Aceves continues with his rough work, there could be a changing of the guard in Boston.DO PINSTRIPES HELP?They certainly don't if you're a slap hitter from Japan. In 15 games with the Yankees Ichiro has hit a terrible .254 with a pathetic .279 OBP. He's also scored a mere four times in 59 at-bats. We all know that Ichiro isn't the hitter he once was, but to see him flail so atrociously at pitches at this point is a shock. Maybe it's time for him to reinvent himself as that power hitter that everyone says he can be (Ichiro can seemingly hit homers at will during batting practice, but he's stubbornly refused to alter his in-game approach which includes him just slapping the ball on the ground and running really fast). You can't bench him in AL-only leagues, but mixed leaguers should have a better option to turn to at this point.DUSTIN ACKLEY NEEDS HELPWow. Just shocking. Over his last 102 at-bats Ichiro's former teammate, Dustin Ackley, is hitting .186 (and you thought Ichiro was awful). Amazingly Ackley has still knocked in 11 runners and scored 17 times the past four weeks despite the lack of hits. We're still talking about a young guy who has only 752 at-bats in the big leagues, but for a guy who was thought to be able to hit right out of college, it just hasn't happened. Not only has he failed to show the 20 homer pop scouts projected, he has just 14 homers overall, he's also hitting a mere .245 with a below league average .321 OBP. That's just not going to get it done. It's not like the Mariners really have a choice meaning it's not likely that they are going to bench him, but there have been some whispers of a potential demotion to allow him to get his swing back in the groove. Through all the negative he's still somehow on pace for 11 homers, 50 RBI, 90 runs and 17 steals, and those are still passable numbers for a middle infielder in a 15 team league, though that .220 batting average pretty much wipes out any good feelings that his counting numbers bring forth.DODGERS ODDNESSJerry Sands was called up the other day for the Dodgers. He lasted a total of three days before he was sent back to the minors. Doesn't matter if you can hit if you don't get the chance to play. Seems likely that Sands will be back when the rosters expand in September though (obviously), so those of you in NL-only leagues will have to remain patient with the Dodgers young slugger. Ray Flowers can be heard daily on Sirius/XM Radio on The Fantasy Drive on Sirius 210 and XM 87 from 7-10 PM EDT, Monday through Friday. Ray's baseball analysis can be found at BaseballGuys.com and his minute to minute musings can be located at the BaseballGuys' Twitter account.