Keon Broxton has been a rock star since he was recalled from the minors. Over his last 15 games he’s hit .366 with two homer and eight RBI. That alone gets him in a fantasy lineup. The best part though might be the five steals he’s put up. He and Hernan Perez are killing it for fantasy owners right now. Perez, but the way, is batting .337 with five homers, 19 RBI and 10 steals since the All-Star break. Heck, even Scooter Gennett is killing it with a hit in 17-of-19 games. He’s hitting .312 with two homers and 11 RBI in that time.

Carlos Correa is on fire. Over his last 26 games he’s posted a .978 OPS with 23 RBI. He’s been even more scorching in August with a .326/.393./628 slash line with three homers and 11 RBI in 11 games. He hit two homers yesterday, one in each game of the doubleheader the Astros played, to become the second youngest player ever to do that (Rusty Staub was a younger 21 in 1965). It will be very interesting to hear Correa owners say they are disappointed when he ends the year with 25 homers, 100 RBI, 15 steals and an .850 OPS in his first full season.

Carlos Gomez has been designated for assignment which means his career with the Astros is effectively over. Into that void will step Teoscar Hernandez. In five minor league seasons Hernandez has hit .269 with 74 homers and a .784 OPS. He was on no elite prospect list heading into 2016. The 23 year old has been successful this season with a .307 average, 10 homers and 34 steals in 107 games at Double and Triple-A though. He obviously brings a nice speed component though without any substantial power (.448 career SLG). He could get a shot to play a lot, but it’s hard to envision him having mixed league value. By the way… with Matt Holliday placed on the DL with a broken thumb, the Cardinals could be interested in Gomez.

Max Kepler has gone nine games without a homer. He has a .238 wOBA in that time and has four RBI and just one run scored. As quickly as he emerged he has cooled. What happens the next six weeks will be huge as we try to decide who Kepler will be in 2017.

Leonys Martin has hit .244 with a .311 OBP and .400 SLG this season for the Mariners. Those numbers fall right in line with his career levels of .252/.306/.369. He does have 13 homers and 11 steals to given him some value, but it’s been an odd year. His last two seasons of 140 games played he’s stolen 30-bases. This season, in 96 games, he has only 11 thefts. As for the power, the 13 homers are one more than he hit the last two seasons, but it’s been a front loaded effort this campaign. He has two homers his last 40 games, and they both game in one contest.

Over his last 13 games played Brad Miller is batting .340 with a .411 OBP and .760 SLG. Monstrous work. He’s gone deep five times with 11 RBI, 12 runs scored and two steals. He’s starting to see some work at first base now that Matt Duffy has been activated from the disabled list.

Might have missed it, or maybe you didn’t. Yadier Molina is batting .378 with a .993 OPS since the All-Star game. Finally productive after such a moderate first half (.259/.329/.341).

Mike Napoli is in his 11th season. He’s never had 500 at-bats before. He has only 399 right now, but man has he crushed it this season with 29 homers and 83 RBI. His career bests by the way are 30 and 92, numbers he seems nearly certain to blow past. Hard to think he can hold on to the 25.9 percent HR/FB ratio he currently owns, though he was over 25 percent in 2011 and 2012 (career 19.8). The K-rate is 32.2 percent, the second worst of his career, but when he hits the ball he’s hitting shots everywhere as his 41.6 percent hard hit ball rate is vastly superior to his 35.1 percent career mark and would be just the second time he’s ever posted a mark of 37 percent. He’s had a hell of a season.

David Ortiz is batting .154 with one homer and three runs scored his last 15 games. He still has the all-time record for most extra base hits in a season when the player was 40 years old. He has 63, one more than Dave Winfield.

Spoke about the Brewers earlier, but I couldn’t continue to pass on mentioning Ryan Braun. I know people love to hate, but he’s 4th in the NL in average (.325), 9th in OBP (.390), 10th in SLG (.545) and 5th in OPS (.935). That was for all the haters.

 

Ray Flowers can be heard Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday, 8 PM EDT, Wednesday 7 PM EDT on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (Sirius 210, XM 87). You can also hear Ray Sunday nights at 11 PM on the channel talking fantasy sports. Follow Ray’s work at Fantasy Alarm and on Twitter (@baseballguys).