Players On The Rise
Diamond players rejoice! Paul Goldschmidt is the first player who started as a Diamond when the season began to now see a major uptick in his ratings during the season. This is not a surprise and a surprise all at once. Goldschmidt has been a monster all season, but it was coming to a point where the question was simply becoming, "maybe his track record says he's already amazing, so why does he need anymore boosts?" Regardless, his time is now.
A.J. Pollock was another member of the Diamondbacks who got some love this week. Other big winners include Joc Pederson no longer needing a platoon partner, Evan Gattis getting a power boost, Tyler Clippard taking back his Gold status a week after losing it, and Jeurys Familia finally getting a big boost and going Gold.
The biggest winners this week were Chris Colabello and Billy Burns who each received a plus-10 week over week in Overall rating.
Tier Changes
(All thanks go to Daddy Leagues for these numbers! They've been so on the ball the last couple weeks I no longer have to sync up before and after roster update video clips to do all the changes myself.)
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Chris Colabello went from Common to Bronze
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Mike Pelfrey went from Common to Bronze
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Hector Santiago went from Bronze to Silver
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Johnny Giavotella went from Common to Bronze
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Tyler Clippard went from Silver to Gold
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Billy Burns went from Common to Bronze
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Mark Trumbo went from Bronze to Silver
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Shawn Tolleson went from Bronze to Silver
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Evan Gattis went from Bronze to Silver
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Samuel Deduno went from Common to Bronze
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Yunel Escobar went from Bronze to Silver
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Taylor Jordan went from Common to Bronze
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Jeurys Familia went from Silver to Gold
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Alex Guerrero went from Bronze to Silver
Full List Of Changes
Tyler Wilson +5 boost in Overall rating (63 Overall)
Brett Gardner +1 (84)
Chris B. Young +3 (77)
Chris Colabello +10 (75) -- +16 Con vs. R / +26 Con vs. L / +28 Pwr vs. L
Ryan Goins +1 (62)
Brandon Guyer +3 (72)
Corey Kluber +2 (92)
Mike Moustakas +1 (81) -- +6 Con vs. R
Mike Pelfrey +7 (74)
Hector Santiago +4 (81)
Johnny Giavotella +4 (70) -- +9 Con vs. R / +16 Con vs. L / +6 Pwr vs. L
Tyler Clippard +2 (85)
Billy Burns +10 (74) -- +23 Con vs. R / +23 Con vs. L / +11 Pwr vs. R / +19 Pwr vs. L
Arnold Leon +4 (67)
Mark Trumbo +1 (78)
Shawn Tolleson +4 (82)
Evan Gattis +3 (79) -- +7 Pwr vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. L
Samuel Deduno +4 (71)
Yunel Escobar +3 (80)
Taylor Jordan +4 (72)
Jacob deGrom +1 (87)
Jeurys Familia +5 (85)
Lucas Duda +3 (82) -- +6 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Kris Bryant +1 (84) -- +4 Con vs. R
Raisel Iglesias +4 (67)
Gregory Polanco +1 (76)
Jhonny Peralta +1 (80) -- +12 Con vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Paul Goldschmidt +3 (97) -- +4 Con vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. R / +4 Pwr vs. L
A.J. Pollock +2 (83) -- +10 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Nick Hundley +3 (74)
Chad Bettis +4 (61)
Joc Pederson +2 (83) -- -13 Con vs. R / +5 Con vs. L / +9 Pwr vs. R / +25 Pwr vs. L
Alex Guerrero +6 (81) -- +15 Con vs. R / +8 Con vs. L / +12 Pwr vs. R / +10 Pwr vs. L
Yangervis Solarte +5 (75)
Players On The Decline
Robinson Cano lost Diamond status last week, and now Adrian Beltre has lost that same status this week. This downgrade though might actually make many people happy as it should lower Beltre's exorbitant price in the marketplace a bit, which could make Nolan Ryan easier to acquire via finishing the Rangers Collection.
Otherwise it was mostly a calm week on the downgrades front. The only two things that really stick out are that the White Sox took some hits with Alexei Ramirez and Jeff Samardzija going down in Overall rating, and Aramis Ramirez probably no longer qualifies as a monster platoon option against left handers.
Tier Changes
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Drew Pomeranz went from Bronze to Common
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Adrian Beltre went from Diamond to Gold
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Dillon Gee went from Silver to Bronze
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Kristopher Negron went from Bronze to Common
Full List Of Changes
Steve Pearce -5 (75)
Chris Capuano -4 (72)
Alexei Ramirez -2 (81) -- -8 Con vs. R
Jeff Samardzija -2 (81)
Phil Hughes -2 (80)
Adrian Beltre -4 (89) -- -12 Con vs. R / -12 Con vs. L
Delino DeShields Jr. -4 (72)
Ross Detwiler -4 (71)
Anthony Bass -2 (64)
Jake Buchanan -5 (59)
Cody Martin -5 (69)
Ryan Zimmerman -2 (80) -- -12 Con vs. R / -9 Pwr vs. R / +12 Pwr vs. L
Taylor Hill -4 (59)
Dillon Gee -6 (72)
Ruben Tejada -2 (66)
Cody Asche -1 (72)
Dustin McGowan -5 (69)
Junior Lake -1 (65)
Kristopher Negron -6 (63)
Pedro Villarreal -4 (55)
Aramis Ramirez -3 (80) -- -10 Con vs. R / -19 Con vs. L
Gerardo Parra -2 (75)
David Peralta -1 (72)
Christian Bergman -5 (62)
Market Changes
There was a the
May Topps 50 Pack over the weekend, but that did not impact things too much. In fact, some people are probably jazzed they got to pull a Goldschmidt before his upgrade went into effect.
Ratings Boost Prediction Results
Let's see how I did
on my predictions this week (and as always come back over the weekend for next week's predictions):
-From the High Probability section I went: (3/9)
OUCH! I felt very confident about Pollock and Burns and they both went up, but beyond Pederson that's all I got right. I sort of talked about how this week was tricky to predict because it's a lot of the same guys still putting up big numbers each week. For example, I predicted Goldschmidt would get love last week, but it happened this week instead. As we get deeper into the season, in order to nail this section it just might begin to matter more what the season numbers say rather than the last couple weeks or month.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (2/7)
Again, I hit on the one guy I was most comfortable with in Peralta, but otherwise whiffed besides Gregory Polanco. This was another group of players who have mostly just been solid all season so it was a feeling that maybe they were due to get some boosts. I was wrong.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (0/7)
Well, this is a first. I missed on absolutely every pick here. Yes, nailing any selections here is sort of a bonus, but still I didn't get any correct!? My pride is aching.
New Players
There are 15 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections (including Joey Gallo!):
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Ramon Flores (NYY)
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Mike Mahtook (TB)
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Daniel Fields (DET)
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Edgar Ibarra (LAA)
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Mike Montgomery (SEA)
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Mayckol Guaipe (SEA)
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Joey Gallo (TEX)
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Chi Chi Gonzalez (TEX)
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Hanser Alberto (TEX)
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Michael Feliz (HOU)
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Kendry Flores (MIA)
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Ivan De Jesus Jr. (CIN)
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Tyler Cravy (MIL)
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Shane Peterson (MIL)
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Josh Ravin (LAD)
Submitted on: 06/08/2015 by
Chase Becotte
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