Players On The Rise
Josh Donaldson joins an elite club this week as his plus-three upgrade got him up to Diamond-level status. A lot of people thought this was long overdue, but it's good to see a guy like Donaldson continue a rise that began last year. He's an elite player with an elite rating now.
The other biggest winners this week from the upper echelon were Todd Frazier and Manny Machado. Machado becomes one of the best all-around players in the game with his plus-six boost (and you can play him at shortstop due to his very impressive defensive ratings), and Frazier becomes that much more terrifying as a power threat at third base.
One other major thing to note is that with Machado's plus-six boost, you no longer need him to complete the Baltimore Orioles Collection. In other words, a couple guys like Chris Davis may go up in price a bit, but that collection now should be cheaper to complete.
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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Chasen Shreve went from Bronze to Silver
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Josh Donaldson went from Gold to Diamond
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Joey Butler went from Common to Bronze
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Chris Young went from Bronze to Silver
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Joe Blanton went from Common to Bronze
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Eddie Rosario went from Common to Bronze
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Cameron Maybin went from Bronze to Silver
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Ben Revere went from Bronze to Silver
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Jaime Garcia went from Bronze to Silver
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Randal Grichuk went from Common to Bronze
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Francisco Liriano went from Silver to Gold
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Chris Coghlan went from Common to Bronze
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Matt Duffy went from Common to Bronze
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Ben Paulsen went from Common to Bronze
Full List Of Changes
Chasen Shreve +6 boost in Overall rating (80 Overall)
Josh Donaldson +3 (93) -- +7 Con vs. L / +13 Pwr vs. R
Manny Machado +6 (92) -- +11 Pwr vs. R / +15 Pwr vs. L
Matt Barnes +5 (67)
Joey Butler +7 (72)
Chris Young +3 (80)
Joe Blanton +5 (72)
Yohan Pino +6 (68)
Eddie Rosario +9 (71) -- +21 Con vs. R / +23 Con vs. L / +11 Pwr vs. R
Yoenis Cespedes +1 (88) -- +9 Con vs. R / -5 Con vs. L / +8 Pwr vs. R
Alex Wilson +4 (74)
Zach McAllister +4 (75)
Hector Noesi +4 (68)
George Springer +2 (83) -- +14 Con vs. R / +6 Con vs. L / -6 Pwr vs. L
Mitch Moreland +4 (75) -- +11 Con vs. R / +8 Pwr vs. R
Chi Chi Gonzalez +3 (72)
Drew Rucinski +5 (62)
Taylor Hill +4 (63)
Cameron Maybin +3 (78) -- +12 Con vs. R / +9 Pwr vs. L
Adam Conley +5 (67)
Andre Rienzo +4 (63)
Cole Hamels +2 (89)
Ben Revere +6 (80)
Phillippe Aumont +7 (68)
Jhonny Peralta +1 (81)
Jaime Garcia +3 (80)
Randal Grichuk +5 (69) -- +7 Con vs. R / +16 Pwr vs. R
Francisco Liriano +4 (85)
Mark Melancon +3 (82)
Anthony Rizzo +1 (92) -- -7 Con vs. R / +7 Con vs. L / +2 Pwr vs. R
Chris Coghlan +6 (73) -- -10 Con vs. L / +30 Pwr vs. R
Todd Frazier +4 (91) -- +10 Con vs. R / +2 Con vs. L / +11 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Tony Cingrani +4 (75)
Joe Panik +3 (81) -- +10 Con vs. L / +8 Pwr vs. R / +4 Pwr vs. L
Matt Duffy +6 (69) -- +18 Con vs. R / +16 Pwr vs. R
David Peralta +1 (73)
Nolan Arenado +2 (89) -- -8 Con vs. R / +16 Pwr vs. R / +6 Pwr vs. L
Ben Paulsen +8 (69) -- +20 Con vs. R / +11 Con vs. L / +8 Pwr vs. R
Players On The Decline
It was probably the most uneventful week so far as it relates to declines. Nobody had to deal with major changes in the higher tier of player ratings, and Josh Collmenter is the only player who had a tier change this week.
With that being said, it was also a unique week because a bunch of very good players did receive downgrades, they just were not major ones. Carlos Gomez, Adrian Gonzalez, Jose Altuve and Brett Gardner all got dinged, but only Altuve lost more than one point (two in his case) from his overall rating.
Lastly, Collmenter and Tanner Roark were a couple of the biggest losers this week, but it was mostly tied to a position change from SP to RP.
Tier Changes
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Josh Collmenter went from Silver to Bronze
Full List Of Changes
Brett Gardner -1 (83)
Chris B. Young -3 (74)
Brandon Finnegan -4 (61)
Jose Altuve -2 (89) -- -4 Con vs. R / -4 Pwr vs. L
Colin McHugh -1 (81)
Anthony Ranaudo -5 (63)
Arnold Leon -4 (63)
Tanner Roark -4 (80)
Kelly Johnson -1 (70)
Brad Hand -4 (69)
Derek Dietrich -1 (67)
Chris Dominguez -1 (62)
Pedro Villarreal -4 (55)
Carlos Gomez -1 (89) -- +3 Con vs. R / -9 Con vs. L / -2 Pwr vs. R / -6 Pwr vs. L
Adrian Gonzalez -1 (89) -- +1 Con vs. R / -1 Con vs. L / -3 Pwr vs. R / -1 Pwr vs. L
Josh Collmenter -7 (75)
Daniel Hudson -2 (71)
James Shields -1 (86)
Yangervis Solarte -2 (73)
Christian Bergman -5 (62)
Market Changes
There was a new pack over the weekend called the
K's For Days Pack. It obviously made some pitchers less expensive, but it touched on all tiers of pitchers.
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: (4/6)
This was a really good week. I played it safe in some capacity, but I was still focusing on guys who had seen upgrades this season. Still, Chris Sale and Billy Burns were my only two misses, and I still bet they get upgrades in the next week or two.
-From the Moderate Probability section I went: (1/6)
This one stings. I got Cameron Maybin and missed on everyone else. Still, I feel Kevin Pillar and Max Scherzer are certainly getting boosts in the near future.
-From the Low Probability section I went: (4/8)
Hey, this category worked out at least. Some people probably would not have had Donaldson in the "low" section but rather would have placed him higher, but still he had sort of cooled down a bit by last week. Either way, I hit on two of the four Pirates picks and also got Mitch Moreland right. If anybody from this group gets an upgrade next week, my bet would be Carlos Correa is the one who gets the love.
New Players
There are 9 new players in Diamond Dynasty this week that will impact Collections (including Francisco Lindor and Byron Buxton! But still, there's no Lance McCullers as of yet because apparently there is some licensing issue holding things up):
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Mason Williams (NYY)
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Byron Buxton (MIN)
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Francisco Lindor (CLE)
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Trevor Gott (LAA)
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Akeel Morris (NYM)
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Daniel Castro (ATL)
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Wilfredo Boscan (PIT)
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Donovan Hand (CIN)
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Justin R. Miller (COL)
Submitted on: 06/22/2015 by
Chase Becotte
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