04:53 PM - August 31, 2015 by ChaseB
Players On The Rise
The youth movement got some nice upgrades this week. Miguel Sano, Rusney Castillo and Francisco Lindor all went from Bronze to Silver -- Kyle Schwarber got a boost as well but remained a Bronze. A couple pitchers reclaimed some of their former luster with Kris Medlen and Justin Verlander getting boosts.
Mike Fiers got his no-hitter ratings bump one week later, much like Iwakuma had gotten following his no-hitter (presumably Arrieta gets one next week as well). In terms of established stars, Cespedes built on his Gold status and Greinke built on his Diamond status.
Tier Changes
(All thanks go to Daddy Leagues for these numbers! They're so on the ball I no longer have to sync up before and after roster update video clips to do all the changes myself.)
- Mychal Givens went from Common to Bronze
- Rusney Castillo went from Bronze to Silver
- Miguel Sano went from Bronze to Silver
- Francisco Lindor went from Bronze to Silver
- Justin Verlander went from Bronze to Silver
- Mike Fiers went from Bronze to Silver
- Tanner Roark went from Bronze to Silver
- Kyle Lohse went from Bronze to Silver
Liam Hendriks +6 boost in Overall rating (76 Overall)
Chris Capuano +5 (75)
Steve Pearce +1 (73)
Mychal Givens +9 (70)
Junichi Tazawa +2 (84)
Rusney Castillo +2 (78) -- +8 Con vs. L
Kris Medlen +4 (83)
Miguel Sano +4 (81) -- +18 Con vs. R / +4 Con vs. L / +19 Pwr vs. R / +4 Pwr vs. L
Francisco Lindor +5 (81) -- +10 Con vs. R / +23 Con vs. L / +7 Pwr vs. R
Justin Verlander +5 (82)
Mike Fiers +5 (80)
Tom Wilhelmsen +1 (75)
Yoenis Cespedes +1 (86) -- +4 Con vs. R / +9 Pwr vs. R / +3 Pwr vs. L
Kelly Johnson +2 (77)
Tanner Roark +5 (79)
Arodys Vizcaino +7 (77)
Chris Narveson +7 (59)
Tyler Lyons +4 (73)
Kyle Schwarber +1 (77)
Kyle Lohse +6 (79)
Zack Greinke +1 (95)
Zack Godley +5 (65)
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