PT TOMORROW: NL Central —Replacing Marte in Pittsburgh
Apr 21 2017
The fantasy stock of Adam Frazier (IF/OF, PIT) took a big jump this week with news of Starling Marte’s (OF, PIT) 80-game PED suspension. After last week’s speculation in this space that he could fill a super-sub role for the Pirates, the 25 year-old now has a chance to see regular playing time in in the outfield while Marte is out.
Frazier led off and got the start on the first game of Marte’s suspension. The next day, John Jaso (1B, PIT) saw his first career start in RF and broke an 18 AB hitless streak he had to start the season. Jaso had seen some OF action during spring training and had a few starts in LF for the Rays back in 2015. He had only two starts at 1B during the first few weeks of the season as the club...
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