Fantasy Baseball Rankings Movers: Luis Garcia surges but can only rank so high; PCA, Trevor Rogers come around
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- Luis Garcia has homered 11 times in June (six in his past seven games) with bat speed up 1 mph and exit velocity up 2 mph, but White ranks him only 17th at second base—behind Sam Antonacci—because he won't sustain his June pace and sits against left-handers.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong is now batting .284 with an .882 OPS on a 33-homer, 39-steal pace after batting .224 on May 29, jumping to third-best outfielder in both Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats.
- Trevor Rogers posted a 2.05 ERA and 0.91 WHIP in June after a 6.84 ERA through May, including strong outings against the Dodgers and Nationals, but White keeps him at a lukewarm 76th because he can't identify what's actually changed.
- Cal Raleigh was dropped further behind William Contreras, Ivan Herrera, and Dillon Dingler, now 8th at catcher, after going 8-for-43 (.186) with a 30% strikeout rate since returning from an oblique strain.
- Rafael Devers is barely inside the top 20 at first base, ranked ahead of only Bryce Eldridge and Jac Caglianone, as his strikeout rate has worsened and he's become what White calls a "one-note slugger in the mold of Jake Burger."
- Sonny Gray moved from 40th to 30th at starting pitcher after re-emphasizing his sweeper, with K/9 recovering to 9.7 in his past nine starts after just 4.8 through his first six.
- Josh Hader is back in the top five at relief pitcher—despite not regaining any lost velocity—with 19 strikeouts and only two hits allowed in 12 innings of work.
Why it matters: For fantasy managers, June splits have re-priced multiple positions—Garcia's underlying gains (+1 mph swing speed, +2 mph exit velocity) and Crow-Armstrong's rebound contrast sharply with Raleigh's continued collapse (.167 BA, 30% K rate). Rostering decisions around top-drafted names like Raleigh (60 HR in 2024) now carry real opportunity cost against hot pickups.
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