🏆 The Miz — The Brandon League

Last updated Friday, April 24 · 10:48 PM
MIZ Standing
#2 / 12
89.0 roto points
-0.5 pts ▼ 1 vs last update
Top Gaps
ERA (5.0) WHIP (7.0) W (7.5)
categories below mid-pack
Last Updated
Apr 24, 10:48 PM
auto-refresh: 6 AM + 11:02 AM
League
The Brandon League
2026 season
Score change since last update
SV +2.0RBI -1.0W -1.0WHIP -1.0K +0.5

🎯 Category Pressure

Per-category gap to the team one rank above (what you'd need to gain to take their point) and buffer over the team one rank below (your cushion). Tight gaps (green) are attainable upside; tight buffers (red) are points at risk. ERA/WHIP shown in natural direction (negative = need lower).

CatRankMineAboveGapBelowBuffer
R12187KNIG 181+6
HR1259PEYT 56+3
RBI10172FRAN 173+1MAX$ 160+12
SB1035THAR 36+1MAX$ 34+1
AVG8.249KNIG .250+0.001BLOB .247+0.001
K8.5208FRAN 216+8GARR 2080
W7.513MAX$ 14+1FRAN 130
SV912MAX$ 120PEYT 120
ERA53.96FRAN 3.85−0.10RAGE 4.03+0.08
WHIP71.23GoOs 1.22−0.00RAGE 1.30+0.07

📋 Top of Mind

The 5–8 most important things for MIZ today, prioritized: pending trades and injuries first, then yesterday's monster performances, owned-player drops in the league, and category-rank movement.

  • 🔥Ozzie Albies went off: 3-4, 2R, 1HR, 4RBI
  • 🔥Mickey Moniak went off: 4-5, 3R, 2HR, 2RBI
  • 🔥Payton Tolle dominated: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
  • James Wood: 1-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI
  • Tanner Scott: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, SV
  • Payton Tolle: Boston Red Sox recalled LHP Payton Tolle from Worcester Red Sox.
  • 📉Rank moved #1 → #2 (-0.5 roto pts since last update)
  • 📈James Wood: extreme buy-low (+2.2σ) — HOLD, don't sell at cold price
  • 📉Ozzie Albies: extreme sell-high (-1.6σ) — explore trade market NOW
  • 📉Chandler Simpson: extreme sell-high (-2.5σ) — explore trade market NOW

📅 Yesterday's MIZ Box Scores (2026-04-23)

Every MIZ player who appeared yesterday with their line. Tagged 🔥 MONSTER for elite games (2+ HR, 7+ K, etc.) and 💪 STRONG for solid contributions.

Hitters

PlayerTmABHRHRRBISBBB
Mickey MoniakColorado5432200
Ozzie AlbiesAtlanta4321400
James WoodWashington4111100
Josh JungTexas3110000
Sam AntonacciChicago4000000
Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia4000001

Pitchers

PlayerTmIPHERBBKWSV
Joe RyanMinnesota57425
Tanner ScottLos Angeles10000SV
Payton TolleBoston631111

📰 Roster News (last 24h)

RotoWire player blurbs (the source ESPN Fantasy uses) filtered to your roster only — injury updates, lineup changes, role notes you should act on first.

🏆 League Standings

Roto points by category (12-team, 5x5). Green cells = strong category rank, red = weak. Total points sums all 10 categories.

#TeamPtsRHRRBISBAVGKWSVERAWHIP
1The Mizuhara Maxbets90.045991211991012
2The Miz89.01212101088.57.5957
3Hit the Damn Ball You Bums78.59.59112.56107.51265
4Camp MVP68.01356.5712121.5911
5Phil Swift's Flex Seal 66.09.511126.5554931
6Dorn and Associates LLC 65.0743810211974
7Phil Mickeltits60.06121114105119
8I need Buck Showalter59.58682.51112588
9Ramirez Against the Machine53.5487123711.546
10The Boys of Summer50.54106148.54922
11Worst2First50.0221426651210
12Team Knighton50.011745934313

🚨 Today's BP Streamers

RelieverRecon's daily streaming targets, filtered to free agents in The Brandon League. SP Rating: 8.0+ AUTO start · 6.0–7.9 LIKELY · 4.0–5.9 QUESTIONABLE · <4.0 skip. Refreshed at 20:15 from today's post.

Top 5 FA Starting Pitchers

#PitcherTeamRatingTier
1Jameson TaillonCHC6.7LIKELY START
2Brandon YoungBAL6.3LIKELY START
3Brayan BelloBOS6.1LIKELY START
4Michael LorenzenCOL6.1LIKELY START
5Max ScherzerTOR5.4DO NOT START

Probable Multi-Inning (rating > 8.2)

None > 8.2 today.

Save Vulture (rating > 8.2)

None > 8.2 today.

📰 MLB News — Notable

High-level league stories from the last 24 hours: trades, suspensions, milestones, big-game recaps. For player-level blurbs (your roster only), see Roster News above.

🌱 Hitters to Stash

Pitcher List's weekly Top 10 hitting prospects + On The Bubble candidates, filtered to free agents in The Brandon League. Last 7 days of MiLB stats from MLB StatsAPI; ETA = Pitcher List's call-up window; news from Google News.

Source: The Stash List Week 4: Top 10 Hitting Prospects to Stash in 2026

Top 10 FA Prospects (5 available)

🎯 Top Trade Targets

Buy-low candidates on other teams whose Statcast quality is well above their surface stats. Position weighting reassessed every refresh from your standings gaps + roster weaknesses. Suggested offer packages a MIZ sell-high candidate (+ FAAB if needed) at comparable value. RPs excluded.

  • Trent Grisham (CF, NYY)
    Own 14%
    Owned by RAGE (glhoward40)
    +2.0σ buy-low · CF — fits a need · BA 0.167 / xBA 0.228 · xwOBA 0.357
    💱 Offer: Mickey Moniak (RF, Col) — sell-high (-1.3σ leverage)
  • Andrew Painter (SP, Phi)
    Own 27%
    Owned by FRAN (francisw789)
    +1.1σ buy-low · SP — strong fit (current need) · ERA 4.42 vs xERA 2.94
    💱 Offer: Mickey Moniak (RF, Col) — sell-high (-1.3σ leverage)
  • Matthew Boyd (SP, ChC)
    Own 64%
    Owned by KNIG (TKHOO)
    +1.1σ buy-low · SP — strong fit (current need) · ERA 5.79 vs xERA 3.71
    💱 Offer: Chandler Simpson (CF, TB) + $3 FAAB — sell-high (-2.5σ leverage)
  • Munetaka Murakami (3B, ChW)
    Own 84%
    Owned by GARR (jregarris)
    +1.9σ buy-low · 3B — fits a need · BA 0.253 / xBA 0.255 · xwOBA 0.433
    💱 Offer: Ozzie Albies (2B, Atl) — sell-high (-1.6σ leverage)
  • Dominic Canzone (RF, Sea)
    Own 4%
    Owned by GARR (jregarris)
    +1.3σ buy-low · RF — fits a need · BA 0.259 / xBA 0.304 · xwOBA 0.405
    💱 Offer: Mickey Moniak (RF, Col) — sell-high (-1.3σ leverage)

🎯 Free Agent Hunt — Hitters

Best available hitters ≤40% owned, two views: top 7 by season xwOBA (underlying quality — regression candidates) and top 7 hot hitters riding a 7-day heater (multiple triggers, fixed thresholds).

Top 7 by Season xwOBA

PlayerPosMLBBAxBAxwOBABrl%BBEOwn%
Dominic Smith1BAtl0.3620.3590.4299.45311.0
Amed Rosario3BNYY0.2690.2960.41013.3452.5
Austin MartinLFMin0.3470.2780.4025.0401.1
Carson KellyCChC0.3330.2980.40113.75112.0
Leody TaverasCFBal0.3270.2940.3957.5403.1
Daniel SusacCSF0.4780.3720.3875.0200.6
Trevor LarnachDHMin0.2610.2630.3848.8342.2

🔥 Hot Last 7 Days (2026-04-17 → 2026-04-23)

PlayerPosHRHSBPAOPSTriggersOwn%
Miguel Vargas3B372311.1183 HR, 2 SB, .1118 OPS33.5
Leody TaverasCF251220.8682 HR3.1
Alek ThomasCF161141.423.1423 OPS0.7
Andrew BenintendiLF280260.9232 HR, 8 H, .923 OPS2.5
Hyeseong Kim2B063180.8823 SB2.3
Brandon MarshCF260191.0352 HR, .1035 OPS6.3
Amed Rosario3B250210.9442 HR, .944 OPS2.5

Hot triggers (any one fires): 2+ HR · 8+ H · 2+ SB · .900+ OPS (min 12 PA) over the last 7 days.

⚾ Free Agent Pitchers

Top 10 SPs from Pitcher List's weekly Top 100 (your owned SPs highlighted in green so you can see their rank within the list). Plus the top 5 un-owned closers from the Closer Chart with each team's latest note, and any green-tagged FA relievers worth stashing.

SPs on Pitcher List (fetched 2026-04-23) — 6 yours + top 10 FAs

RankPitcherMLBChgERAxERAOwn%Badges
14Joe RyanMIN-3.902.9897.7Aces Gonna Ace Quality Starts
19Jacob MisiorowskiMIL+23.042.8995.4Ace Potential Strikeout Upside Injury Ri
32Eury PérezMIA-34.1580.6Cherry Bomb Strikeout Upside
34Brandon WoodruffMIL+33.422.8188.8Holly Strikeout Upside Ratio Focused Inj
45Ryne NelsonARI-36.975.148.8Holly Ratio Focused
60Steven MatzTB+54.815.0414.1Toby Ratio Focused
62Kodai SengaNYM+48.833.9515.0Hipster Quality Starts Injury Risk
63Shane BazBAL-185.084.3228.5Hipster Strikeout Upside Team Context Ef
64Brandon SproatMIL+366.455.242.7Hipster Strikeout Upside
65Kyle HarrisonMIL-103.064.419.0Hipster Strikeout Upside Injury Risk
69Spencer ArrighettiHOU+42.455.0713.2Hipster
71Justin WrobleskiLAD+31.883.8121.5Hipster Team Context Effect
72Max MeyerMIA+33.964.417.8Hipster Strikeout Upside
75Reynaldo LópezATL+23.7418.1Toby Ratio Focused
80Connor PrielippMIN+UR4.502.621.3Frizzle Strikeout Upside Stash Option Pl
81Payton TolleBOS+UR1.500.9412.6Frizzle Strikeout Upside Injury Risk Pla

Save Targets — from Closer Chart

Top 5 un-owned closers (by team rating):

  • Enyel De Los Santos (Houston Astros · Closer (highest leverage)) BLUE
    Rating 3.0 · Own 2.7%
    Called upon at the bottom of the eighth, Enyel De Los Santos stranded a runner with an inning-ending strikeout against Rhys Hoskins and returned for the ninth.
  • Caleb Thielbar (Chicago Cubs · Closer (highest leverage)) · hamstring YELLOW
    Rating 3.0 · Own 4.0%
    Out of necessity, Javier Assad took over at the top of the tenth and stranded the “courtesy runner” with the help of his infield defense.
  • Cole Sands (Minnesota Twins · Closer (highest leverage)) BLUE
    Rating 2.0 · Own 1.2%
    While logging 2.2 innings against the Mets, Andrew Morris suffered his first loss, giving up two hits and two earned runs while striking out four.

🌱 Green-tagged FAs (upside reliever / stash):

  • Ben Brown (Chicago Cubs · Stopper (unless fluid)) GREEN
    Rating 3.0 · Own 2.1%
    Out of necessity, Javier Assad took over at the top of the tenth and stranded the “courtesy runner” with the help of his infield defense.
  • Luke Weaver (New York Mets · Stopper (unless fluid)) GREEN
    Rating 4.0 · Own 4.9%
    Putting an end to a strange night at Citi Field, Devin Williams started his entry for the ninth inning, but his teammate, Huascar Brazobán, had to face one more batter, delaying the show.

📊 League Activity (last 48h)

Every add, drop, and trade across all 12 teams. Adds and drops on the same line when paired by the same owner. Useful for spotting who's rebuilding, who's spending FAAB hard, and what waiver-wire moves are getting attention.

WhenTeamMove
04-24 15:00The Mizuhara Maxbets+ Ryan Walker | − Caleb Thielbar
04-24 15:00Team Knighton+ Yusei Kikuchi
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Carlos Cortes | − Willi Castro
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Giancarlo Stanton | − Evan Carter
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Landen Roupp | − Tyler Rogers
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Nolan Arenado | − Brady House
04-23 15:00The Mizuhara Maxbets+ Nolan Schanuel | − Tommy Edman
04-23 15:00Phil Mickeltits+ Aaron Ashby
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Bryce Elder | − Reynaldo Lopez
04-23 15:00The Miz+ Payton Tolle | − Daulton Varsho
04-23 15:00The Mizuhara Maxbets+ Caleb Thielbar | − Tony Santillan
04-23 15:00Worst2First+ Ildemaro Vargas | − Cole Young

👥 Your Roster — Leverage View

Your full roster with surface stats vs. underlying quality. The Leverage column flags BUY (stats lag the talent — likely to improve) and SELL (stats overshooting — regression risk). Negative leverage means underperforming his Statcast quality.

PlayerPosMLBBAxBAwOBAxwOBABrl%Own%Signal
James WoodLFWsh0.2550.2780.4260.44630.295.6📈 BUY-LOW
Kyle SchwarberDHPhi0.1980.2180.3760.37420.899.6📈 BUY-LOW
Samuel BasalloCBal0.1720.2230.2730.33210.918.1📈 BUY-LOW
Royce Lewis3BMin0.2050.2190.3340.32311.110.0↑ mild buy
Gunnar HendersonSSBal0.1890.2200.3130.3029.998.8↑ mild buy
Cam SmithRFHou0.2390.2780.3240.36315.227.3↑ mild buy
Joe RyanSPMin0.2080.2040.2820.27711.297.7↑ mild buy
Brandon WoodruffSPMil0.2070.2150.2610.2697.288.8↑ mild buy
Jac CaglianoneRFKC0.2530.2650.3180.33516.027.4↑ mild buy
Zach NetoSSLAA0.2380.2110.3630.33611.975.7fair
Jacob MisiorowskiSPMil0.1770.1840.2850.2735.695.4fair
Louis VarlandRPTor0.1900.1750.2120.1990.015.8↓ mild fade
Randy ArozarenaLFSea0.2900.2710.3660.3518.191.3↓ mild fade
Josh Jung3BTex0.3040.2990.3870.3481.513.5↓ mild fade
Tanner ScottRPLAD0.1390.2390.1740.2717.421.9↓ mild fade
Mickey MoniakRFCol0.3240.2430.4650.32613.227.4📉 SELL-HIGH
Ozzie Albies2BAtl0.2970.2430.3600.2963.493.7📉 SELL-HIGH
Chandler SimpsonCFTB0.3230.2880.3210.2860.054.3📉 SELL-HIGH
Andres MunozRPSea88.6
Yandy DiazDHTB0.34088.2
Kenley JansenRPDet0.2000.2170.2800.2815.964.0
Jordan Lawlar SIXTY_DA3BAri0.3330.2750.4230.3618.33.3
Eury PerezSPMia80.6
Spencer Schwellenbach SIXTY_DASPAtl15.8
Sam Antonacci2BChW0.1850.2960.3020.3588.02.5
Connor PrielippSPMin0.2350.2130.2580.26018.21.3
Payton TolleSPBos0.1430.1210.2100.1510.012.6

🔒 2027 Keeper Slate (top 4)

Expert-weighted: combines cost surplus (cheap keep vs. market round) with Statcast quality (xwOBA / xERA z-score), small position-scarcity nudge for C/SS, and Mookie-lock penalty. A great keeper is cheap AND elite. RPs excluded — too volatile to lock up a keeper slot. UFDA cap caps first-year UFDA keeps at 3.

#PlayerPos2027 CostMarketSavedQualityScoreNotes
1Jacob MisiorowskiSP21st4th+17AVG (+0.6σ)+17.9UFDA (grand.)
2Eury PerezSP20th9th+11+11.0UFDA (grand.)
3Payton TolleSP25th20th+5ELITE (+1.8σ)+7.8NEW UFDA
4Josh Jung3B25th20th+5AVG (+0.3σ)+5.4NEW UFDA

NEW UFDA cap usage: 2/3 · Quality tiers: ELITE ≥+1.5σ · STRONG ≥+0.7σ · AVG · WEAK · POOR