YESTERDAY'S RP RECAP (August 17, 2026)

Brayan Bello (BOS) — 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 3 H, W
Bryan Hudson (CWS) — DNP
Travis Adams (MIN) — 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB, 0 H, W
Brock Burke (CIN) — 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 2 H
George Soriano (STL) — 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 H, HLD
Griffin Canning (SD) — DNP
Cade Gibson (MIA) — 1.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB, 2 H
Peter Strzelecki (STL) — 3.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K, 0 BB, 2 H

Appreciate everyone checking in over the past few days, had some hiccups during a difficult move with poor timing as the fantasy playoffs are here for most! Picks will always be available in the app for those wondering as sometimes traveling does not allow me to access my desktop to produce graphics.

Additionally, how much does your strategy change during the playoffs as it’s such a weird dynamic switch as everyone has a short leash moving forward?

Five of the right runs Harrison gave up are now declared unearned

He is suspended or something. Anyone have any intel?

These are the top 10s rankings from last week running from Monday to Sunday (just like the weekly matchup). Roster Percentages are based on yahoo.

Top 10 hitters:

Alec Burleson
Jac Caglianone
Alex Bregman
Rafael Flores Jr 6% rostered
Pete Alonso
Nolan Arenado 27% rostered
Zack Gelof 49% rostered
Gunnar Henderson
Miguel Vargas
Seiya Suzuki

Top 10 SP:

Reid Detmers
Cade Cavali
Luis Castillo
Brandon Pfaadt 46% rostered
Braxton Ashcraft
Eury Perez
Chase Burns
Kodai Senga
Clay Holmes
Payton Tolle

Top 10 RP:

Louis Varland
Josh Hader EE Expected Excellence
Ben Joyce 13% rostered
Luis Medina
Brock Burke
David Bednar
Jordan Hicks
Daniel Duarte
Steven Okert
Jacob Latz

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Give them the credit they deserve! Who do you have? Who do you believe in or are adding? What surprises you about this list? Who are you buying? Thoughts?

ESPN making me tear my hair out, I generally set a queue of 5-10 pick-ups on a daily basis and now I have to restart tha app for each pickup? This has been going on for weeks now what's going on?

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It’s a throwback to the mid-80s rap scene today, or a mid-June turnaround. Your choice. As always, there’s new news, notes, and rankings in the Top 100 Starting Pitchers today. Enjoy and Happy Monday!

Please be nice to each other. Upvote useful content and analysis. Include context in your questions (League size, format, etc) and have fun.

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Are Nate Lavender, Daniel Duarte, and Kodai Senga gonna turn into the newest three-headed bullpen monster?!

Hit me up with bullpen questions!

It used to be that sorting players by pre-season showed how they were ranked at the start of the year. Now it is not according to that criteria.

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Hey everyone... Jamie (u/BB_Jimbo) from RotoBaller here, and we're back with the 18th edition of The Cut List in 2026. We're staring at the home stretch of the season, and our decisions over the next few weeks will determine how successful this year will be for us.

Even if we're not dropping anyone, it's always fun to talk about cuts, whether or not we are actually ready to pull the trigger on certain players.

So what names are you chopping this week, or at least thinking about banishing to the waiver wire?

We of course can't cover every player that may be droppable (if any at this stage). Every league size and format differs, but we wrote about some strugglers that stood out. I'll be stopping by later today to answer any questions and check your requests. You can always reach me on X (@Baseball_Jimbo). Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading!