Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Scott Pianowski's updated risers and fallers as of April 27

Every Monday I do a deep audit with my top-250 players moving forward, and we write up some of the biggest movers and shakers. Let’s unpack some of the market movement as we get ready for another week of fantasy baseball. Upgrades Drake Baldwin, C, Braves (96%) : Nobody can make a pickup with Baldwin, but we have to salute his smash opening month (.

311 average, 29 runs, seven homers, 25 RBI). Baldwin’s also giving us uncommon volume for a catcher, because the Braves DH him whenever he’s not playing defense. As a result, he’s started every game this year , slotting second in MLB’s top-scoring lineup.

Generally I like to play the value game at catcher (and at relief pitcher), but the Mason Miller rule applies to Baldwin, too. If he’s going to be this efficient and get this much volume, I have to steer into the outlier. I have no problem slotting Baldwin in the top 50 for the rest of the season.

Kyle Harrison, SP, Brewers (33%) : It’s not easy to definitively say yet what Harrison truly is — he’s had five starts of varying effectiveness and his 2. 28 ERA is far ahead of his expected stats. But his last turn was brilliant (six innings, one hit, one walk, 12 strikeouts), and no one has mashed him yet (his worst turn was a modest three runs).