Weekend Fantasy Baseball Rundown: Jesus Luzardo, Logan O’Hoppe, Chris Bassitt and More
Looking at the top waiver wire hitter performances, the worst fantasy showings from hitters and the best and worst fantasy pitchers from the weekend.
I did not write up any fantasy baseball recaps over the weekend (April 4-6), so we're going to look at some fantasy performances here instead.
For hitters, we'll look at top performers from waiver wire options and then look at bad performances from all hitters. We'll then include good and bad fantasy showings for all pitchers, regardless of how many leagues they are owned in.
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Top Hitters
Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar led the MLB with eight hits over the weekend. He did that in 16 plate appearances.
Tovar had three doubles, a triple and four singles. He also drove in three runs, scored four times, walked once, stole a base and struck out five times.
Athletics' Lawrence Butler, St. Louis' Brendan Donovan and Los Angeles Angels' Logan O'Hoppe were among the hitters with seven weekend knocks.
Butler had five singles and one double and home run this weekend. He drove in two runs, scored twice, walked once, stole a base, struck out twice and was caught stealing.
Donovan had two doubles and a homer among his knocks. He drove in five runs, scored twice, walked once, was caught stealing once and did not strikeout.
O'Hoppe had three homers among his hits. He drove in four runs, scored three times, walked once and struck out on four occasions.
Detroit's Kerry Carpenter also popped three home runs this weekend. Those accounted for all his hits, but he had four RBIs and two strikeouts as well.
New York Yankees' Trent Grisham drove in seven runs, as did Boston's Wilyer Abreu.
Grisham had two homers and three singles for his five weekend knocks. He also scored four runs and walked and struck out two times each.
Abreu had a double, homer and four singles for six weekend knocks. He also scored three runs, walked once and was a strikeout victim twice.
Athletics' Jacob Wilson drove in five runs on four hits, including a double and home run. He scored twice, did not walk and struck out two times.
San Francisco's Mike Yastrzemski and Detroit's Justyn-Henry Malloy each walked five times.
Yastrzemski also had three hits (a home run and two singles), along with four RBIs. He scored once and struck out four times.
Malloy had a double for his lone knock. He went on to score twice, while driving in a run, adding a sac fly and striking out four times.
Seattle's Victor Robles and Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner had three stolen bases each.
Robles had six singles this weekend, along with two runs scored. He didn't walk and struck out two times.
Hoerner had five hits (four singles and a double), along with a walk. He also drove in three runs and scored two times.
Texas' Josh Smith had five hits and three walks across 11 plate appearances. He singled three times and doubled and homered once each. Smith had an RBI, four runs scored, two stolen bases and two punchouts.
Boston's Carlos Narvaez had four hits and three walks across 10 plate appearances. He doubled three times among his knocks, while adding three RBIs and two runs scored. Narvaez did not walk or strike out.
Minnesota's Matt Wallner had five hits across nine plate appearances. He doubled among the hits, drove in a run, scored three runs and struck out once.
St. Louis' Masyn Winn had six singles, a walk and was hit by a pitch across 13 plate appearances. He drove in two runs, scored three times and struck out twice.
Worst Hitters
Among players with 10 or more plate appearances, Texas' Joc Pederson, Philadelphia's Max Kepler, Arizona's Eugenio Suarez, New York Mets' Jose Siri, Texas' Adolis Garcia and Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki did not post a hit.
Pederson walked twice and struck out three times across 11 plate appearances. Kepler had three walks and runs scored, while striking out once.
Suarez had two walks and four punchouts. Siri struck out twice, but walked twice and scored a run.
Garcia had a walk and run scored, along with two strikeouts - he also was hit by a pitch and stole a base. Suzuki had five walks and a run scored, but also four strikeouts and was caught stealing too.
New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. struck out seven times over 15 plate appearances. Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson was a strikeout victim seven times over his first 13 plate appearances.
Chisholm had two doubles, an RBI, a run scored, two stolen bases and was plunked by a pitch. Henderson had a single for his lone hit and time on base.
Miami's Otto Lopez did not record a hit across nine plate appearances. He walked and scored a run, and only struck out once.
Houston's Yainer Diaz went hitless across nine plate appearances. He had a walk and struck out three times.
Top Pitchers
Atlanta's Spencer Schwellenbach tossed eight shutout innings this weekend and got a win. He allowed two walks, while striking out 10 and walking none.
Philadelphia's Jesus Luzardo worked seven scoreless frames to earn a win. He gave up two hits and two walks, while punching out eight.
Toronto's Chris Bassitt took a no decision despite tossing 6 2/3 scoreless frames. He allowed four hits, while striking out nine and walking none.
Chicago Cubs' Matthew Boyd worked six scoreless innings and grabbed a win. He gave up five hits and one walk and hit batter, while striking out five.
Texas' Tyler Mahle worked five scoreless frames for a win. He allowed a hit and two walks, while punching out five.
Milwaukee's Tyler Alexander tossed 5 2/3 hitless innings on his way to a win. He did walk three and hit a batter, but struck out six to work out of any trouble.
Miami's Cal Quantrill tossed five scoreless frames and got a win. He allowed four hits, while striking out four and walking none.
New York Mets' Tylor Megill worked 5 1/3 scoreless innings and got himself the win. He allowed two hits and three walks, while punching out four.
LA Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto took a tough loss after allowing an unearned run over six innings. He gave up three hits and walks, while striking out five.
Arizona's Eduardo Rodriguez struck out 10 over five innings, but also allowed four runs on five hits and a walk and took the loss.
Pittsburgh's Andrew Heaney punched out 10 over seven innings on his way to a no decision. He allowed a run on five hits and a walk.
Philly's Cristopher Sanchez struck out nine over 5 2/3 innings, but left with a no decision. He gave up four runs on six hits and a walk and hit batter.
LA Angels' Jose Soriano punched out nine over 5 1/3 innings, but took the loss. He allowed five runs on five hits and three walks.
Kansas City's Kris Bubic earned a win after tossing 6 2/3 innings. He surrendered a run on five hits and a walk, while striking out eight.
Miami's Max Meyer also struck out eight. He took the loss though after giving up three runs on eight hits, two walks and a hit batter over six frames.
Texas' Luke Jackson and Washington's Kyle Finnegan earned two saves each this weekend.
Jackson allowed a hit and no walks over two innings, while striking out two. Finnegan had a strikeout, but allowed a run on two hits and a walk.
Worst Pitchers
St. Louis' Miles Mikolas allowed nine runs (eight earned) on 11 hits and a walk over 2 2/3 innings. He struck out one and took the loss.
Boston's Cooper Criswell allowed eight runs, although only four were earned. He surrendered seven hits and a walk, while failing to strike out a batter.
Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller and Bailey Falter, Milwaukee's Elvin Rodriguez, Chicago White Sox' Davis Martin, St. Louis' Gordon Graceffo and Cleveland's Tanner Bibee all allowed seven runs.
Keller gave up eight hits, four walks and hit two batters. He struck out four and took the loss after lasting just 3 2/3 innings.
Falter took a loss after allowing seven hits, a walk and hit batter over four frames. He struck out five.
Rodriguez took a loss after surrendering eight hits and a walk and hit batter over five innings. He struck out two.
Martin struck out two over five innings as well, but took the loss after giving up nine hits, two walks and a hit batter.
Graceffo allowed nine hits and a walk, while striking out two over three innings. He did not take the loss.
Bibee gave up eight hits, a walk and a hit batter, while striking out four. He worked four innings and took the loss.
San Francisco's Camilo Doval was charged with two blown saves over the weekend. He allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks, while striking out one. Doval did earn one win.
Toronto's Jordan Romano gave up five runs on three hits and three walks, while striking out two over an inning. He did not blow a save, and even earned a save this weekend.