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Aug 11, 2023

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Gavin Stone set for debut; Brent Rooker, Jack Suwinski continue to mash

What was widely reported over the weekend was that Dodgers pitching prospect Gavin Stone would make his major-league debut Wednesday. What wasn't widely reported was ... why?

It's kind of important. If it's a one-and-done situation, there isn't much reason to bother with him in Fantasy, unless it's the sort of league where he was worth stashing in the first place. But if someone is secretly IL-bound or the Dodgers plan to go with a six-man rotation for a while, well, that changes things.

Some have suggested Noah Syndergaard will be ousted on merit, but I think that's wishful thinking. The Dodgers didn't pay him $13 million this offseason to give up on him after only six starts.

My guess is that the Dodgers are calling up Stone to fill Dustin May's spot one time through the rotation, as a way of managing workload, and that regardless of how he performs, he'll be sent back down afterward. So does that mean we ignore him now? Well, I did say it was only a guess.

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