{"id":84320,"date":"2024-08-28T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=84320"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T21:24:01","slug":"fantasy-september-historically-dominant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/28\/fantasy-september-historically-dominant\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball: Historically Dominant Players In September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Heading into the last month of fantasy baseball, you should look for any edge. Whether it is DFS or a season-long fantasy league, you should take advantage of trends.\u00a0 While <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">most of these players will be taken<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in your league or will end up being the chalk for your DFS tournament, here are some historically dominant players in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Historically Dominant Fantasy Pitchers In September<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/snellbl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Snell<\/a>, SP, San Diego Padres- Snell has taken home Pitcher of the Month for September twice in his career, 2023 and 2018.\u00a0 Snell has continued to improve throughout his return this season, which includes a no-hitter. As we head into September, Snell is sporting a 28% hard-hit rate on the season.\u00a0 Look for Snell to have another big September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Blake Snell tosses the 18th no-hitter in <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SFGiants<\/a> history! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KVS3tml6CR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/KVS3tml6CR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1819561187798896922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/skubata01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tarik Skubal<\/a>, SP, Detroit Tigers- While Skubal watches the World Series from his couch, he will most likely be your American League <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngcy01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cy Young<\/a> winner.\u00a0 Skubal has been dominant all season long, and if his 2024 September is anything like last season, he will solidify his Cy Young Candidacy. Skubal took home pitcher of the month in September 2023, posting a 4-0 record with 43 strikeouts and only three earned runs in five starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tarik Skubal of the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tigers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Tigers<\/a> is the first pitcher to 15 wins.<\/p>\n<p>He also leads MLB with a 2.58 ERA and is tied for the lead in strikeouts with 193. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cp7xnZXP7j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Cp7xnZXP7j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1827531774865309718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holmecl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clay Holmes<\/a>, RP, New York Yankees- The ninth inning has been <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/04\/yankees-closer-clay-holmes\/\" target=\"_self\">shaky this season<\/a> in New York, but Holmes has held on to the closer spot. In 2023 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Holmes<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> had eight saves in eight opportunities.\u00a0 The closer struck out 11 in 12 innings and gave up one earned run during the month. In 2022, it was much <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the same for Holmes, who was perfect in save opportunities and struck out 11 in 12 innings again.\u00a0 Before getting the closer spot, Holmes was lights out in September of 2021.\u00a0 Holmes worked 14 innings and struck out 21 while yielding three runs.\u00a0 Yankee fans would love to see this pitching down the stretch as we close out 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Recent Big Fantasy Pitching\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/montafr02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frankie Montas<\/a>, SP, Milwaukee Brewers- Montas took home Pitcher of the Month honors in 2021. While with Oakland, Montas put together a 3-0 record and struck out 40 in six games in September of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/flaheja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Flaherty<\/a>, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers- Flaherty has seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/dodgers-land-jack-flaherty-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">resurgence this season<\/a>, splitting time between the Detroit Tigers and the Dodgers. Flaherty was the September 2019 National League pitcher of the month, putting together a 2-1 record with the St. Louis Cardinals and striking out 53.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Historically Dominant Fantasy Players In September<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/suareeu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a>, 3B, Arizona Diamondbacks- Suarez is already heating up heading into September.\u00a0 The Snakes&#8217; third-baseman has 47 RBI and 14 home runs over the last two months.\u00a0 Suarez has scored double-digit fantasy points seven times in August.\u00a0 Historically, Suarez slashed .355\/.446\/.790 in September of 2021 with seven home runs.\u00a0 In September <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2019, Suarez won the National League Player of the Month, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">slashing<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> .337\/.455\/.747 with <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> home runs and 18 RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eugenio Suarez, since July 1st; leads MLB in RBIs (47)<\/p>\n<p>Dbacks since July 1st; best record in baseball (34-13)<\/p>\n<p>Coincidence, I think not. Geno&#8217;s turnaround has been an absolute movie <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4q8rUI6sfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/4q8rUI6sfA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dalton Feely (@dfeely14) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dfeely14\/status\/1828142424172175851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a>, OF, New York Yankees- One of the obvious choices here <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> since Judge entered the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">league<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> he has been a monster in September.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/02\/shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-triple-crown-mlb\/\" target=\"_self\">current MLB home run leader<\/a> has won American League Player of the Month for September <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2017 and 2022.\u00a0 Judge has hit double-digit home runs three times in September, including 15 long balls in 2017.\u00a0 The Yankees captain has been doing it all season long<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, expect<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> more of the same this September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aaron Judge is coming for the AL Triple Crown \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udc40 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkYhVLnTPH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/SkYhVLnTPH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBONFOX\/status\/1828201233833959430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Freeman<\/a>, 1B, Los Angeles Dodgers- If Freeman has a best month, it may very well be September.\u00a0 The former Atlanta Brave won the National League Player of the Month award in September 2022, 2020, and 2016. Freeman hasn&#8217;t batted under .320 since 2019 in September.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> would <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">warmly welcome<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> fantasy owners who have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/05\/freddie-freeman-returns-to-dodgers-lineup\/\" target=\"_self\">Freddie struggle<\/a> (by Freddie standards) down the stretch this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Recent Big Fantasy Septembers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirjo01,ramirjo02&amp;search=Jos\u00e9+Ram\u00edrez&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Ramirez<\/a>, 3B, Cleveland Guardians- American League player of the month in 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/09\/22\/jose-ramirez-quietly-making-a-case-for-al-mvp\/\" target=\"_self\">JRam was a monster<\/a> in the Covid-shortened season, slashing .366\/.453\/.841 with <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> big flies and 24 RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alvaryo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yordan Alvarez<\/a>, OF\/DH, Houston Astros- American League player of the month in 2023. Yordan slugged eight home runs and drove in twenty last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lewisro02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royce Lewis<\/a>, 3B, Minnesota Twins- American League rookie of the month in September <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">of<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 2023.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Despite only playing in 2\/3 of the games, Royce swatted six home runs and drove in 23 runs last September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading into the last month of fantasy baseball, you should look for any edge. Whether it is DFS or a season-long fantasy league, you should take advantage of trends.\u00a0 While most of these players will be taken in your league or will end up being the chalk for your DFS tournament, here are some historically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5131,"featured_media":84397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2886,29,9,11,14,33,27,5,30],"tags":[501,1122,5566,761,4494,206,3207,596,3082],"class_list":["post-84320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fantasy-baseball","category-diamondbacks","category-guardians","category-tigers","category-astros","category-dodgers","category-brewers","category-yankees","category-padres","tag-aaron-judge","tag-blake-snell","tag-clay-holmes","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-frankie-montas","tag-freddie-freeman","tag-jack-flaherty","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-tarik-skubal"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}