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Below are my 1/2 PPR fantasy rankings for Week 10. Most leagues are using points per reception these days, so take that into consideration when looking at the ranks. Six points are awarded for every receiving and rushing TD, and four points for every passing TD. If you are playing in a non-PPR league, pass-catching running backs lose a bit of value and so do possession receivers. Make sure you check the status of players that have been limited or out of practice. The rankings will be updated on Sunday morning.
If you have any start-sit questions, feel free to hit me up at @jordanpfx on Twitter, and I will do my best to get to every question. Include your scoring system with your questions. Good luck!
QB
1 D. Prescott DAL
2 M. Stafford DET
3 R. Wilson SEA
4 J. Goff LAR
5 M. Ryan ATL
6 D. Brees NO
7 C. Newton CAR
8 T. Brady NE
9 B. Roethlisberger PIT
10 T. Taylor BUF
11 J. McCown NYJ
12 M. Mariota TEN
13 A. Dalton CIN
14 E. Manning NYG
15 R. Fitzpatrick TB
16 C. Keenum MIN
17 J. Cutler MIA
18 K. Cousins WAS
19 B. Bortles JAC
20 P. Rivers LAC
RB
1 L. Bell PIT
2 E. Elliott DAL *Inactive, suspended
3 T. Gurley LAR
4 L. Fournette JAC
5 M. Ingram NO
6 J. Howard CHI
7 M. Gordon LAC
8 L. McCoy BUF
9 C. Hyde SF
10 A. Kamara NO
11 D. Freeman ATL
12 C. McCaffrey CAR
13 B. Powell NYJ
14 M. Forte NYJ *Inactive
15 J. McKinnon MIN
16 J. Mixon CIN
17 L. Miller HOU
18 D. Murray TEN
19 C. Thompson WAS
20 D. Martin TB
21 D. Henry TEN
22 J. White NE
23 A. Peterson ARI
24 K. Drake MIA
25 T. Coleman ATL
26 C. Anderson DEN
27 T. Rawls SEA
28 O. Darkwa NYG
29 A. Abdullah DET
30 I. Crowell CLE
WR
1 A. Brown PIT
2 A. Green CIN
3 J. Jones ATL
4 M. Thomas NO
5 D. Baldwin SEA
6 D. Hopkins HOU
7 A. Thielen MIN
8 G. Tate DET
9 B. Cooks NE
10 D. Bryant DAL
11 S. Diggs MIN
12 M. Jones DET
13 D. Funchess CAR
14 T. Hilton IND
15 D. Thomas DEN
16 D. Jackson TB
17 R. Anderson NYJ
18 J. Landry MIA
19 S. Watkins LAR
20 M. Sanu ATL
21 S. Shepard NYG
22 R. Matthews TEN
23 T. Ginn NO
24 D. Parker MIA
25 R. Woods LAR
26 K. Benjamin BUF
27 D. Adams GB
28 K. Allen LAC
29 E. Sanders DEN
30 J. Smith-Schuster PIT
TE
1 R. Gronkowski NE
2 J. Graham SEA
3 E. Engram NYG
4 K. Rudolph MIN
5 A. Seferian-Jenkins NYJ
6 H. Henry LAC
7 D. Walker TEN
8 J. Doyle IND
9 C. Brate TB
10 C. Clay BUF
11 V. Davis WAS
12 T. Kroft CIN
13 E. Ebron DET
14 E. Dickson CAR
15 C.Fiedorowicz HOU
DEF
1 Seahawks
2 Jaguars
3 Rams
4 Vikings
5 Patriots
6 Lions
7 Bears
8 Panthers
9 Saints
10 Steelers
11 Jets
12 Giants
13 Titans
14 Broncos
15 Packers
Kicker
1 G. Zuerlein LAR
2 S. Gostkowski NE
3 C. Boswell PIT
4 M. Prater DET
5 R. Succop TEN
6 K. Forbath MIN
7 M. Bryant ATL
8 G. Gano CAR
9 S. Hauschka BUF
10 W. Lutz NO
11 M. Nugent DAL
12 J. Lambo JAC
13 K. Fairbairn HOU
14 C. Barth CHI
15 C. Catanzaro NYJ
It’s been an excellent weeklong stretch of games for the Astros tempered by the news of yet another season-ending injury to a starting pitcher. To get the bad news out of the way, it comes as no surprise that Ronel Blanco needs Tommy John surgery and is done until at least the middle of next season. While Blanco had not been nearly as good through nine 2025 starts as he was last season, he was still taking his regular return and on average getting into the sixth inning. Blanco turns 32 years old at the end of August. He’s not even salary arbitration-eligible until 2027. That last fact may be good news for him. The Astros will likely keep Blanco next year in hopes he can contribute in the second half of the season, since they will pay him barely the Major League minimum salary ($780,000 next year) That’s in contrast to Jose Urquidy, who in the midst of his salary arbitration years would have cost about three and a half million dollars to keep, so the Astros non-tendered him.
With Blanco joining Hayden Wesneski in the “See you next year! Hopefully.” club, it struck me as interesting that the Astros let Lance McCullers throw 102 pitches in his Wednesday outing vs. the Athletics. That’s eleven more than he had thrown in any of his prior four starts. McCullers holding up physically would be a huge boost, but the new essentials in the Astros’ rotation are Framber Valdez and Hunter Brown. Framber has settled in to the tune of a 1.93 earned run average over his last four starts. Brown’s season ERA is 2.00. Brown has had five days of rest before all eleven of his starts this season. This Sunday is Brown’s presently next scheduled outing. He would work on four days of rest if on the mound Sunday against the Rays.
Taking the last two games from the Mariners was huge (for the second half of May anyway). Keeping the good times rolling by sweeping the two-game miniseries from the A’s was less significant but still nice. Maybe not quite nice enough to have Frank “The Tank” from the movie Old School belting out “We’re going streaking!!!” but it did give the Astros their first four game winning streak of the season. They still have not lost more than three straight.
On a heater!
Speaking of streaking, time for annual mention of one of my all-time favorite baseball factoids. The 1916 New York Giants hold the MLB record for the longest win streak with an incredible 26 in a row. Earlier in the season the Giants ripped off 17 in a row. Combine the two streaks and that’s 43-0! The 1916 New York Giants finished in fourth place. In all their other games the Giants went 43-66. The American League’s longest ever winning streak is of fairly recent vintage. The 2007 Cleveland Indians won 22 straight. There have been only two other winning streaks since 1900 of at least 20 games. The 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight. The Art Howe-managed 2002 Oakland A’s won 20 in a row, and were the inspiration for the movie Moneyball. The Astros have three 12 game winning streaks as the longest in their history.
Expect the unexpected
Tuesday’s win over the A’s brought the Astros to the one-third completed point of the regular season. Isaac Paredes was definitely their best offensive player to that milepost. His “on pace for” numbers were the best on the ballclub 33 home runs and 93 runs batted in. Paredes also led in runs scored with 29. The last Astro to lead the team in all three of those categories was Alex Bregman who did it in both 2018 and 2019. That Bregman was clearly a better player than this Paredes, but Isaac healthy and making “only” 6.625 million dollars this season is a heck of a lot better value than Bregman at 40 mil for the Red Sox, especially given that while Bregman was off to a sensational start for Boston, he’s now out for at least a month with a quad injury.
Hunter Brown is on pace to win 20 games. The last Astro to get there was Gerrit Cole on the last day of the 2019 regular season. The day before that Justin Verlander won his 21st game.
The Cleveland Guardians’ bullpen was awesome last season, by far the best in the league with four relievers who each pitched in at least 74 games posting ERAs of 1.92 or lower, headlined by closer Emmanuel Clase’s microscopic 0.61. One-third of the way through this season for the Astros: Bryan Abreu sat at 1.90, Steven Okert 1.82, Josh Hader 1.57, Bryan King 1.52.
For Astro-centric conversation, join Brandon Strange, Josh Jordan, and me for the Stone Cold ‘Stros podcast which drops each Monday afternoon, with an additional episode now on Thursday. Click here to catch!
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