Lourdes Gurriel (2B - SS) Waiver Wire Pickup for Week 19

Lourdes Gurriel has blown up the waiver wire thanks to stellar play in the month of July. For the season Gurriel is hitting 312 with 7 home runs, 20 runs batted in, 16 runs scored, and one stolen base for the Toronto Blue Jays in just 37 games.

The Blue Jays manager spoke about his two-homer game on July 27th. "He's obviously on a pretty nice roll," manager John Gibbons said. "He's doing a lot of good things. It was just a good night for our offense, and I thought Stro's stuff was really good tonight."

There is no question Gurriel should be owned in all fantasy formats right now. He has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball for the month of July and has at least one hit in all games except one.

While everyone has been waiting for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to be promoted to the big leagues, Gurriel has snuck up on fantasy owners. As of today Gurrie is only owned in 40% of leagues and likely has already been scooped up in deeper leagues.

He is a must own and must start for Week 19 fantasy baseball. Obviously, it would be impossible for Gurriel to keep up this pace, but as we all know fantasy baseball is a streaky sport and you need to play the hot hand.