Fantasy Baseball Drop Advice: Veterans and Fading Assets to Cut

After taking a look at some fantasy baseball waiver wire options (hitters and pitchers), let's discuss some more drop options.

Here is the last drop article we did - we won't cover any of those players in today's article.

More droppable player data can be located on the waiver wire trends most dropped tab, which can be found on any fantasy baseball page here at FantasySP. 

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Ryan Jeffers and Brooks Lee - Minnesota Twins

Jeffers is sitting at 67% rostered right now after being as high as 79% just a couple days ago. Lee is trending down and sits at 43% now - he was at nearly 60% less than a week ago.

Jeffers is trending down after hitting the 10-day injured list with a fractured left hamate bone. It's an injury that's likely to keep him out 6-8 weeks.

It's a blow to the Twins in the real world and fantasy baseball owners as Jeffers was putting together a good season, both behind the plate and with his bat.

In his first 37 games, he logged 148 plate appearances. Jeffers had a .295 average and .408 on-base percentage. He had seven doubles and home runs, plus a triple, among his 36 total hits. He also had 26 runs scored and RBIs, a stolen base, 23 walks and 23 strikeouts.

There's a lot of good numbers in there, and it helped him be a really good deep-league fantasy asset, and also helped him sneak into standard fantasy leagues. He was mostly appearing at catcher, but was getting a few appearances as the designated hitter, and he was hitting in the heart of the order.

Jeffers is droppable in standard leagues, and he'll be let go in some deeper leagues because of the length of his absence. He was a good fantasy asset when healthy this season, but he's also not a must-hold guy.

Assess your roster and cut him if you cannot stash him at the end of your bench, or on your IR. Keep tabs on his return and add him back as he gets close to returning.

Lee has a hit in back-to-back games, which continues a theme of up-and-down hitting over the past several weeks. That inconsistency holds him back as a fantasy asset, and makes him a better deep-league asset.

He's got a .248 average and .299 OBP over 46 games and 178 plate appearances this season - those are numbers for a deep-league fantasy asset. Lee also has six doubles, five homers and a triple among his 41 total hits, plus 24 RBIs, 19 runs scored, three stolen bases, 11 walks and 32 strikeouts.

Him being eligible at a few spots helps his fantasy cause, but his overall hitting numbers just aren't good enough to trust in standard leagues for long stretches. I like Lee in deeper leagues, but would look elsewhere for standard league fantasy help.

Brandon Marsh - Philadelphia Phillies

Marsh is rostered in 62% of fantasy leagues at the moment. He was nearing 75% owned less than a week ago.

Marsh is hitless over his past two appearances, and also didn't start one of those games. Him being a platoon bat makes him a better deep-league asset.

Marsh has a .321 average and .347 OBP over his first 45 games and 173 plate appearances. He has 52 total hits, including nine doubles, four homers and a triple. Marsh has 22 RBIs, 25 runs scored, three stolen bases, seven walks and 36 strikeouts.

His numbers are great overall, but him being benched against most left-handed pitchers holds his fantasy value down some. It makes Marsh a better deep-league asset, although he can be a good standard league streamer when the Phillies are facing a string of right-handed pitchers, and Marsh is delivering at the plate.

Keep close tabs on the Phillies' matchups and Marsh's numbers this season, and utilize him when the time is right.

Riley O'Brien - St. Louis Cardinals

O'Brien is at 94% rostered at this time. He's been near that mark for a while now, but is trending down ever so slightly after his last appearance.

He blew a save on Tuesday, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk over an inning of work. O'Brien also hit two batters.

O'Brien has a 3-1 record, 13 saves and a hold over 23 appearances, but he's now blown four saves. He's been shakier of late, allowing six of his nine runs (eight earned) this season during the month of May.

O'Brien still has a 3.13 earned run average and 25 strikeouts over 23 innings pitched, but those blown saves and runs allowed of late are hurting his fantasy value. I still really like him in most leagues, but if he isn't consistently racking up saves and not allowing runs, then O'Brien is droppable in some fantasy leagues.

Only bail on him today if there's a really good fantasy option out there on the waiver wire to replace him with.