Prior to a July 31 trade from Detroit to the Cubs, Nick Castellanos was in the midst of a somewhat disappointing 2019 season, but he has been on fire since joining the Cubs. How are the underlying skills? Plus, Caleb Smith, Ryan McMahon, Chase Anderson, and Alex Dickerson.

The power is back for Marcell Ozuna, and he's helped his owners quite a bit on the bases as well. Plus, Jake Lamb, Orlando Arcia, Chris Paddack, and Dakota Hudson.

Despite some glimmers of hope, Willy Adames is taking a bit longer to develop. Plus more on J. Jimenez, Andrus, Chad Green and Canha.

Former first-rounder Hunter Dozier finally emerges in KC. Plus Dee Gordon, Chris Bassitt, Roberto Osuna and Hanser Alberto.

Dylan Cease is one of the most promising young arms in baseball, but he hasn't pitched that way in his MLB debut—is there anything to like in his skills? Plus, early analysis of Luis Urias, Alex Young, Adam Haseley, and Bubba Starling.

Jacob deGrom hasn’t been able to fully duplicate his tremendous 2018 campaign, but he has again pitched at an elite level, amassing a 2.68 ERA and 11.5 Dom in 148 IP. Have there been any notable changes in the underlying skills? Plus, J.T. Realmuto, Brian Anderson, Mark Melancon, and Jason Heyward.

Manny Machado hasn't been able to match last year's numbers during his first season in San Diego. Plus, A.J. Pollock, J.D. Davis, Josh Hader, and Sandy Alcantara.

We'll go through the peaks and valleys of Josh Bell's 2019 season, with analysis of which version you should trust going forward.

Eloy Jimenez goes to work on contact skills, Martin Perez finds velocity but mixed results, Goodrum looks for speed, Kikuchi's poor results are fact, and Urshela could turn a nice profit in 2019.

Yasiel Puig brings his power-speed combo to the American League. What should we expect the rest of the way? We also examine the quiet usefulness of Jason Kipnis, the high-leverage potential of reliever Derek Law, and the surprisingly hot rebounds of Travis d'Arnaud and Matt Wisler.

Michael Brosseau has a .300 BA and elite power in his first stint in the majors—how much of it is sustainable? Plus, early analysis of Zac Gallen, Austin Nola, Josh Naylor, and Thomas Pannone.