Roki Sasaki is coming off the best outing of his career, racking up 18 whiffs while effectively mixing both a splitter and forkball. He’s thrown two distinct versions of his off-speed pitch over his past three starts, producing a 19% K-BB rate and a 3.34 SIERA. Sasaki has benefitted from a favorable schedule over that span — the Giants and Angels both rank bottom three in wRC+ against righties this season — but a tangible change makes the improved results even more encouraging. Sasaki has been a bust since coming to MLB (he’s rostered in just 35% of Yahoo leagues), but he’s still just 24 years old and posted video-game stats in Japan. With better control to go with his impressive stuff, Sasaki would quickly become a major fantasy asset if he’s truly figured things out. Here are 10 more pressing questions throughout the league.When will Tarik Skubal return?Skubal is shockingly back throwing less than two weeks after undergoing elbow surgery. It was an innovative NanoScope procedure that involved a less invasive surgical tool to expedite recovery time that would have traditionally required two-three months. Skubal’s timeline for return suddenly includes June as a real possibility. Of course, Spencer Strider’s performance has seen a huge decline after he returned from a new surgery procedure that shortened his rehab, so how Skubal responds once he’s back will also be important. Still, fantasy managers must be excited to hear Skubal’s expected return date is much sooner than originally anticipated.Blake Snell recently underwent the same NanoScope surgery, so his recovery will also be accelerated.What’s wrong with Jarren Duran?Duran’s 10 steals have helped fantasy managers, but he entered Tuesday batting .181, with a 50 wRC+ that ranked sixth-worst in baseball. The 29-year-old was a prime candidate to bounce back in 2026 after a down year in 2025, but he’s declined even further instead. Duran is lucky his playing time hasn’t been squeezed thanks to Roman Anthony’s injury and the rest of Boston’s lineup also struggling. Oddly, Duran has performed worse against righties (47 wRC+) compared to lefties this season. His lowly BABIP is sure to regress, but Duran’s expected stats suggest his ugly results haven’t been all about misfortune — he entered Tuesday ranked last among 300 hitters in Statcast’s Batting Run Value leaderboard, as his swing decisions have somehow been as bad as Patrick Bailey’s.Who’s the league’s most underrated pitcher?“Underrated” is a subjective and relative term, but Will Warren is a strong candidate. He went undrafted in many fantasy leagues, as Warren was the SP99 in composite ADP. He’s been a big fantasy help this season, although he entered Tuesday ranked as the SP39 in FanGraphs’ Player Rater, which undersells how well he’s pitched in 2026.Warren entered Tuesday fewer than one inning shy of being a qualified leader, a status that would have him ranked top 10 in K-BB% (23.7), CSW% (30.5) and SIERA (2.89). Put simply, Warren has pitched like an ace this season. His spot in New York’s rotation should be safe with Max Fried hitting the IL, but the Yankees could have tough decisions to make should all six (and eventually seven) of their top starters become healthy at the same time.
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Dalton Del Don weighs in on the biggest questions on the minds of fantasy baseball managers this week.













