Nick Curts is establishing himself as a once-in-a-generation bat profile, with a rookie OPS over 1000 and a dramatic drop in strikeout rate as sample size expands. In fantasy terms, the breakout reads like a ceiling-raising floor: a hitter who can blend average, power, and plate discipline at a level rarely seen from a rookie. He’s trending toward a potential 2025-2026 peak that could rival today’s top first basemen, making him a high-leverage target in keeper formats and a bold post-hype buy in dynasties.

Roman Anthony followed with a Yankee Stadium highlight reel: two hits, a homer to yank the second deck, and a run of elite impact in recent weeks. The three-week surge features a 338 average, a near-.450 on-base, and a thousand-OPS pace that hints at true power-speed viability. His rookie profile might not mirror the Langford-Wood sprint, but the appetite for top-50 fantasy upside is real and growing, especially in points leagues where on-base and slugging translate to big scoring days.

Meanwhile, Carson Williams and Yostinson Garcia were promoted, signaling a shift in the Rays’ depth chart that could push them into mixed-league relevance later this season or next. Adley Rutman’s oblique and catcher-eligibility situation in Baltimore tilts next year’s fantasy catcher landscape, while Shota Imanaga and Shohei Ohtani recaptured form, offering layered upside for Week 23 streaming bets. The show also sketched a Week 23 two-start playbook with Hursten Waldrip and Cam Schlitter topping the list for deep formats, alongside Bryce Miller and a few others as plausible two-starters in two-start fantasy bills.

Injury news and roster ripple effects frame the chatter: Adley Rutman out for Baltimore, Adley’s replacement in line, and a whisper of replacement-level abundance that could fuel a waiver-wire sprint. The longer-term thread ties the two rookie sluggers, Curts and Anthony, to a broader narrative: a lighthouse season for the game’s present and a beacon for fantasy managers calculating future value in the ever-shifting prospect-to-Major-League pipeline.