Fantasy Baseball Weekend Stockwatch: Jacob deGrom, Edward Cabrera look to finish the year on a high note

Have you looked at a calendar recently? We're about done with this whole baseball thing -- so close to done, in fact, that any column gauging a player's rest-of-season value, as this one does, is effectively defunct. By "rest of season," we're really just talking about your next lineup and, well, there are other columns to address that .

But while I still have your attention (for however many of you I do), I would like to comment on the Gerrit Cole of it all. The reigning AL Cy Young winner has mostly pitched well since missing an extended stretch with an elbow injury. His slider hasn't been up to its usual standards, but he's made use of his other weapons and entered Saturday's start with a 1.31 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 11.3 K/9 in his past six. Unfortunately, Saturday's start counts too, and here's how that went:

Yeah ... it wasn't great, but I don't think it should change your approach to Cole the rest of the way. For one thing, note the opponent. The Red Sox seem to have his number. I generally don't put much stock into team splits because the sample tends to be small, and whatever sample does exist has taken several years (and, thus, several roster permutations) to accumulate. Cole's struggles against the Red Sox have been so consistent, though, that it may be all in his head now. Clearly, Rafael Devers is. Cole was so fearful about giving up another home run to the third baseman that he intentionally walked him with nobody on base in the fourth inning Saturday. And that's when all the trouble started.

Interestingly, the only team with a better read on Cole than the Red Sox is the Mets , who have throttled him to the tune of a 6.99 ERA in nine career starts. In fact, the Red Sox and Mets are responsible for all four of Cole's "bad" starts this year. Between the other 11, he has a 1.77 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 10.8 K/9.

So long story short, he's probably fine. Nothing in the underlying data raises any red lags. I'd certainly use him in his next start against the Athletics , and provided he navigates it well enough, I'd also use him in his final start against the Orioles (or the Pirates , if he gets pushed back a day).

In other words, Cole's Fantasy stock remains the same despite the poor outing over the weekend. So which players saw their stock change?