Dillon Dingler

With Gleyber Torres now back on the IL, the Tigers are leaning on internal contributors — and Dingler is the best one they have. He has been the team's most productive bat through 44 games: eight home runs, nine doubles, a .756 OPS. Catcher is a notoriously thin position in fantasy, and at .756 OPS Dingler is performing at a top-10 pace at the position. Available only in the shallowest leagues at 60% owned, but if someone in your eight-team league dropped him, add immediately.

One of the most underrated two-way players in baseball right now. Dingler doubled his walk rate and cut his strikeout rate while posting elite catcher framing numbers. He is tied for 3rd in fWAR among all hitters — something almost no one outside of Detroit is talking about. Grab him in any 10-12 team league where he is available.

Fifth straight day flagging Dingler — the Statcast picture keeps getting louder. Top 5% in xwOBA, xBA, xSLG, barrel rate, and hard-hit rate, with the K-rate trimmed to 18.9%. He's the best catcher add on the wire and the gap between him and the C2 in your league is widening daily. Add in all 12+ team formats now.

Fourth straight day flagging Dingler because the Statcast data keeps screaming louder. His .437 xwOBA is 90 points above his actual .347 wOBA — meaning the results still haven't caught up to the contact quality. A 2025 Gold Glove winner producing elite expected stats is a top-5 fantasy catcher. The buy window is closing fast.

Repeated for the third straight day because the Statcast data keeps screaming. Dingler's .438 xwOBA is elite — comfortably above his actual .347 wOBA — meaning the results haven't even caught up to the quality of contact yet. A 2025 Gold Glove winner with a 20% barrel rate is a top-5 fantasy catcher waiting to happen. The buy window is closing; ownership will push past 50% this week.

Repeated from yesterday because the Statcast numbers are too loud to ignore. Dingler's .437 xwOBA is elite — his actual .348 wOBA is significantly underperforming his expected stats. A 2025 Gold Glove winner with 20% barrel rate is a top-5 fantasy catcher waiting to happen. The buy window is closing fast.

Statcast says Dingler is even better than his already-solid numbers show — .364 wOBA with a .440 xwOBA and 20% barrel rate. The buy window is closing fast. If he is under 50% in your league, grab him before the catcher-needy masses figure it out.