Don't rest on your laurels when it comes to your Sorare MLB lineups. There are still tweaks that can be made. You can still make improvements, either through addition or subtraction. I have another selection of upgrades, holds, and downgrades to help with your Sorare MLB decisions. Hey, maybe you consider these and decide you're happy with your lineup. Fair enough! It's still worth getting your baseball mind percolating. And now, onto the recommendations.
The number in parentheses represents each player's last limited card sale price as of 8/6.
Upgrades
Bo Bichette, TOR ($7.30): Before this season, RotoWire's baseball writers were asked to name a sleeper hitter and a sleeper pitcher. I predicted a rebound for Bichette, and that has panned out and then some. My pitcher prediction was Brandon Pfaadt, so let's not talk about that. Bichette leads MLB in hits, and he's been racking up the Sorare points. Sure, Coors Field helped him pick up 43.0 Sorare points the other day, but he's racked up double-digit Sorare points at home, in Chicago and in Detroit over the last month. Bichette is also red hot, as he has an 1.011 OPS over the last three weeks.
Jesus Luzardo, PHI ($3.24): When you look at the pitchers with the most strikeouts in MLB, you see a lot of the names you'd expect. MLB's top aces, Cy Young contenders with ERA under 3.00, or even 2.50. However, up there in the mix, with 147 strikeouts in 23 starts, is Luzardo. The southpaw has a 10.42 K/9 rate, even though he has a 4.32 ERA. That's paired with a 3.08 FIP, though, so Luzardo has arguably been unlucky. Either way, his strikeout prowess can help on the Sorare front. For example, in his last start he allowed three runs in 6.0 innings to the Orioles. Not remarkable, but since he had seven strikeouts he racked up 28.5 Sorare points.
Coby Mayo, BAL ($3.22): With moves made and white towels waved, the only sensible thing for the Orioles to do is give Mayo plenty of playing time. In 2023 and 2024 he crushed at Triple-A, but he had some issues in the majors. In fact, Mayo's MLB play led to further questions about the Orioles' hitting staff's ability to develop young hitters. That being said, he's been a regular since July 24, and in that time he has a .765 OPS and has hit three homers. This includes Wednesday when he hit a homer and picked up 23.0 Sorare points. Playing time and potential mean the arrow is pointing up on Mayo.
Holds
Brayan Bello, BOS ($3.72): I know the end of the regular season looms, but I also still wonder if Bello can keep this up. He has a 3.03 ERA, but a 4.23 FIP. The righty has a 6.83 K/9 rate paired with a 3.26 BB/9 rate. Bello has never finished a season with an ERA under 4.24 before. Even if he only has a handful of starts left, there's time for Bello to regress toward not only his usual performance, but what his underlying numbers would indicate.
Riley Greene, DET ($2.51): This is not just me, a Tigers fan, complaining about Greene. He's been ice cold since the All-Star break, though he was an All-Star. Swinging freely can work. Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Schwarber are both in the top 10 in strikeouts. Greene, though, has outpaced everybody. He's struck out more than anybody else in the majors. Again, clearly he's had his good days, but he's also only had double-digit Sorare points twice since the break. An overhaul at the plate isn't needed, but tweaks could be helpful.
Nico Hoerner, CHC ($2.13): There is some value in a second baseman who hits for average. Hoerner has hit .292, and he's stolen 19 bases. Those are positives. He's also walked 25 times and thus has a .337 OBP. Hoerner has hit only four home runs in 110 games as well. He'll likely have his highest batting average in a full season, but his fewest homers, and with a downturn in doubles and stolen bases compared to 2024. There's a good chance we've seen the best of Hoerner.
Downgrades
Christian Yelich, MIL ($5.80): On the surface, things don't seem that bad for Yelich, but that's part of why I am here writing articles like this. There are reasons for concern about the 33-year-old's future, and not just that his OPS against his fellow lefties has fallen to .612 this season. Yelich has a 59.2-percent groundball rate, highest among qualified hitters. His strikeout rate has increased by 8.3 percent, and his chase rate is up to 30.0 percent. Yelich's sprint speed has also fallen a bit. An aging player with an injury history? Yelich is exactly the kind of player who could fall off a cliff, taking his Sorare points with him.
Jasson Dominguez, NYY ($3.19): Dominguez is on the opposite end of his career from Yelich, which means he has more time for improvement. Improvement is needed, though. Dominguez has struck out over one time per game, and his walk rate has fallen by the largest amount among any player with at least 250 plate appearances this season. He's not exactly peaking either, having posted a .562 OPS over the last three weeks. There are a lot of games with negative Sorare points in that span.
Mitchell Parker, WAS ($1.10): There are sophomore slumps, and then there's Parker's 2025 campaign. It didn't seem like that would be the case early. Through five starts, he had a 1.39 ERA. Even by June 7, while he'd regressed, he had a 4.31 ERA. In nine starts since then, though, Parker has a 6.94 ERA. Now his ERA is up to 5.35, and his FIP is also up to 4.63. His strikeouts have fallen to 5.89 per nine innings, and his walks are up to 3.29 per nine innings. It seemed like Parker might be part of the future rotation for the Nationals. Now, I'm not so sure.
