Don’t bite rookie bait By HOWARD BENDER

S EPTEMBER is almost upon us, and with that, most fantasy baseball owners will flip their attention to the minor league callups we have been expecting to see for some time now.

The A’s are likely to bring up Jesus Luzardo, the White Sox have a hot prospect in Luis Robert, and the Astros are finally expected to deliver us Kyle Tucker. But while the rest of your league fights for rookie supremacy, you easily can steal a victory by rooting through the discarded players currently being overlooked.

If it is power you covet, Royals outfielder Jorge Soler continues to rake. Though he is normally a sinkor-swim type of hitter, he has shown tremendous consistency here in the second half with a .324 average, 12 home runs and 28 RBIs. He has cut the strikeout rate from 28.9 percent to 18.9 in the second half.

Joining Soler in the realm of forgotten power are Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager and Indians first baseman Carlos Santana. Are the names sexy? No. But you want your team to win.

Speed has been a lot more difficult to come by. Rangers outfielder Delino DeShields has four swipes over the past seven days, and J.T. Realmuto and Jonathan Villar continue to chip in. Also keep a watchful eye on players like Victor Robles and Raimel Tapia, both of whom are capable of lighting up the basepaths.

Pitching gets a bit more convoluted, as teams are using a revolving door to connect their big league club with their minor league affiliates. But we still have plenty of forgotten veterans who are in the process of turning their seasons around. Yu Darvish and Chris Archer have lower-than-usual ownership percentages. If your league has been scared off, it is time to swoop in.

It is time to stop looking at names. It is time to stop looking at season-long numbers. Leave the upside of the next big thing to the rest of the league, and take your production in any way you can.