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Jorge Soler Homers, Drives In Two In Loss
Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Rockies. The home run was his first since joining the Braves at the end of July and now gives him 13 on the season. The 32-year-old has reached base via hit or walk in each game with his […]
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Spencer Horwitz Hits Fifth Home Run On Friday
Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Spencer Horwitz went 3-for-4 with a double and his fifth home run of the season in Friday's 3-1 win over the Athletics. The 26-year-old is having a solid season overall for the Blue Jays, but the home run was his first after going 22 consecutive games without one. Since being […]
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Aaron Civale Strikes Out Five In First Win As Brewer
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Aaron Civale notched his first win since being traded to the Brewers in Friday's 8-3 victory over the Reds. It was a quality start as well after the 29-year-old lasted six-and-two-thirds innings, yielding two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five. After a solid season last […]
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Robbie Ray Strikes Out Seven In Quality Start
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Robbie Ray went six innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven in Friday's 3-2 victory over the Tigers, but did not factor into the decision. The outing was his first quality start since coming off the IL, although he's been effective in […]
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Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters Watch and Underachievers, Overachievers (Week 21)
Welcome back to my Week 21 edition of the Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters series for the 2024 MLB season! In today's edition, we'll take a look at players like Vinnie Pasquantino, Eloy Jimenez, and Josh Bell. We'll take our usual look around the league as we head into the weekend to see who is showing […]
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Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects Ready To Shine: Dylan Crews, Connor Norby, Jordan Beck
It's Week 21 of the MLB season, and some teams are positioning themselves for a deep postseason run while some are already prepping for next season. How do you prep for next season, you ask? Teams bring up top prospects in order to give them a taste of big-league pitching before thrusting them into full-time […]
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Tarik Skubal Fans Nine, Picks Up 13th Win
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal threw seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out nine in Wednesday's 6-2 victory over the Mariners. It was the lefty's seventh quality start in his last eight outings and 17th of the season which ties him for second-most. The 2024 All-Star is […]
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Erick Fedde Effective In Second Start For Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Erick Fedde bounced back in the second start for his new team, picking up the win in a 5-2 victory over the Rays. Fedde went five innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks while striking out six. The recently acquired righty gave up five earned runs in […]
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Cole Ragans Strikes Out Seven In Win
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans picked up the win in Wednesday's 8-4 victory over the Red Sox. The southpaw went six-and-a-third innings, allowing four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out seven. The 26-year-old is now 9-7 on the year with a 3.27 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and 166 […]
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Kyle Schwarber Blasts Three Home Runs, Drives In Seven
Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber had an incredible day at the plate in Wednesday's 9-5 win over the Dodgers, reaching base in all five plate appearances after going 4-for-4 with a walk, a double, and three home runs. The slugger drove in seven of the nine runs the Phillies would score, giving him 73 […]
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White Sox Fire Manager Pedro Grifol
What was rumored to be coming finally became reality on Thursday when the Chicago White Sox fired manager Pedro Grifol. While the White Sox were not expected to be a playoff team this season, they significantly underperformed expectations and could still wind up with the worst record ever recorded after separate 14-game and 21-game losing […]
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Jose Ramirez Swats 30th Home Run On Wednesday
Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez went 1-for-4 in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader loss to the Diamondbacks with a score of 5-3. Ramirez's lone hit was his 30th home run of the season, a solo shot off of starter Eduardo Rodriguez in the sixth inning that brought the Guardians to within one, but they […]
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Eduardo Rodriguez Picks Up Win In Season Debut
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez made his long-awaited season debut in Wednesday's 5-3 victory over the Guardians. Rodriguez went five-and-two-thirds innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits (two home runs) and two walks while striking out just one batter. The lefty picked up the win despite not missing many bats as he coaxed […]
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Jhancarlos Lara Fans 12 At High-A
Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Jhancarlos Lara had his finest start of 2024 on Wednesday, throwing six innings of no-hit ball while allowing just one walk and striking out 12. Over his last two starts, the righty has allowed just three hits and one earned run with a 4:21 BB:K over 11 2/3 innings pitched. The […]
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Dylan Crews Tallies Three Hits On Wednesday
Washington Nationals outfield prospect Dylan Crews went 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, a run scored, he reached base via HBP, and stole his sixth Triple-A bag for Rochester on Wednesday. Now slashing .258/.329/.439 with 10 doubles, three triples, and four home runs in 36 games at Triple-A, this could be the catalyst that propels […]
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Moises Ballesteros Hits 15th Home Run On Wednesday
Chicago Cubs catching prospect Moises Ballesteros went 1-for-2 with a solo home run on Wednesday for Triple-A Iowa. The 20-year-old is more than holding his own at Triple-A after beginning the season at Double-A and blasting nine home runs there. In 35 games at Triple-A, the Venezuelan owns a .274/.324/.467 slashline with eight doubles and […]
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Christian Moore With Two More Home Runs At Double-A
Los Angeles Angels second base prospect Christian Moore continued his scorching-hot start to his professional career by going 4-for-5 with two more home runs on Wednesday for Double-A Rocket City, the second being a walk-off game-winner. The Angels' first-round pick in the MLB Draft less than a month ago was assigned to High-A for two […]
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George Klassen Promoted To Double-A
Los Angeles Angels pitching prospect George Klassen has been promoted to Double-A Rocket City. The Angels acquired Klassen from the Phillies in the Carlos Estevez trade and in his only start at Single-A for his new club this past weekend, the righty threw five innings of one-run ball, allowing three hits and three walks while […]
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Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects Ready To Shine: David Festa, Pedro Leon, Jordan Lawlar
It's Week 20 of the MLB season, and at this point in the season, any manager with an outside shot at making the fantasy playoffs is adding hot bats and dropping the cold ones, repositioning themselves in hopes of making a deep run to the championship. In order to get an edge, you're constantly monitoring […]
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Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects Ready To Shine: Shay Whitcomb, Kyle Manzardo, Dylan Crews
It's Week 20 of the MLB season, and managers are positioning their teams to make a run at the fantasy playoffs, scouring the waiver wire and constantly monitoring all of the information out there in order to make a move before their league-mates, all in hopes it will pay off in the end by hoisting […]
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Jac Caglianone Assigned To High-A
Kansas City Royals first baseman prospect Jac Caglianone has been assigned to High-A Quad Cities and will make his professional debut on Tuesday for the River Bandits. The Royals selected Caglianone with the sixth overall pick in this year's draft, and after spending some time working out with the staff in Arizona, they decided he'd […]
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Junior Caminero Hits Home Run No. 12 On Sunday
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop prospect Junior Caminero went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored on Sunday for Triple-A Durham. It was the 12th home run of the season for MLB's third-ranked prospect and third multi-hit effort in his last four games. The 21-year-old owns a .267-12-31-30-1 line in 48 games for […]
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Yanquiel Fernandez Getting Promoted To Triple-A
The Colorado Rockies are promoting outfield prospect Yanquiel Fernandez to Triple-A Hartford. The 21-year-old has spent the entire season at Double-A Hartford, posting an up-and-down season to this point. The Cuban hit .224 in April, .307 in May, .247 in June, and finally .320 in July/August, prompting his promotion. Fernandez finished with a .283/.339/.439 slashline […]
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Brewer Hicklen Adds Another Two Stolen Bases
Milwaukee Brewers outfield prospect Brewer Hicklen went 2-for-2 with two walks and two stolen bases on Sunday for Triple-A Nashville. The former seventh-round draft pick is having a great season for the Sounds, posting a strong .272-19-62-59-36 line in 86 games. In the past, the strikeout rate has been too high at 30.1% from 2017-2023, […]
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Ryan Waldschmidt Getting Assigned To Single-A
The Arizona Diamondbacks are assigning Ryan Waldschmidt to Single-A Visalia. Waldschmidt was Arizona's first-round pick in this year's MLB Draft, selected 31st overall. The 21-year-old was drafted out of Kentucky and produced a .333/.469/.610 slashline with 14 home runs and 25 stolen bases this past season. He's a few years away from the majors but […]
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Fantasy Baseball Players To Watch For The Week Ahead (August 5 - August 11)
Welcome to the latest edition of my Players to Watch for the Week Ahead series as we look ahead to the week of August 5 - August 11. In this article, I like to take a look around the league and pick out some players to discuss who might be under-owned in redraft leagues, potential DFS […]
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Moises Ballesteros - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 20)
BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deeper Leagues CALL-UP ETA: August ANALYSIS: Moises Ballesteros hit 10 home runs in 63 games as an 18-year-old back in 2022, then in 2023 he hit 14 more in 117 games as a 19-year-old. This season, the 20-year-old has belted another 14 between Double-A (nine in 56 games) and Triple-A (five in […]
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Bryan Reynolds Belts 19th Home Run Saturday
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and his 19th home run of the season on Saturday, a two-run blast in the sixth inning that broke a 1-1 tie, with the Pirates eventually winning 4-2 over the Diamondbacks. After a relatively slow start to the season. the 29-year-old has turned […]
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Shohei Ohtani With Two Hits, Three Steals Saturday
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 with two singles, a walk, and a run scored in Saturday's 10-0 win over the Athletics. The 2x MVP also stole three bases in the contest, now with seven steals in his last seven games and bringing his season total to 31. The 30-year-old has been, […]
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J.D. Martinez Hits Grand Slam In Loss
New York Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4 with a go-ahead grand slam in the top of the seventh inning in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Angels. The Mets' lead was brief, as Zach Neto hit a subsequent three-run homer in the bottom of the inning that gave the Angels the lead for good. […]
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