Mariners Acquire Tom Murphy

The Seattle Mariners acquired catcher Tom Murphy from the San Francisco Giants on Friday, according to sources. It's unclear what the Mariners gave up. With just David Freitas backing up Omar Narvaez in Seattle, Murphy could have the opportunity to stick and see playing time every so often with the M's. The soon-to-be 28-year-old has […]

Cameron Maybin Signs Minor League Deal With Cleveland

The Cleveland Indians signed outfielder Cameron Maybin to a minor league deal, the team announced Friday morning. Maybin, who hit 4 home runs with 10 stolen bases in 384 plate appearances for Miami and Seattle last year, obviously has a long way to go to gain fantasy relevance, even just to become a steals streamer. […]

Opening Day Observations

When are we going to finally get around to making MLB Opening Day a national holiday? I can tell you the only thing that kept me from calling in sick was the fact that technology allows me to stream live games in HD on my cell phone while I sit at my desk waiting until […]

Derek Dietrich Makes An Impact In First Game

Cincinnati Reds infielder Derek Dietrich wasn't in the initial Opening Day lineup, but he found a way to make an impact in a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Dietrich blasted a three-run, pinch-hit homer in the seventh inning to give Cincinnati a 5-3 lead which the team never relinquished. Dietrich signed with the Reds […]

David Hernandez Earns Save In Season Opener

Cincinnati Reds reliever David Hernandez picked up the save in his team's 5-3 season-opening win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Hernandez pitched a third of an inning, issuing one walk in the process. He was able to end the game on a groundout off the bat of Corey Dickerson. While Hernandez earned the first […]

Elvis Andrus Off To a Blazing-Hot Start

Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus collected three hits, including a two-run homer off of Jon Lester, in Thursday's 12-4 home loss against the Chicago Cubs. Apparently Andrus was the only Texas hitter who remember to pack his hitting shoes from spring training, as the rest of the Rangers lineup managed just three other hits. The […]

Mike Minor Humbled In Opening Day Start

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Mike Minor allowed six earned runs, five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in Thursday's Opening Day loss against the Chicago Cubs. Minor managed to throw just 44 of his 76 pitches for strikes, serving up a solo homers to Javier Baez, one of the slugger's two homers. Minor also […]

Madison Bumgarner Whiffs Nine In Opening Day Loss

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed two earned runs, five hits and one walk with nine strikeouts across seven innings in a quality start and loss against the San Diego Padres on Thursday. He threw 66 of his 92 pitches for strikes and the only mistakes he made was a double to Ian […]

A.J. Pollock Hitless In His Team Debut

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder A.J. Pollock was hitless in three at-bats on Thursday in his team debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks, his former team. He played his first seven seasons in the majors with the Snakes. He and teammate Justin Turner were the only position players in the starting lineup for L.A. who failed to […]

Hyun-Jin Ryu Whiffs Eight In Opening Day Victory

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu allowed just one earned run and four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts across six innings in a victory in his first Opening Day start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. He threw 59 of his 82 pitches for strikes while recording 16 first-pitch strikes to the […]

Zack Greinke Worked Over By His Old Team

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zack Greinke was tattooed for seven earned runs, seven hits and two walks over just 3 2/3 innings in a loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday. He threw just 52 of his 82 pitches for strikes, and he served up four home runs in the dismal outing. Greinke once […]

Christian Walker Finds The Seats

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker finished Thursday's Opening Day loss with a double and a solo home run across four at-bats, finishing with two runs scored and two RBI. Walker is filling some big shoes, as Paul Goldschmidt was shipped to the St. Louis Cardinals during the offseason. So far, so good. Walker had […]

Adam Jones Homers In National League Debut

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Jones made his first National League appearance in Thursday's 12-5 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers atop manager Torey Lovullo's lineup. He finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run in his team debut. The result wasn't what the Diamondbacks were looking for, but it was a nice showing for Jones. He […]

Kike Hernandez Finds Seats Twice In Opening Day Rout

Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Kike Hernandez finished Thursday's 12-5 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a pair of homers, three runs scored and three RBI across three at-bats. It was a fantastic start to the season for the starting second baseman, who rapped 20 homers last season. He is off to a good start […]

Joc Pederson Dials Long Distance Twice In Opener

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson led off in manager Dave Roberts' lineup on Opening Day against the Arizona Diamondbacks and it was a good move. Pederson ended up going 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and four RBI with three runs scored in the 12-5 victory on Thursday. He also added a double, […]

Trevor Cahill Worked Over By Former Team

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was knocked around for four earned runs, six hits and a walk with three strikeouts over six innings in a loss in Oakland against his former team on Thursday. He threw 60 of his 86 pitches for strikes, while tossing 18 first-pitch strikes to the 25 batters he […]

Khris Davis Finds The Cheap Seats In Victory

Oakland Athletics designated hitter Khris Davis belted a solo home run, his second in three regular-season games, in Thursday's 4-0 victory against the division-rival Los Angeles Angels. It was a microcosm of his past few seasons, as he has hit for a ton of power while hitting exactly .247 in four consecutive campaigns. He smacked […]

Mike Fiers Dominant Over Six Scoreless Frames

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Mike Fiers allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings with three walks and two strikeouts to square his regular-season record at 1-1, topping the Los Angeles Angels in the regular-season home opener on Thursday. Fiers atoned for a shaky performance in Japan against the Seattle Mariners in his first start, […]

The Friday Meta - How Many Teams is Too Many?

This existential question has plagued perhaps dozens of people since time immemorial (otherwise known as the 80’s). When I posed it on Twitter and Reddit earlier this week, the answers ran the gamut from, “According to my wife, one” to a perhaps-rueful “17.” About 400 votes came in on the poll. Several commenters pointed out […]

Brad Keller Throws Seven Shutout Innings

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brad Keller certainly handled his first Opening Day with aplomb. Keller mowed down White Sox left and right, tossing seven shutout innings and allowing just two hits. Keller struck out five and walked one over the course of the outing, and he never really had to deal with any troublesome […]

Billy Hamilton Hitless In Royals Debut

Kansas City Royals outfielder Billy Hamilton picked up right where he left off with the Reds by going hitless in his first game in the American League. Hamilton is arguably the fastest player in baseball, he makes some outstanding highlight-worthy plays in the outfield, he can steal gold from Fort Knox, and he can't figure […]

Jorge Soler Drives In Two On Opening Day

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler is one of the biggest wild cards in the league this season, and Thursday's game showed one of the reasons why. In his first two at-bats, Soler struck out, feeding fuel to the fires of all the naysayers who have called him overrated and unprepared for the big leagues. […]

Whit Merrifield Steals Two On Day 1

Kansas City Royals utility man Whit Merrifield may feel some pressure on the basepaths with speedsters Adalberto Mondesi and Billy Hamilton on the team, so he decided to jump out to an early lead in the stolen base race. Merrifield swiped a pair of bases off White Sox starter Carlos Rodon on Thursday and scored […]

Adalberto Mondesi Records Two Triples

The 2019 Kansas City Royals squad is going to be one of the fastest teams ever, and shortstop Adalberto Mondesi got it started on Opening Day. Mondesi flew around the bases to leg out not one, but two triples in the first game of the season. One required an instant replay overturned call, but it's […]

Kyle Freeland Dominates Miami

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland impressed in his first Opening Day start as he shut down the Marlins for seven innings. Miami managed just one run and two hits against Freeland as Colorado cruised to the victory. Freeland also struck out five while only walking one, though he also contributed a throwing error and […]

Chris Iannetta Racks Up Two Hits In Opener

Colorado Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta was quick to fill up the score sheet as he popped a pair of hits on Opening Day. He also reminded the world that manager Bud Black is still wanting his players to be aggressive on the basepaths. With the game in a scoreless tie in the third inning, the […]

Trevor Story Bashes First Home Run

Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story ripped a home run in the fifth inning of the Opening Day game against Miami to put the team up by five. The Rockies would eventually finish off the Marlins, and Story's home run was his third career one to come on Opening Day. This ties him for the franchise […]

David Dahl Drills Three Hits In Win

Colorado Rockies outfielder David Dahl got the season started on a good note as he smacked a double and two singles in the team's Opening Day win. Dahl drove in one and scored two runs as the Rockies doubled up the Marlins, 6-3. After years of false starts, injuries, and logjams at the major league […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (3/29/19): MLB DFS Lineups

After a full day of baseball, we have an eight-game slate to start our weekend and a solid amount of options at each position. For player stats, we'll be looking at last season until we have a solid sample size this season for pitchers and hitters. In this article, I will be providing you with […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (3/29/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

After an exciting Opening Day we're back for another day of DFS! We've got one slate on FanDuel that starts at 7:07pm eastern and covers all eight games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 3/29/19. The lineup picks will range from some of the […]