Daniel Murphy Homers in Rehab Game with Double-A Harrisburg

Working his way back from offseason knee surgery, Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy went 2-for-3 with two walks and a home run with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators on Friday. Since beginning his rehab assignment, Murphy is hitting .265 with an .890 OPS over 36 plate appearances with the Senators. While there is still uncertainty […]

Daniel Murphy Continues to Make Progress

Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy (knee) is feeling much better, according to manager Dave Martinez. However, the Nats would like Murphy to play three to four games in a row before activating him. Martinez said earlier in the week that Murphy was "still a ways" from returning to the Nats roster. He should still […]

Kaleb Cowart to DL, Jose Fernandez and Nolan Fontana Recalled

Los Angeles Angels infielder Kaleb Cowart has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a left ankle sprain. Thirty-year-old infielder Jose Fernandez has been recalled in his place and will start at first base on Friday. Infielder Nolan Fontana has been recalled as well, replacing Shohei Ohtani. Fernandez has a chance to play a […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for June 9

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

Joey Wendle Sitting, Christian Arroyo Starting Friday

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Joey Wendle will sit versus the left-handed Marco Gonzales Friday. Utility infielder Christian Arroyo will take Wendle's place in the lineup and hit eighth. Arroyo has a .360 wOBA when facing left-handed pitchers this season. Hitting eighth is less than ideal, but Arroyo makes for an interesting cheap option if […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/8/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

This is a going to be a fun Friday night of DFS action. It's an ace party! We've got several teams number one guy on the bump tonight and a handful of other quality pitchers to choose from. Fourteen games on the Main slate, with just the Pirates at Cubs taking place this afternoon. Even […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/8/18): MLB DFS Lineups

With the Cubs continuing to host early games on Friday, the PIT/CHC game is off the board for our DraftKings contest. However, we still have a loaded 14-game slate, with a plethora of pitchers and high-powered lineups to choose from. Five games have an over/under of at least nine total runs, including the ARI/COL game […]

Week 11 Waiver Wire Watch List

Finding players is getting tougher and tougher as the weeks roll by, but hopefully you've been following along and building your watch list into a black book of sorts. Need help in the power department? Have a spot to fill due to injury? Bring up your watch list and don't miss a beat. Highlighted by […]

Week 11 Waiver Wire: H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Daniel Robertson With A HR Thursday Versus Seattle

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Daniel Robertson would open the scoring for the Rays with a solo hom run Thursday versus the Mariners. The HR was his seventh of the season. There was perhaps a more telling symbol of his value to the team that happened away from the cameras. The Rays needed to clear […]

Jose Altuve Fills Up Stat Sheet Thursday Against Rangers

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve went 3-for-4 with an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored in the Astros 5-2 win over the Rangers. Altuve drove in his 31st run of the season and stole his ninth base leading the offensive charge. He now has eight multi-hit efforts in his last 13 games […]

Scott Kingery Drives In Two Runs In Loss

Starting at shortstop and batting third for the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon, Scott Kingery picked up just one hit. The hit, however, came at a massively important time in the game for his club. After three Chicago runs in the fifth put the Phillies down three runs, […]

Anthony Rizzo Homers In Back-To-Back Games

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo hit his second home run in as many days Thursday versus the Phillies. Rizzo finished the game 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. Rizzo is now hitting .253 with 10 home runs and 42 RBI.

Jose Altuve Hitting .380 With Runners In Scoring Position

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve has been on quite a hot streak lately and now has hits in 11 of his last 12 games. Seven of those have been multi-hit performances, and he has eight runs batted in during that span. After a mini slump in mid-May, the reigning MVP has come roaring back […]

Alex Wilson Activated, Ronny Rodriguez Demoted

The Detroit Tigers activated reliever Alex Wilson (foot) Thursday ahead of their matchup with the Boston Red Sox. Wilson had been on the shelf since early May with a 95 percent tear in his left plantar fascia, and it's been a much longer recovery process than his status on the 10-day disabled list originally suggested. […]

Whit Merrifield Starts In CF After Jay Trade

Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield took the start in center field following the trade of Jon Jay to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Merrifield already qualifies in the outfield, so no new positional eligibility should come from the move, but it's also unclear if it will be a more permanent solution to the hole. […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for June 8

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

Greg Garcia Activated From the Paternity List

St. Louis Cardinals infielder Greg Garcia was activated from the paternity list on Thursday. The utility infielder ended up missing just two games. He'll return to a .254/.325/.388 line and continue working as a backup at all of the infield positions. Preston Guilmet was designated for assignment in a corresponding move.

Scooter Gennett Not In Lineup Thursday

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Colorado Rockies. He will be replaced at second base by Brandon Dixon, who is batting seventh. This appears to be a regular day of rest for Gennett, who dealt with a sore throwing shoulder back in April. Gennett has […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/7/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got 10 games across five different slates today, with the featured slate starting at 7pm eastern. I will be covering players in each and every slate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 6/7/18. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite […]

Hurry Up and Wait - Fantasy Prospects in the 2018 MLB Draft

Every year the baseball community gets together to draft high school and college players who will not see the majors, at best, for three or four years. And yet, if a team fails to make an impact at this meeting, the ramifications can be felt for years. The list of failed picks or sleepers who […]

Rookie Report: Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 10)

The calendar has turned to June. The Super Two deadline is near. This is one of the best times of the year for baseball fans becuase it means that soon teams will begin to start calling up their blue-chip prospects that they deem worthy of a major league appearance. The Super Two deadline passing essentially […]

Power Risers and Fallers for Week 10 - Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Week 10 of the 2018 MLB season and a new week of our investigation into the steepest power trenders in baseball, whether those trends be positive or negative. As the year rolls into June, the window of opportunity to snag a surging slugger or to deal a down-and-out disappointment grows shorter with every […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 10)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. This year’s draft was an interesting one. There was a switch-pitching catcher […]

DraftDaily Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/8/18): MLB DFS Lineups

In preparation for today's freeroll on DraftDaily, below you can find my recommended lineup picks. If you've never played on DraftDaily before, it is fairly similar to the other sites, but you tend to lose more points. Points are taken away for strikeouts and home runs allowed, but you also earn points for sacrifice flies. […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/7/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a split slate of games with four in the early window and five in the late. There are some solid options for whichever slate you decide to play, so I tried to grab a few options from each one. There is only one super high priced pitcher to look at Gerrit Cole, making […]

Anthony Rizzo Hits Another Home Run

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo picked up his ninth home run of the season Wednesday versus the Phillies. Rizzo finished the game 1-for-3 with a walk, RBI and two runs scored. Rizzo got off to a slow start this season and is finally coming around. Rizzo is now hitting .251 and has knocked in […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for June 7

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. Even at this relatively early juncture, there's plenty of value in streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to […]

Asdrubal Cabrera Gets Back In Hit Column

New York Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera has struggled a little bit as of late, but he got back on the hit train on Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles. It may have only been one hit (a single) but beggars can’t be choosers, right? It was Cabrera’s first hit since June 1, and he’s watched his […]

Mets Have Discussed Releasing Jose Reyes

The New York Mets have apparently discussed releasing infielder Jose Reyes. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the team is “conflicted” given Reyes’ history with the ball club and would like to give him a “proper sendoff.” A proper sendoff would be great if Reyes weren’t hitting .141/.208/.197, and if the Mets […]