You Won't Believe Shohei Ohtani's Latest Historic Feat!
At this point, it's not really a surprise when Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani does something ridiculous on the baseball diamond, whether it be from in the batter's box or on the mound. But his recent stat line against the Chicago White Sox is absurd by even the Japanese superstar's lofty standards. Many refer […]
Who Is The Diamondbacks Closer? Fantasy Baseball Saves Outlook
One of the most valued and sometimes hard-to-find things in fantasy baseball is saves. Unless you drafted a few of the top relievers early in your draft, you most likely will be looking for help on the waiver wire during the season. Multiple teams struggle annually to find the "guy", and often have to go […]
Is Jacob deGrom Healthy Or Injured? Fantasy Baseball Injury Update
When you think of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jacob deGrom, usually two things come to mind. Devastatingly nasty stuff and an awfully bad injury history. He is unquestionably one of the most talented arms in all of Major League Baseball. However, over the years, he had gotten hurt time and time again. In the first […]
Josh Lindblom (SP, MIL) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target ~300s CURRENT ADP: ~320 overall ANALYSIS: Josh Lindblom began his professional baseball career at 21-years-old in the Dodgers’ minor league system, but he was never able to gain a foothold in the major leagues. Over his career so far, Lindblom has thrown 147 major league innings to go along with 497.1 minor league […]
The Tigers Are Impressed By Franklin Perez
Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire spoke highly of pitching prospect Franklin Perez. In an article by Evan Woodbery of MLIVE, Gardenhire had the following to say about the 22-year-old prospect: "We have a lot of top prospects, which has been talked about an awful lot, but Andy said after watching him throw his bullpens that (Perez) […]
Steven Matz Rocked For Seven Runs In Just 1.2 Innings, Not Time To Panic Yet
After 10 days of rest, New York Mets Steven Matz was rocked for seven runs before taken out after only 1.2 innings pitched. Last year, he allowed only six runs in the entire season. It was the shortest outing by a Mets pitcher since Jon Niese on July 4th, 2014 against Texas. All seven runs against Matz were […]
Kimbrel Blows Game Against Orioles, Shouldn't Be Cause For Concern
Newly acquired All-Star Craig Kimbrel earned his first loss in a Red Sox uniform on Monday. Entering the 9th inning in a 6-6 ball game, Kimbrel fired a 97-mph fastball to Orioles slugger Chris Davis that he wished he had back, as Davis demolished it for a three-run, game-winning home run. The Orioles entered the game […]
Kevin Gausman (BAL, SP) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: The young fireballer for the O's has started to put everything together of late. In his last 40 innings, he's only allowed 16 earned runs. Aside from the bomb he gave up to Miguel Sano on Sunday, he was lights out the […]
Vincent Velasquez (SP, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leauges OWNED IN: 2% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Vincent Velasquez was very solid in his Major League debut on Wednesday. He hurled 5 innings of shutout ball, walking 4, giving up 3 hits, and fanning 5. He managed this with only 90 pitches. It wasn't an incredibly efficient outing, and […]