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Jayson Werth is hoping to rejoin the Washington Nationals from the DL on August 1, according to the Washington Post. The Nats’ outfielder suffered a wrist injury after he was drilled by a pitch on May 15. The 36-year-old has had a tough-go of it this season. Werth has only played in 27 games this […]
Full Story »Nationals Prospect Joe Ross Makes MLB Debut Saturday, Fans Four in Five IP
Washington Nationals pitching prospect Joe Ross was called up to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Chicago Cubs. Ross was impressive, pitching five innings while striking out four, walking zero, and giving up three earned runs on just six hits. This could have been another opportunity for A.J. Cole to join the starting rotation, but […]
Full Story »Matt Wieters Makes Season Debut Friday For Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles activated Matt Wieters from the 60-day DL and he made his season debut Friday against the Cleveland Indians. Wieters had an impressive debut, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored. The Orioles’ catcher had been recovering from Tommy John surgery. The 29-year-old played in 26 games last season before suffering the elbow […]
Full Story »Victor Martinez (Knee) Expected To Rejoin Tigers Next Tuesday
Victor Martinez is expected to rejoin the Detroit Tigers next Tuesday, according to the Detroit Free Press. The 1B/DH was originally expected to come back from a knee injury after the all-star break. Those rumors apparently aren’t true as Martinez was cleared to take part in baseball activities with the goal of rejoining the club next week. […]
Full Story »Joey Terdoslavish Makes Season Debut Friday For Braves
Joey Terdoslavich was been activated from the DL and made his season debut on Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to CBS Sports. Terdoslavich served as a pinch hitter and went 0-for-1 in his debut. The Atlanta Braves utility man has been battling a wrist injury all season. During his rehab assignment, he had a .310/.389/.448 […]
Full Story »Joey Gallo (3B, TEX) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 33% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: A lot has been said of Joey Gallo since his impressive debut on June 2nd. But apparently not enough, since he's not close to being owned in enough leagues yet. Gallo is not without warts - he has 10 strikeouts in just 16 ABs and […]
Full Story »Ben Paulsen (1B/OF, COL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed and NL-Only Leagues Owned In: 5% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: The 27-year-old Ben Paulsen has provided the Rockies with a boost, and he has the ability to play first base or either corner outfield position. Through 56 plate appearances, Paulsen is hitting .333 with four home runs, nine runs scored and nine runs […]
Full Story »MLB Injury Updates for Fantasy Baseball: Doolittle, Vogt, Puig, Soler, Beltre, More...
Sprains, strains, and surgeries. These three words make chills run down the spine of even the most hardened fantasy player. They're the little “what if” clause hanging over every fantasy season, that thing you just can't ever really predict no matter how much pre-draft research you do. Like it or not, being able to properly […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS – MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers and Advice for 6/6/15
Below are my FanDuel lineup picks for Saturday, June 6th. My goal with these DFS picks, as always, is to try to choose players who will outperform their expectations. These players can be high-cost players, or they can be sleepers, but we are always looking for players that have a chance to return the greatest value […]
Full Story »Brett Lawrie (2B / 3B, OAK) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues OWNED IN: 44% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: After a rough start to the season, Brett Lawrie has finally started producing, and in a big way recently. On the season Lawrie has 11 doubles, four HR, two SB, and a .281 BA. Lawrie had a pretty bad start to the […]
Full Story »Matt Wieters (C, BAL) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Stash in All Leagues OWNED IN: 28% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: So it took All-Star Catcher Matt Wieters a little bit longer than expected to recover from Tommy John surgery. But now that he is back it is time to go all in for big second half production in 2015. Let us take the […]
Full Story »Carlos Correa (SS, HOU) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Stash in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming into this season, nobody expected the Houston Astros to be leading their division at this point in the season, much less lead by 5.5 games. The shortstop position was to be held by Jed Lowrie who signed a three-year deal with the […]
Full Story »Trevor May (SP, MIN) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 8% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Twin cities are rocking these days and the success of their beloved Twins has come in the form of their young pitching staff. Trevor May has become a bonafide treasure as he has taken several positive strides forward in his […]
Full Story »Adam LaRoche (1B, CHW) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues with CI Spot OWNERSHIP: 54% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Despite being 35, Adam LaRoche can still produce at a respectable level. In each of the past five seasons in which he saw at least 400 at-bats, LaRoche smashed 20 or more home runs, including 33 and 100 RBI in 2012. Now […]
Full Story »Deeper League Waiver Wire: NL Edition (Paulsen, Schwarber, Strickland)
Welcome to yet another edition of the Deeper League Waiver Wire: NL Edition. My goal as always, is to help identify some fantasy baseball players who can be viable waiver wire pickups and sleepers for deeper leagues, including NL-Only formats. Today I have an every day infielder, a late-inning reliever, and a guy (currently at […]
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