Mookie Betts Hits For The Cycle On Thursday

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts hit for the first cycle of the 2018 MLB season on Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. The AL MVP-candidate was 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a walk, and an RBI. Betts has been unbelievable at the plate this season with a .347 average to go along with […]

Rafael Devers Sitting Out on Thursday

Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays. He went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run in his first game back off the DL on Wednesday. However, the Red Sox want to be careful with Devers and don't want […]

Steve Pearce is Starting At First Base on Thursday

Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce is back in the starting lineup after getting two days off. Pearce will bat third and play first base against Blue Jays' lefty Ryan Borucki. Pearce is hitting .353/.421/.647 with four home runs and 13 RBI against left-handed pitching this season. Borucki has pitched fairly well this season, […]

Drew Pomeranz Demoted To Bullpen

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz has been demoted to the bullpen. The southpaw sports an ugly 6.31 ERA, 1.81 WHIP and 44 strikeouts in 51 1/3 innings over 11 starts this year and hasn't gone more than five innings in a start since May 8 against the Yankees. […]

Chris Sale Throws Bullpen Thursday

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (shoulder) threw his pre-start bullpen session Thursday and felt fine. He's set to come off the disabled list and start against the Orioles on Sunday. The Cy Young candidate couldn't ask for a better matchup in his return from the DL. He's one of the best pitchers in […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/9/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a six-game slate giving us plenty of options to pick from, so ownership should be spread out. There are a few big name arms on the bump tonight, so you will be looking to have exposure to them in your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/9/18): MLB DFS Lineups

Even with only nine games being played today, we've still got five different slates on DraftKings and tons of different contests to join. The featured slate starts at 7pm eastern and covers six games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/9/18. The lineup picks […]

Xander Bogaerts Racks Up Three RBI in Wednesday's Win

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts stuffed the stat sheet on Wednesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. The 25-year-old was 1-for-2 at the plate with two walks and three RBI. Bogaerts is now slashing a respectable .274/.346/.507 on the season with 16 homers and 68 RBI. While Bogaerts is only batting .200 in his […]

Christian Vazquez Working Out In Florida

Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez (pinkie) is working out in Florida during the team's road trip. He's been out since July 8 with a broken right pinkie that needed surgery. Vazquez was batting just .213/.249/.300 with three home runs and 14 RBI in 60 games before his injury. He's more of a defensive player. […]

Ian Kinsler To Rehab At Single-A

Boston Red Sox second baseman Ian Kinsler (hamstring) will work with Single-A Lowell over the weekend and then join the team in Philadelphia on Tuesday. He is eligible to return from the disabled list on Wednesday, but the Red Sox may wait a few extra days to make sure he's fully recovered. Kinsler only played […]

Blake Swihart To Take Swings Friday

Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart (hamstring) will meet up with the team on Friday to take live batting practice on Friday. If all goes well, it appears that the team will activate Swihart from the disabled list next Tuesday when he's eligible. The 26-year-old has hit just .226 with one homer, six RBI and […]

Rafael Devers Racks Up Extra Bases In Return Wednesday

Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers hit a double and a homer in support of a 10-5 victory over the Blue Jays Wednesday. The double was his 22nd and the homer, a two-run shot in the sixth inning, was his 16th of the season. This was Devers’ first game back from a hamstring injury […]

Power Risers/Fallers for Week 19: Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Week 19 of the 2018 MLB season and a new week of our investigation into the steepest power trenders in baseball, whether those trends are positive or negative. As the season has blown by into August and the MLB trade deadline has passed, the window of opportunity to snag a surging slugger or […]

Mitch Moreland Picks Up Four RBI on Tuesday

Boston Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland has endured a mighty struggle throughout the past weeks. After a hot start to the season, the 32-year-old is batting just .170 over his past 15 games. With that being said, Moreland had an offensive outburst on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. He was 1-for-4 with two […]

Mookie Betts Batting .348 Over Past 30 Games

Boston Red Sox superstar outfielder Mookie Betts has been an on-base machine this season. The 25-year-old has a .348 average and a .421 OBP through his past 30 games. Betts was 1-for-4 with a run scored and a walk on Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. He has a .341 average on the season […]

J.D. Martinez Smokes His 34th Homer of the Year

Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez did what he does best on Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. The 30-year-old crushed his league-leading 34th bomb of the season on a night where he was 3-for-5 with 4 RBI. Martinez has been the best offensive player in all of baseball. He also has a sparkling […]

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

Good afternoon, my fellow Rotoballers. We've got a nine game Main slate to breakdown on this hot-as-hell Wednesday that features a pitching group without much flair, but with plenty of offenses to target. As of early afternoon, there are five offenses with impressive (see also: attractive for stacking purposes) implied run totals and a few […]

Craig Kimbrel Blows Save, Picks Up Win on Tuesday

Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel blew his fourth save of the season on Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. Luckily, the Red Sox managed to put up five runs in the top of the tenth inning and allowed Kimbrel to pick up the win. Kimbrel has been struggling mightily as of late as […]

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

There are 14 total games today, broken down into two slates. I opted to use players from both slates, as the early slate features four games, while the late slate features nine games. Overall, this article should help with both slates. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

Week 19 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 19! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 19, and […]

Rafael Devers To Be Activated Wednesday

The Boston Red Sox will activate third baseman Rafael Devers (hamstring) from the disabled list on Wednesday and will send infielder Tony Renda back to Triple-A Pawtucket in a corresponding move, according to a source. Devers has been up and down with a .245/.295/.425 slash line but does have 15 home runs, 52 RBI and […]

Eduardo Rodriguez To Throw BP Friday

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez (ankle) will throw a bullpen session on Tuesday and is scheduled for live batting practice on Friday. E-Rod last pitched on July 14, so he'll probably need a rehab start or two before returning. He's been a big asset to Boston's rotation this year, going 11-3 with a […]

Chris Sale Scheduled To Return Sunday

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (shoulder) is scheduled to return from the disabled list on Sunday to face the Orioles. Sale will miss minimal time and will return to one of the best matchups he could have. He's a no-brainer must-start in his first start off the DL.

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/7/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a monster 14-game slate to break down today, and there are some great options across the board. There are a few high-priced pitchers on the slate you should be looking to pay up for, along with plenty of bats you want to jam into your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/7/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

There was a sizable slate last night, and now we have a 14 game Tuesday slate. There are a ton of pitching options at different pricing levels, and the same can be said for batters. It gives us multiple ways to construct our lineups tonight. In this article, I will be providing you with my […]

Hot Prospects to Watch Week 19: Lewis, Gorman, Gore, Graterol

There's a lot of good young talent coming up through the minor leagues right now, so this week we're going to take a look at four prospects under the age of 20 who have been on a hot streak. The four players on this week's list are still a couple years away from making an […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - Post-Break Contact Quality (Week 19)

Welcome back to Rotoballer’s series using Statcast to extrapolate, dig into, and commiserate over data to examine pitching performances. The weekly series will be dynamic as we fine-tune our findings and enlighten ourselves on the information and tools at our disposal. It’s August and we’re firmly in the dog days of baseball season. After a […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 19)

Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we're looking at the two top pitching prospects from 2016, as well as a pitching prospect from 2013 that failed […]

Miguel Andujar's Defensive Blunders Cost Yankees On Sunday

New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar has been one of the bright spots of an ailing offense as of late, but his defensive mistakes on Sunday helped the Boston Red Sox to a series sweep. All told, Andujar made two errors on Sunday but one of those was gut-wrenchingly awful. In the bottom of […]

Champ or Chump: Asdrubal Cabrera and Nathan Eovaldi

We're back to cover a few more guys who moved at the Trade Deadline. I didn't mention Lance Lynn before, but his acquisition by the Yankees was strange. The ball flies out of Yankee Bandbox, and Lynn had a severe case of gopheritis in Minnesota. He's not an option in any competitive format. This column […]