Corey Kluber Could Throw Bullpen By End Of Next Week

New York Yankees starting pitcher Corey Kluber (shoulder) could toss a bullpen session by the end of next week. Kluber was able to advance from 75 feet to 120 in his flat-ground throwing program and could take the next big step of advancing to throwing off a bullpen mound. The veteran right-hander seems to be […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 17

It was strange to not see any baseball highlights for a few days this week but thankfully it was a quiet injury week as a result. Following the All-Star break, a number of injured players will be beginning/finishing their rehab assignments in the hopes of returning to their respective teams. Please keep in mind that […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 7/17 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 7/17 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 7/17 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Well, that was something. After weeks of near misses, one-run losses and coming up one strikeout short, we turned the tables and hit everything last night. Michael Wacha hit over 4.5 K by striking out Charlie Morton as his last batter of the outing. The Astros threatened to de-rail us with a four-run seventh inning […]

Clint Frazier Still Undergoing Vision Testing

New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier is still undergoing vision testing and has no timetable for his return. Frazier was initially placed on the 10-day injured list with vertigo after experiencing dizziness during a June 30 game against the Los Angeles Angels, though the Yankees ruled out vertigo last week. Manager Aaron Boone said that […]

The NotBurts: First Half Hitter Awards

For all of the division and rancor in society, one foundation of our world stays intact from year to year, splendid in its grandeur, universal in its praise. The NotBurts. A celebration of first-half excellence in hitting, the NotBurts aren't, as one critic (liar) claimed, "just an award show made up by some lunatic". No, […]

Aroldis Chapman Pitches Scoreless Inning

New York Yankees relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman worked a scoreless inning in Friday's 4-0 defeat to the Boston Red Sox. Chapman walked one batter and fanned another, firing 15 of 23 pitches for strikes en route to his second straight scoreless appearance. The southpaw's spin rates were down on each of his splitter, sinker, and […]

Jordan Montgomery Notches Eighth Quality Start

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery recorded another quality start in Friday's loss to the Boston Red Sox. Montgomery lasted six innings, yielding three runs on three hits while walking two. The lefty struck out four batters and generated an impressive 15 whiffs, nine of them on his curveball. Unfortunately, Montgomery tied a franchise […]

Fantasy Baseball Rest Of Season Rankings: Mid-Year Updates

The All-Star break offers us fantasy baseball players a chance to breathe and reassess the battlefield before us. Pitching remains as volatile as ever thanks to midseason rule changes, the next generation is fighting uphill after missing minor-league development in 2020, and Shohei Ohtani has blossomed into a full-fledged superstar. Instead of my weekly top […]

Taking a Mulligan - Second-Half Rebound Candidates

We've reached the All-Star Break, which means the baseball season is just over halfway done. Let me repeat that: we still have three months to go! I think some of us are still operating in the mindset of the shortened 2020 season and are thinking that our fantasy seasons are over if we're not in […]

Midseason Report Card - Starting Pitchers

Back in late April, I published the early season report card. It was a look at how the top drafted starting pitchers began their seasons and what we could expect from them moving forward. We provided an early-season grade and a projected rest of season grade based on their early results and how they were […]

Improving Hitters to Watch in the Second Half

We have more than three months of baseball in the books. It has been a glorious spring and summer with the return of the 162 game schedule. While it was nice for MLB to sneak in 60 games and some expanded playoffs in 2020 after we feared a full season cancellation, it really just didn't […]

Injured Stars To Stash For The Second Half

Incredibly, we have already reached the 2021 All-Star break. At this point in the season, most fantasy managers, whether in redraft or dynasty formats, have a pretty good sense of whether their teams will be in the hunt for a fantasy title come September. For those managers looking for an extra push at the end […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 16

Wow, what a busy last few days for prospects around Major League Baseball. On Sunday, we were treated to both the MLB Futures Game — a showcase of the sport’s best prospects — and the first round of the 2021 MLB Amateur Draft. The remainder of the 20-round draft will take place today and tomorrow. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/17/21): MLB DFS Lineups

This is one of the more straight forward Saturday MLB slates in a while. We only have three early games and two teams that had the audacity to start an hour earlier than everyone else. That leaves a ten-game main Saturday slate, which is the largest in some time. Hopefully we don't have all of […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (7/17/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a hefty 10-gamer over on FanDuel and there are multiple ways we can go with lineups tonight. Woodruff and Cole highlight a top tier of pitching that weirdly includes DeSclafani, Kikuchi, and Eovaldi, but there are intriguing mid-tier options to consider and a few non-chalky teams to stack tonight outside of Coors Field. […]

Hoy Jun Park, Rob Brantly Added To Roster

New York Yankees infielder Hoy Jun Park and catcher Rob Brantly were purchased from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday to help with depth after the Yankees put outfielder Aaron Judge, third baseman Gio Urshela and catcher Kyle Higashioka on the COVID-19 injured list due to positive tests. Park, a left-handed hitting middle infielder, has hit .303/.450/.505 […]

Chris Gittens Starting At First Base For Yankees

New York Yankees first baseman Chris Gittens is starting at first base and hitting seventh against Boston Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez on Friday after being called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees are missing several key players and were forced to put Luke Voit on the injured list to begin the second half of […]

Luke Voit Lands On Injured List With Bone Bruise In Knee

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a bone bruise in his left knee, according to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic. It's yet another injury for Voit, who has only managed to play 29 games this year. When he's been healthy, he is slashing .241/.328/.370 […]

Red Sox-Yankees Game Will Be Played Friday

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will be able to play Friday night's game after Thursday's postponement due to COVID-19 protocols, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. In a statement from MLB, it was announced that after conducting testing and contact tracing in the Yankees organization, it has been deemed OK for Friday's […]

Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela Going On COVID-19 Injured List

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, third baseman Gio Urshela and catcher Kyle Higashioka will join pitchers Nestor Cortes, Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta on the COVID-19 injured list on Friday after their positive tests have been confirmed. The Yankees and Boston Red Sox are tentatively scheduled to play Friday after the game was postponed […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 7/16/21 (Premium Content)

Welcome in RotoBallers, and welcome to the unofficial start of the 2nd half of the 2021 MLB season. The first half was certainly one to forget for me, but despite the poor results, I have definitely learned and grown a lot through the process and grind of betting MLB each and every day of the […]

Using K-BB% To Find Relievers to Add for the Second Half

A couple of weeks ago, I used June's K-BB% leaderboard to look at which starting pitchers might provide value in the second half. In that article, I explained why I loved the metric so much by stating: If a pitcher has a high strikeout rate (K%), then we know he is effective because we know […]

Yankees Eyeing Joey Gallo?

The New York Yankees have consistently been eyeing Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo, who is among the best position players mentioned regularly as available in this trade market with the last-place Rangers looking to rebuild. Since the sticky stuff crackdown in baseball, Gallo has the second-best OPS (1.276), behind only Shohei Ohtani. Gallo also has […]

Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela In COVID-19 Protocols

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, third baseman Gio Urshela and catcher Kyle Higashioka are the three other Yankees players that are currently in the COVID-19 protocols after an outbreak hit the team, forcing their game against the Boston Red Sox to be postponed on Thursday. Because Judge was at the All-Star game with other […]

Jonathan Loaisiga One Of Three Yankees Positive Tests

Updating an ongoing story, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that relief pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga was one of three players -- pitchers Nestor Cortes and Wandy Peralta being the others -- with confirmed positive COVID-19 tests. Three more players have tested positive with rapid tests but are awaiting confirmation. It's the reason why […]

Three Yankees Players Have Tested Positive For COVID-19

Updating a previous report, the New York Yankees have three players who have tested positive for COVID-19. General manager Brian Cashman noted the three positive tests and that the club is awaiting results on three more tests, also believed to be positive. Jonathan Loaisiga, Wandy Peralta, and Nestor Cortes have all been placed on the […]

Domingo German To Kick Off Second Half For Yanks

New York Yankees right-hander Domingo German will kick off the second half of the season on Thursday by starting against the division-rival Boston Red Sox. German has had his ups and downs this year after sitting out all of 2020. The 28-year-old has a 4.44 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 75/19 K/BB in 17 appearances (15 […]

Trey Amburgey Selected To Big League Roster

New York Yankees outfielder Trey Amburgey is heading up to the big league roster Thursday. With Wandy Peralta and Nestor Cortes heading to the COVID-19 Injured List, Amburgey is one of the corresponding roster moves. The 26-year-old righty-swinging outfielder has excelled at the Triple-A level over the last two seasons, clubbing 29 homers with seven […]

Wandy Peralta, Nestor Cortes Placed On COVID-19 Injured List

New York Yankees pitchers Wandy Peralta and Nestor Cortes have been placed on the COVID-19 injured list on Thursday. It's not yet clear whether Peralta and Cortes have contracted the virus, though they'd be able to return sooner if they aren't dealing with positive tests. Peralta has struggled this season, pitching to a 5.26 ERA […]