CC Sabathia Goes Six Innings In Victory

Making his second start since returning from a disabled list stint, New York Yankees veteran left-hander CC Sabathia had his finest start of the season on Tuesday night. The 37-year-old went a season-long six innings, not giving up an earned run while conceding two hits and a walk. Sabathia also struck out four, tossing 82 […]

Tyler Austin Out of Yankees Lineup Tuesday

MLB.com Yankees beat writer Bryan Hoch reports that first baseman Tyler Austin will not be in the lineup Tuesday against the Minnesota Twins. There is no news as to why Austin is out, but Neil Walker will be playing at first in his place and will be batting seventh. Austin had been batting .346 with […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - Exit Velocity (Week 4)

We continue our RotoBaller 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 I enlighten myself on the information and tools at my disposal. My predictive confidence face-planted over the weekend as two of my calls in […]

Yankees Acquire A.J. Cole From Nationals

After Monday night’s massive 14-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins, the New York Yankees made a move with their bullpen in mind. The club acquired right-hander A.J. Cole from the Washington Nationals after that club designated him for assignment. The Yankees immediately added him to both the 40-man roster and the 25-man roster, assuring his […]

Giancarlo Stanton Picks Up Four Hits

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton had his finest game as a New York Yankee to date as the club romped over the Minnesota Twins 14-1 in the Bronx on Monday night. The reigning MVP of the National League picked up four hits in four plate appearances, also picking up a walk. In the fifth […]

Miguel Andujar Remains Red-Hot

There is nobody on the New York Yankees right now who is hotter than rookie third baseman Miguel Andujar. The 23-year-old, who had a brief cameo with the major league club last year, is hitting an insane .448 over the past seven games. He has an extra-base hitting streak of seven games after picking up […]

Brandon Drury Playing Rehab Game This Week

New York Yankees infielder Brandon Drury (migraines) could be returning soon, as he’s set to begin a rehab assignment with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders on Wednesday. The 25-year-old has been out for over two weeks after exiting a game with migraines. Afterwards, he revealed his lengthy battle with blurred vision, a scary admission that had […]

Clint Frazier Plays Extended Spring Game

The New York Yankees announced last week that recovering outfielder Clint Frazier (concussion) would see game action soon, and so he did Monday in Tampa. The 23-year-old played five innings in an extended spring training game, getting five plate appearances before exiting. Frazier has been sidelined for some time as he’s dealt with a concussion […]

Brandon Drury Will Begin Rehab Assignment on Wednesday

New York Yankees infielder Brandon Drury (head) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday. A doctor told Drury that his migraines and blurred vision were due to a tendon problem in the back of his neck. It sounds like Drury is feeling better now and he could join the Yankees in the […]

Miguel Andujar (3B, NYY) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar gained acclaim he got the job at third base, but fell off the love train when his bat did not support the hype. Now that the novelty has worn off a little, Andujar has started […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

Corner Store is open! Primary shoppers: Eugenio Suarez owners, Greg Bird owners, Jake Lamb owners, Justin Turner owners, Josh Harrison owners, and Josh Donaldson. It is only week four and a couple of corner infield stars have already spent time on the DL and recently returned which will make your life less stressful. Hopefully your […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/23/18): MLB DFS Lineups

There are nine MLB games on Monday, however DraftKings is removing the ATL/CIN matchup (6:40pm first pitch) from their featured slate. So, we’ll focus on the eight games with a first pitch of 7:05pm, or later. Four games have an over/under of at least nine total runs. The MIA/LAD line hasn’t been set at the […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/23/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Despite several teams getting a night off Monday, the slate to begin the week is an intriguing one with many of the team's best offenses still to choose from. Pithcing ownership figures to be condensed largely to either Gerrit Cole or the mispriced Mike Leake. Deciding which of those two to build around in cash […]

Week 4 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 4! 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 4, which […]

Gleyber Torres Making MLB Debut on Sunday

New York Yankees top prospect Gleyber Torres is making his MLB debut on Sunday, playing second and batting eighth against Jaime Garcia and the Blue Jays. Torres has had an illustrious minor league career, hitting .285 with 24 home run, 208 RBI and 61 stolen bases over five seasons. The Yankees plan to utilize Torres […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/22/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Welcome to another beautiful Sunday of MLB DFS! We have a lovely nine-game slate to break down today on FanDuel. No weather issues to worry about so let's jump right in. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 4/22/18. The lineup picks will range from […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/22/18): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Sunday! We’ve got an 11-game featured slate on DraftKings today, one that excludes the west coast games. That still leaves us with Coors Field, Corey Kluber, and a lot of terrible, horrible starting pitchers. It will be tough to fit the Klubot and the Coors Field bats in our lineup today, but there is […]

Champ or Chump: Dansby Swanson and Kurt Suzuki

Baseball Savant has added an "Expected Stats" tab to its Statcast Leaderboard, making it easier than ever before to look up a given player's xBA (Expected Batting Average), xSLG (Expected Slugging Percentage), and xwOBA (Expected Weighted On-Base Average). These metrics use launch angle and exit velocity to predict how a given player should be doing […]

The Cut List (Week 4): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Cut List! I hope my suggestions have helped everyone sort their rosters out over the past few weeks. We’re slowly reaching that point where we can start trusting sample sizes, but we’re not quite there yet. My goal with this weekly column is simple: I want to provide […]

Gleyber Torres Promoted To Big Leagues

The New York Yankees are promoting top prospect Gleyber Torres, who is expected to join the team on Sunday. Torres is the Yankees' No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 5 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline. Torres is hitting .370 with one homer, six runs, and 11 RBI in 13 games […]

Aaron Hicks (OF, NYY) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 40% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks is back in the Yankees lineup and his starting role in the Yankees outfield makes him a good fantasy option. Hicks was out of the lineup with an oblique injury, but is back as the starter in […]

Giancarlo Stanton Hits First Homer In Weeks

After an eventful beginning to his tenure with the New York Yankees that has seen him get showered with boos after miserable five-strikeout games, outfielder Giancarlo Stanton is slowly showing some improvement. On Friday night, he drilled his fourth home run of the season and first in over two weeks as the Yankees fought but eventually […]

Sonny Gray Deals With Command Issues In Defeat

New York Yankees starting pitcher Sonny Gray’s rough start to the 2018 season continued on Friday night as he was booed off the mound after his exit. The 28-year-old was handed a two-run lead by his offense in the second inning of Friday’s matchup against the Toronto Blue Jays, but he coughed the lead up […]

Justus Sheffield Strikes Out Eight Batters Thursday

New York Yankees pitching prospect Justus Sheffield went six innings, allowing two runs and striking out eight batters Thursday night for Double-A Trenton. The left-hander is now 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA over his first three starts. Sheffield has 22 strikeouts in 16 innings but has been hurt with 10 walks. Sheffield has strong upside […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 21

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. Even with only a week and a half of the season in the books, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/20/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We're back to a massive Friday slate, featuring 15 total games. There are pitching and hitting options that range from elite to bottom of the barrel tonight. It makes it extremely easy for lineup construction, depending on what route you want to take tonight. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/20/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We finally get a Friday with all 30 teams in one slate (KC/DET is a double-header). Do not mess this up for us, weather! Now that most teams have played at least 15 games (c’mon, Minnesota), I’ll start to use 2017 and 2018 stats when addressing a player’s ISO. In this article, I will be […]

Fun With Small Sample Sizes - Fantasy Reflections

We’ve talked plenty about the fact that it’s still early in the season, almost exclusively in the context of remaining calm and exercising patience. Enough of that stiff upper lip crap. Let’s take a moment to revel in the loony numbers gifted to us by small sample sizes. Maybe they’re indicative of a tangible change […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 3

Week 3 saw some surprising disappointments and some surprising great performances. It's already been a season of rising and falling, and we're still more than a week away from May. We've already had a manager get fired, closers lose their jobs, and other closers get sometimes-dreaded votes of confidence from their managers. It's been a […]

David Robertson Gets Into And Out Of Massive Jam In Win

In the eighth inning of Thursday’s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees held a 4-2 lead and sent reliever David Robertson to the mound. The usually steady 33-year-old ran into a world of trouble, as he allowed a leadoff hit and an ensuing pair of walks, loading the bases with […]