Aroldis Chapman Shuts Boston Down In Save

With the New York Yankees holding on to a slim 3-2 lead Tuesday night in the Bronx, manager Aaron Boone called on closer Aroldis Chapman to finish off the Boston Red Sox. The Cuban Missile has been relatively dominant thus far, having blown just one save, but his night would begin against Rafael Devers, who […]

Giancarlo Stanton Homers Twice To Beat Red Sox

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton seems to be getting comfortable smacking home runs in pairs. The 28-year-old connected on two home runs Tuesday night in a 3-2 victory over the rival Boston Red Sox, putting the Yankees in a tie for both the American League East lead and the best record in baseball. It […]

Luis Severino Gets No-Decision After Strong Start

Coming off his first career complete game, which was also a shutout, New York Yankees ace Luis Severino took the mound in the Bronx against the rival Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. The 24-year-old breezed through the first four innings of the game before running into trouble in the fifth inning. Starting off with a […]

Brett Gardner Risking Playing Time

The New York Yankees are the best team in baseball as of Tuesday night, boasting the best record in the sport and currently on the hottest run. Their leadoff man, however, has struggled mightily, despite his offense’s explosion. Veteran outfielder Brett Gardner is hitting an abysmal .198 following a hitless performance against the Red Sox. […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 6)

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. With all the exciting young pitching prospects being called up and doing well and some veterans surprising us it was hard to […]

Greg Bird Takes Part In Extended Spring Training Game

At long last, New York Yankees first baseman Greg Bird (ankle) took part in an extended spring training game Monday afternoon, playing in Clearwater, Florida. The 25-year-old served as the designated hitter and recorded a hit and two walks in five trips to the plate. Bird has been out since late March following surgery on […]

Robinson Chirinos (C, TEX) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Catcher Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's not often that you'll see us recommend picking up a player with a strikeout rate north of 40 percent, but the scourge of the two-catcher format makes for strange bedfellows. Chirinos has homered four times in his last nine games, giving him a total […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 8

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. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

CC Sabathia Hints At Retirement If Yankees Win It All

New York Yankees veteran pitcher CC Sabathia admitted on Sunday that one more championship would likely seal the deal on his career. The left-hander said “one more parade” and he’s “pretty sure that will be it”, also admitting he thought the team would win it all last season. Sabathia and the Yankees are off to […]

Strikeout Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 6: Buy or Sell?

Due to a combination of harder throwers and hitters focusing on hitting for power, strikeouts are at an all-time high in baseball. For pitchers, this is an ideal trend. The ability to generate swings and misses is the most important skill to possess, as it's the only true way to control what happens after the […]

Gleyber Torres Hits Second Homer of Season for Walk-Off Win

Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres had only one hit in Sunday's game against the Indians, but it left the yard for a three-run walk-off home run for New York. The home run was his second of the season, as he is now hitting .327 with a .857 OPS over 15 games. Torres is now owned […]

Week 6 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 6! 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 6, which […]

Sonny Gray Strikes Out Seven in Win Saturday

After what's been a rough start to the season, Yankees starter Sonny Gray had one of his best starts of the year Saturday against the Indians. Gray recorded a quality start, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks over six innings while striking out seven. This is a welcome sign to fantasy owners […]

Giancarlo Stanton Out Of Lineup Sunday

New York Yankees outfielder and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton will sit on Sunday against the Cleveland Indians. Nothing has been reported regarding an injury, so he is just getting a customary rest day. He should be taken out of all lineups for today. Stanton has gotten off to a slow start this season, so a […]

The Cut List (Week 6): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 6 of the Cut List. This week features standard league viable options who’ve been too cold for too long. All of these players are safe cuts in standard formats. Since I’m here to help, I want to introduce Baseball Savant’s hitting and expected stats leaderboards to those of you who haven’t seen […]

Tommy Kahnle Begins Throwing

On the disabled list since the second week of April, New York Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle (shoulder) has taken a major step in his rehab, as he began throwing earlier this week. The 28-year-old went down with right shoulder tendonitis, his first injury in four seasons. Manager Aaron Boone is hopeful that Kahnle could return […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 5

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. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

DraftDaily Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/4/18): MLB DFS Lineups

If you've never played on Draft Daily before, it is fairly similar to the other sites, but you tend to lose more points. Points are taken away for strikeouts and home runs allowed, but you also earn points for sacrifice flies. Before creating a lineup, make sure you look over the scoring system. In this […]

Tyler Austin (1B, NYY) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 23% of leagues ANALYSIS: New York Yankees first baseman Tyler Austin has made the most of a Spring Training injury to Greg Bird and has been one of the best rookies of the 2018 season. Austin was actually sent down to Triple-A to start the season […]

Holds Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds for Week 6

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire in Week 6. Bottom line: the more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds that could be the […]

Fantasy Reflections: To Stash A Prospect

Several of the game’s top prospects have already been called up, none met with more excitement than Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna. The consensus best player in the minors finally got promoted on April 25 and is hitting .382/.432/.706 through eight games, with two home runs and five doubles already. That kind of production is what inspired […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/4/18): MLB DFS Lineups

It is a full 15-game slate on Friday with seven games boasting an over/under of at least nine total runs. The CLE/NYY matchup leads the way with ten total projected runs and New York is the strong favorite. More on them much later (Hint: it isn’t good for Josh Tomlin). Speaking of heavy favorites, only […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Masahiro Tanaka Falls Apart Late In No-Decision

For more than half of Thursday’s New York Yankees game against the Houston Astros, the road team was rolling, seemingly on their way to another shutout victory. On the mound was Masahiro Tanaka, who allowed only three hits through the first six innings, also striking out five along the way. In the seventh inning, however, […]

Gleyber Torres Clutch Late As Yanks Win Again

New York Yankees rookie Gleyber Torres might have earned his stripes on Thursday afternoon in Houston against the Astros. The 21-year-old came up huge late as his club was staring down a heartbreaking defeat. His first major action came in the second inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly that increased the Yankees lead to […]

Aaron Hicks Gets The Day Off

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks will not be in the starting lineup Thursday against the Houston Astros. Ronald Torreyes is in the lineup batting eighth and playing third base against right-hander Lance McCullers. The switch-hitting Hicks is batting .230/.364/.410 on the season.

Rookie Report: Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 5)

So much for a slow start for the rookies. For the first few weeks, it felt as though there was very little to write about in the rookie department but recently the youngsters have taken the league by storm. Particularly in this past week, guys like Ronald Acuna, Nick Kingham, Mike Soroka, and Fernando Romero […]

Champ or Chump: Nick Kingham and Miguel Andujar

Scouting minor league lines is often an inexact science. Occasionally, you'll see a guy who seems likely to succeed right away (Rhys Hoskins last year). Sometimes, a guy's complete lack of minor league production leaves you confident that it will take a few years (Byron Buxton), if it ever clicks. Most guys don't fit into […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 4

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. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

Giancarlo Stanton Carries Yankees Offense In Win

The New York Yankees faced off against the Houston Astros once again on Wednesday night with familiar foe Dallas Keuchel on the mound. Entering the game, the Bronx Bombers had never homered off the former Cy Young winner, but that changed early on. Struggling outfielder Giancarlo Stanton delivered a two-run home run in the opening […]