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BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea is 3-3 on the year with a 4.35, but his 1.11 WHIP and 45 strikeouts in 41 1/3 innings tell another story. Manaea's walk rate was 4.46 per nine coming into Friday's dominant start against the Yankees, showing that... Read More
Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 29th. Let's get to it. Agenda Joseph Plays Hero Today's Weather and Updates Tomorrow's Picks 1. Joseph Plays Hero Tommy Joseph is just 21 percent owned... Read More
Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, as you are looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they are golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in deep points leagues, one at each position to... Read More
Welcome to the weekend, RotoBallers. Today we have an extra full slate of beautiful baseball thanks to a double header in South side. DraftKings has broken it down into a 10 game early slate starting at 1:05 PM ET, and a mini 5 game Main slate starting at 7:05 PM ET. I will focus on... Read More
Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are 50% owned or less in Yahoo! leagues and who have seven games in the week. This week the options are aplenty. These players could be hitters worth starting and streaming in Week 9 of the fantasy... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 52% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Ryon Healy was a hotly debated name throughout the offseason but has lost attention this season with the emergence of teammate Yonder Alonso. However, he has held up his end of the bargain flashing plenty of individual skill early in the season. Most notably,... Read More
Sean Manaea, who was bumped up earlier today to replace Kendall Graveman, tossed seven shutout innings against the Yankees, only allowing four hits and one walk. He struck out eight. Manaea looked masterful all night and took the win, pushing him to 3-3 on the year. The 25-year-old left-hander lowered his ERA from 5.24 to... Read More
Oakland A's starting pitcher Jesse Hahn is expected to hit the disabled list, reports A’s manager Bob Melvin. Hahn had an MRI on his arm and no structural damage was reported, so his stint on the DL may be a relatively short one. However, a timetable has yet to be announced. Melvin indicated that they will... Read More
Oakland A's first baseman Yonder Alonso is not in the lineup for tonight’s game against the New York Yankees. Third baseman Ryon Healy will play first base in his absence, with outfielder Mark Canha serving as the designated hitter. Alonso is feeling OK after being hit by a pitch on his wrist but is unlikely to be available tonight... Read More
Oakland A's starting pitcher Jesse Hahn is not currently with the A’s on their road trip in New York, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Hahn exited Tuesday’s start with a right triceps strain. No announcement on an MRI has been made, but Hahn may be headed to the disabled list. Starter Jharel Cotton has... Read More
Oakland A's starting pitcher Kendall Graveman was scratched from tonight’s start with shoulder soreness, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Graveman did not travel with the team to New York, so he will not pitch in the upcoming series. It remains to be seen if this injury will place him back on the disabled... Read More
The Oakland A's are listing Jharel Cotton as their starter on Saturday, reports Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Saturday's expected starter, Sean Manaea, is instead starting tonight in place of Kendall Graveman. No announcement has been made yet on why Graveman is getting bumped, but Cotton appears the beneficiary. The 25-year-old was sent... Read More
Oakland A's starting pitcher Kendall Graveman has been scratched from his scheduled start this evening and will be replaced by Sean Manaea, reports Jane Lee of MLB.com. Manaea was scheduled to throw on Saturday. Because the A's had an off day yesterday, Manaea will be pitching on normal rest. The A's have yet to make an... Read More
Fifteen game Friday to kick off the holiday weekend?! Incredible. We have quite an attractive slate on deck this evening and a special holiday on double-deck. Seriously, take a moment to remember why we have this holiday weekend every year in late May - thanks to all that you do, military and service men and... Read More
Oakland A's closer Santiago Casilla threw a scoreless ninth inning on Wednesday to earn the save, his seventh of the season. He surrendered one hit and one walk and struck out one. Casilla earned his first save since back on May 10. He’s made four appearances since then, giving up five runs in 3 1/3 innings.... Read More
Oakland A's starting pitcher Sonny Gray had easily his best start of the season on Wednesday, tossing seven innings and giving up one run on three hits and one walk. He struck out 11, his highest total since 2015. Gray now has a ridiculous 19:3 K:BB in his last two starts and a 28:8 ratio on... Read More
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% of Yahoo! leagues ANALYSIS: Healy was a fantasy darling down the stretch last year and thus was heavily targeted as a sleeper heading into 2017. His slow start has soured many impatient fantasy owners early on, but Healy has started to look more like that... Read More
Oakland A's first baseman Yonder Alonso is not in the lineup for this afternoon’s game against the Marlins. Alonso returned from a knee injury yesterday but was forced to exit in the seventh inning after being hit by a pitch on his left wrist. Manager Bob Melvin had indicated that it would be up to Alonso... Read More
Oakland A's shortstop Chad Pinder is in the A’s lineup this afternoon, batting seventh and playing left field. It will be Pinder’s first start in left field all season, as outfielder Khris Davis will slide over to designated hitter to replace first baseman Yonder Alonso, who is sitting after getting hit by a pitch in yesterday’s contest. Pinder... Read More
Oakland A's catcher Stephen Vogt is out of the lineup for today’s game against Edinson Volquez and the Marlins. Vogt sat for three straight games against the Red Sox, all against left-handed pitchers, and returned yesterday going 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. It is unclear why Vogt is out of the lineup today, as... Read More
Oakland A's relief pitcher Sean Doolittle will head out to one of the A’s minor league sites after he throws a 25-pitch bullpen today, reports John Hickey of The Mercury News. “I’m really ready to go,” reports Doolittle. It is likely he will only need to make a few rehab appearances before he can return to... Read More
We have another big slate, but there is a smaller early slate, as well. This article will use picks from both slates, as there are enough games to comfortably make lineups. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/24/17. The DFS lineup picks will... Read More
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jesse Hahn left Tuesday's start against the Marlins with fatigue that has since been diagnosed as a right triceps strain. Hahn had allowed five runs on seven hits against Miami before departing, easily the worst start of the season for Hahn, who had a 3.02 ERA and 1.20 WHIP coming into... Read More
Oakland Athletics first baseman Yonder Alonso returned to the lineup yesterday after missing four games with a sprained left knee but was out of the game in the seventh inning after getting hit by a pitch on the left wrist. Outfielder Mark Canha moved from center to first in the top of the seventh and outfielder Rajai... Read More
Oakland A's outfielder Matt Joyce will start in right field and bat in the No. 1 spot this evening. Outfielder Rajai Davis will take a seat tonight for Joyce. Joyce has hit .198 on the season. He does however have five home runs and 17 RBI. He is worth a look in daily leagues due to... Read More
Oakland A's catcher Stephen Vogt will return to the starting lineup tonight against Miami, batting seventh and catching. Vogt sat for three consecutive games while the Red Sox threw an array of left-handed pitchers at the A’s over the weekend. Vogt said he could not remember the last time when he sat three consecutive games when... Read More
Oakland A's first baseman Yonder Alonso is returning to the lineup on Tuesday, batting fifth and playing first base. Alonso has been out since Wednesday after spraining his left knee. “I’m ready to play, have been,” Alonso said Sunday before his fourth consecutive non-start. “But I understand what they are trying to do. I needed a... Read More
