This is among the strangest pitching slates of the entire 2023 season. There are plenty of intriguing options at the top — Pablo Lopez, Max Scherzer facing the Philadelphia Phillies, Freddy Peralta vs. Tanner Bibee, James Paxton vs. Lance Lynn, the Millers Bryce and Bobby — but after that, things fall off a cliff. A […]
June 24, 2023
Bryce Harper has as good a feel for the strike zone as any hitter in baseball. He’s led the Majors in walks two different times in his career already, and he entered play on Friday with an OBP of .390. So when home-plate umpire Mike Estabrook rung up the two-time MVP on a called third […]
June 23, 2023
Somehow, Elly De La Cruz keeps managing to one-up himself. He arrived to the Cincinnati Reds surrounded by as much hype as any prospect in recent memory, a 6’5 shortstop with the kind of size, speed and skill that comes around once or twice in a generation. And then he stepped foot on a Major […]
June 23, 2023
The top two teams in the NL West get set for a major showdown by the Bay as the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks take on the red-hot San Francisco Giants this weekend. First pitch of Friday’s series opener is set for 10:15 p.m. ET. Zach Davies (1-3, 7.11 ERA) takes the mound for the visitors, while […]
June 23, 2023
It’s hard to come by reliable pitching for your DFS and fantasy baseball squads on Friday night, with a paucity of big names taking the mound. (And even the ones that you can usually depend on, like Shane Bieber and Logan Gilbert, have given owners pause in recent weeks.) Just nine arms land in the […]
June 23, 2023
After coming after Elly De La Cruz last week, I feel like I’m rapidly turning this space into a bummer, dousing cold water on whoever happens to be baseball’s next big thing at the moment. Fantasy baseball is, above all else, supposed to be fun, and owning the next big thing (especially one who can […]
June 22, 2023
It’s a light slate around MLB on Thursday, with just eight games on the docket in total. But even despite the smaller menu, there are a surprising number of quality pitching options to choose from for DFS players and fantasy baseball managers looking to ball on a budget. (And aren’t lucky enough to have drafted […]
June 22, 2023
It was a relatively quiet day on the injury front around MLB, without too many big names to report on. Of course, it was still a day that ends in -y, so another New York Yankee wound up on the shelf, while there are situations to monitor regarding everyone from Bo Bichette to Mike Yastrzemski […]
June 22, 2023
The hits just keep on coming for the New York Yankees. The team’s offense is already limping without Aaron Judge in the lineup, and now one of Judge’s replacements is headed for the IL himself: Willie Calhoun appeared to come up lame while running to first late in Wednesday’s win over the Seattle Mariners, and […]
June 21, 2023
Tanner Houck’s facial fracture has opened up another slot in the Boston Red Sox’ starting rotation, and this time the team is dipping into its Minor League system to fill it. Boston is reportedly set to call up lefty Brandon Walter — the team’s seventh-ranked prospect, per MLB Pipeline — from Triple-A ahead of Thursday’s […]
June 21, 2023
Left for dead a couple of weeks ago, the suddenly streaking Chicago Cubs have now won seven of eight after taking the first two games of their series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The North Siders will be looking to keep it rolling and notch a sweep over their division rivals on Wednesday afternoon, with first […]
June 21, 2023