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Justin Steele (SP-CHC) turned in another gem on Friday, earning the win after tossing seven innings of one-run ball against the Marlins with just six hits and no walks allowed. Steele, who struck out four, improved to 5-0 with an...

Zach Eflin (SP-TB) dazzled against Pittsburgh on Thursday, blanking the Pirates over 7 IP in which he scattered 3 hits and issued no free passes while racking up 10 strikeouts. The 29 year-old righty threw 59 of his 90 offerings...

Brandon Pfaadt, SP, ARI Pfaadt struggled in his MLB debut on Wednesday, allowing 7 ER's on 9 hits (including 4 HR's) in 4.2 IP against the Rangers, while striking out 3 and walking 1. He had allowed 2 runs on...

Bryce Miller dominated the A's over six innings, allowing just two hits and one run and he was perfect through his first five innings. He also casually set the record for the most strikeouts in a Mariners' debut with 10....

Lamonte Wade Jr. (1B/OF - SF) - Wade homered for the 5th time in the past 10 games on Monday, pushing his slash line up to 260/443/575 through 98 PAs this year. This may seem crazy, but I'm not totally...

Matt Chapman (3B-TOR) continued his blistering start to the 2023 campaign with another big day at the plate on Sunday, going 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run and two RBIs. Chapman extended his hitting streak to seven games with his...

Nathan Eovaldi- P- TEX- Hot- Eovaldi turned in that rare achievement, the complete game shutout, against the Yankees yesterday. He allowed 3 hits, walked none, and struck out 8. Eovaldi was still hitting 98 mph in the 8th inning. He...

Aaron Nola, SP, PHI Nola hurled 8.0 innings of one-run ball in Houston on Friday night. He gave up just one hit, walked none, and struck out six in the contest. This was a very encouraging outing for the struggling...

Logan Webb-Giants-SP Logan Webb went 6 IP and gave up 2 ER on 7 H, 1 BB, and 7 K's against the Cardinals. He has now made six starts and has a 4.10 ERA and 1.15 WHIP. The ERA doesn't...

Zac Gallen (SP-ARI) continued his lights-out start to the season with another dominant outing on Wednesday, twirling 6 1/3 scoreless frames and racking up 12 strikeouts against the Royals. The 12 punchouts were a season-high for Gallen, who scattered four...

Luis Garcia tossed a gem against the best team in baseball, throwing six shutout innings with three hits allowed. He walked two batters and struck out seven. After three average starts to begin the season, Garcia has turned it on...

Spencer Strider, SP (ATL) Strider delivered one of the best pitching performances of the season on Monday, actually taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning before Jean Segura broke it up with a single. He finished with eight scoreless innings...

Nolan Gorman, 2B, STL Gorman went 2 for 4 with a three-run homer on Sunday afternoon in Seattle. The 22-year-old started the 2023 campaign as a fringe starter for the Cardinals but has hit himself into an everyday player (he...

Adolis Garcia (OF-TEX) had a huge day against the Athletics, going 5-5 with 2 doubles, 3 homers, 5 runs scored, and 8 RBI. The 30 year-old owned just a .208 average going into the contest, but now has a .260...

Joey Lucchesi (SP - NYM) - Lucchesi looked great in his return to the majors, shutting down a very heavily RH Giant lineup to pick up his first MLB win in 2 seasons. The 29 year old allowed 4 hits...

Madison Bumgarner (SP-ARI) was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks on Thursday after a brutal start to the 2023 campaign (10.26 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 8.1 BB/9, 7.43 xFIP across 16.2 IP). The 33 year-old southpaw is likely going to clear...

Andrew Vaughn, 1B (CHW) Vaughn hit his first home run of the season on Wednesday, and it was his third hardest-hit ball of the game. He also posted a 109-mph knock and a 106.2-mph flyout that went 404 feet. Vaughn...

Taj Bradley, SP, TB Bradley was phenomenal against the Reds on Tuesday striking out 9 batters in 5.1 scoreless innings while allowing just 3 hits and 1 BB. In two starts with the Rays now, he has compiled a 17:2...

Cody Bellinger (OF - CUB) - Bellinger extended his hitting streak to 7 games on Monday in style, tallying 4 singles and a double in the Cubs 10-1 victory in Oakland. Here's how you know it's still early: Bellinger's slash...

Bryson Stott-Phillies-2B Bryson Stott was 3-7 with an HR (1), 1 R, and 2 RBI in the Phillies win against the Reds. Stott is off to a hot start to the year. He is hitting .380 with 1 HR, 4...

Domingo German (SP-NYY) dominated the Twins on Saturday for his first win of the season, racking up 11 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. German was incredibly sharp in one of the best outings of his career so...

Eloy Jimenez- OF- CHW- FYI- Jimenez went 1-for-4 in his return from the IL. Jimenez has been plagued by injury since his rookie 2019 season, when he finished 4th in Rookie of the Year voting. In 2022 he had 327...

Jeffrey Springs (SP-TB) exited his start against the Red Sox on Thursday in the 4th inning because of what was later diagnosed as left (throwing) arm ulnar neuritis, inflammation of the ulnar nerve which causes numbness or weakness in the...

Bobby Witt Jr., SS (KC) Witt appears to be heating up as his three hits on Wednesday give him six hits in the last three games, but fantasy owners are probably most excited about the three stolen bases he had...

Pablo Lopez dominated once again for Minnesota, striking out 10 batters over 7.2 innings while allowing two runs. Lopez's ERA now sits at just 1.35 over 16.1 innings with 21 strikeouts. Over his first two starts of the year he...

Andrew Heaney (SP - TEX) - Now that's what I'm talking about! I'm glad we had the courage of our convictions to stick with Heaney this week after his opening debacle against the O's, as Heaney put up the kind...

Randy Arozarena- OF- TB- Stats- Last year, Arozarena started the season with an abnormal number of ground balls. After the first couple of weeks he had a GB% of 66.7% and a negative launch angle. However, his EV and HardHit%...

Nick Lodolo (SP-CIN) dazzled against the Phillies on Saturday, firing 7 shutout innings in which he scattered 3 hits and a pair of walks while piling up a dozen punchouts. The 25 year-old southpaw threw 68 of his 106 pitches...

Luis Robert Jr., OF (CWS) Robert had a pair of home runs as part of a three-hit, 5-RBI day on Friday. He has a five-game hitting streak with four home runs and nine RBI's during that stretch. Amazingly he hasn't...

Matt Chapman, 3B, TOR Chapman went 1 for 4 with a two-run double on Thursday afternoon. He has now hit in six of the seven games this season and produced multi-hit performances in four of those contests. Chapman's offensive production...

Jesus Luzardo continued his dominant start to the season with another lights-out performance on Wednesday, holding the Twins to one run on five hits and one walk while racking up 10 strikeouts over seven innings. Luzardo didn't give up a...

Kenta Maeda tossed a gem on Tuesday but was outdueled by Alcantara. Over five innings Maeda struck out nine batters and allowed just a single run, a solo shot to Avsail Garcia. His swing and miss numbers in this outing...

Graham Ashcraft-Reds-SP Graham Ashcraft went 7 IP and gave up 1 ER on 4 H, 1 BB, and 6 K's against the Pirates. Ashcraft had a strong spring (2.60 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, and 25-2 K:BB). He had the velocity a...

Cody Bellinger launched his first homer as a member of the Cubs on Monday, going 1-for-4 with a three-run jack and a walk against the Reds. Unfortunately for Chicago, Bellinger's bomb came in a losing effort as the team squandered...

C. J. Cron- 1B- COL- Hot- Cron kept up his hot start, going 2-for-4 with his 3rd homer of the year. He also rapped a double and 5 of his 7 hits in 2023 have been for extra bases. In...

Jazz Chisholm Jr., OF/2B, MIA Chisholm went 1 for 4 with a solo homer in the Marlins' 2-1 victory over the Mets on Friday night. The 25-year-old was 0 for his first 7 with three strikeouts for the season before...