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Alex Cobb, SP, SF Cobb turned in a mediocre 4.09 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in 14 first half starts, but the underlying numbers portray a much more promising forecast. Cobb posted a 2.94 xFIP, buoyed by an elite 62.9% GB%...

Aaron Judge went 3-for-3 with two homers, three runs, three RBIs, and a walk against the Red Sox on Saturday. Judge paced New York's 14-1 massacre of Boston with his MLB-leading 32nd and 33rd dingers of the season. He also...

Max Meyer (SP-MIA) is expected to get the call to make his big-league debut against the Phillies at home on Saturday afternoon. The 23 year-old righty missed about a month of action earlier this season because of ulnar nerve irritation...

Nate Eaton, 3B, KC Eaton made his MLB debut against the Blue Jays on Thursday, and he didn't disappoint, going 1-4 with his 1st MLB homerun. With 10 Royals players unavailable for the team's series in Toronto, the team relied...

Jon Gray (SP - TEX) - Gray continued his run of solid pitching on Wednesday with a phenomenal outing against the hapless A's: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K. Since the beginning of June, Gray is...

Edwin Diaz, RP (NYM)Diaz struck out the side in the 9th to secure his 19th save. It was his ninth straight successful save opportunity and fourth straight perfect inning. The hard-throwing veteran hasn't allowed a run in his last 10...

Alex Wood- P- SF- Hot- Wood is due some regression to the mean and he got some yesterday. He didn't allow a hit until the 6th inning and ended up allowing 3 hits and walking 1 while striking out 8...

Johnny Cueto earned the win after blanking the Tigers for eight innings on Saturday afternoon, limiting Detroit to five hits and no walks with five strikeouts. Cueto turned in a vintage performance, taking advantage of a juicy home matchup against...

Trey Mancini, OF, BAL Mancini hit a walk-off single to complete the Orioles' comeback against the Angels on Friday night. He finished the night 2 for 5 and is now riding a seven-game hitting streak. After a down 2021 season,...

We take a look at some hot hitters over the last month and examine why the Pirates optioned Roansy Contreras to Triple-A.

Isaac Paredes (1/2/3 - TB) - Paredes got the day off on Wednesday, something that hopefully won't cool off this tremendous hot streak that he's been on. Paredes is hitting .291 with 10 HR over the past 30 days, and...

Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins - A couple weeks ago I said that the gap between Sandy Alcantara and Pablo Lopez were closer than most would think, and yeah that was wrong. Alcantara is throwing like the best arm in baseball...

Kutter Crawford, SP, BOS Crawford served as the bulk reliever for the Red Sox on Monday and struck out 8 in 5.1 scoreless innings, while allowing just 2 hits and 1 BB against the Rays. He was used as a...

Joey Wendle- SS- MIA- FYI- Wendle has had injury issues this season, but when he's been healthy he has shown some progress from 2021. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and a steal yesterday. That puts Wendle with a slash...

Christian Yelich- OF- MIL- Hot- Yelich may not be posting the MYP-type numbers that were expected to come routinely after his 2019 season. However, he is definitely heating up. Yesterday he hit his 8th homer of the season (and 3rd...

Springer's stealing bases, Bieber working with less stuff, and much more.

Cristian Javier erupted for a season-high 14 punchouts on Friday against the Angels, holding LA to just one run on one hit and no walks over seven outstanding innings. Aside from giving up a first-inning solo shot to Shohei Ohtani,...

Justin Verlander, SP, HOU Verlander twirled a gem against the NL East-leading Mets on Wednesday night. He didn't surrender a run while striking out six and giving up two hits and one walk. Despite missing virtually all of the 2020...

Alex Kirilloff, 1B (MIN) Kirilloff reached base in four of his five plate appearances. The only time he failed to reach base was a sacrifice fly. He finished with three hits in three at-bats and two runs scored. The young...

Aroldis Chapman- RP- NYY- Injury Update- Chapman threw a perfect IP in his rehab appearance at AA Somerset yesterday. He threw 7 of 11 pitches and struck out a batter. It looks like Chapman passed his last test before returning...

Pete Alonso, 1B, NYM Alonso hit a pair of solo homers in Miami on Sunday evening. The Polar Bear currently leads the majors with 68 RBI, and his two-homer night gives him 22 on the season, which is tied for...

Justin Verlander tossed another gem on Friday, dominating the Yankees over seven innings of one-run ball in the Bronx for his AL-leading ninth win of the season. JV allowed just four hits and one walk while striking out three, with...

Dansby Swanson, SS, ATL Swanson had a big day against the Giants on Thursday, going 3-4 with 2 HR's, 3 runs, and 3 RBI. He has steadily improved each month this season, posting a .644 OPS in April followed by...

Lucas Giolito (SP - CWS) - Giolito was shelled for the second straight start on Wednesday, giving up 11 hits and 7 runs to the Jays over 5 innings to drop to 4-4 on the year. Giolito has only 3...

Isaac Parades, Tampa Bay Rays - Isaac Parades did a month's worth of damage in one game against the Yankees with three homers and four RBI. Even with this crazy game, his month of June has been completely awful as...

Christian Yelich, OF (MIL)Yelich was hitless for his third time in the last four games. He had a pair of strikeouts on Monday, dropping his slash line to .234/.318/.369. A .369 slugging percentage! Three years ago it was .671! Contact...

Jack Suwinski (OF-PIT) had a massive day at the dish as he went 3-3 with a walk and a trio of solo shots against the Giants on Sunday. The rookie has pretty much delivered what was expected of him after...

Justin Verlander- P- HOU- Great Player- Despite yesterday's results, Verlander still qualifies as a great player. Sure, he gave up 7 runs (4 earned) on 9 hits in 3.2 IP. However, Verlander didn't walk anyone and threw 59 of 81...

Charlie Morton settled for a no-decision after throwing seven shutout innings against the Cubs on Friday, yielding just three hits and no walks with nine strikeouts. Morton and the Braves traded zeroes for seven innings before Atlanta scratched out a...

Christopher Morel, OF, CHC Morel went 2-4 with a HR and a SB against the Padres on Thursday and is now up to 5 HR's and 7 SB's through 28 games this season. Combine that with a .283/.359/.513 slash line,...

Nestor Cortes, SP, NYY Coming off his worst outing of the season (4.1 IP, 7H, 4ER), Cortes bounced back with a solid effort against the Rays. Across 5.1 innings, he gave up just one run on three hits and three...

Sandy Alcantara, SP (MIA) Alcantara was stupendous again on Monday, as the Marlins' right-hander is putting his name in the NL Cy Young conversation. He allowed two runs in 7.2 innings in a no-decision at Philadelphia. The two earned runs...

Matt Carpenter (2B/3B-NYY) had a phenomenal day at the plate against the Cubs on Sunday as he went 3-4 with a walk, 2 homers, and 7 RBI. The 36 year-old has enjoyed something of a renaissance as a fill-in player...

Jake Burger, 3B, CWS Burger stayed hot on Saturday going 2-5 with his 8th HR of the season in a loss to the Rangers. He is now slashing a strong .280/.326/.528 for the season along with 8 HR's and 22...

Deep dive into Albies power drought and a look at some under-the-radar hitters (Rizzo, Happ, and Naylor). New closer in OAK?

Shane McClanahan is making a case for being the best pitcher in baseball and two buy-low opportunities (Pham and Yelich).