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Corbin Carroll, OF (ARI) Carroll stuffed the stat sheet on Tuesday, reaching base four times including a triple, two walks and his 13th stolen base of the season. Carroll looked just fine after leaving Sunday's game with side discomfort. Both...

Austin RIley, 3B, ATL Riley stayed hot on Monday night, going 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles against the Tigers. Over the past four games, he is 8 for 13 with three homers, three doubles, and eight RBI....

Mookie Betts (2B/SS/OF) will miss significant time after he suffered a fractured left wrist when it was struck by a 98-mph fastball on Sunday. This development is certainly a major blow to the Dodgers and his fantasy owners, as Betts...

Anthony Santander- OF- BAL- Hot- Santander slugged 2 homers yesterday to give him 17 for the season. He has hit 8 homers so far in the month of June. Santander started slow in 2024 but his EV and HardHit% have...

Gerrit Cole Cole made another rehab start in AAA tonight, obviously dominating a helpless Rochester lineup. He went 4.1 innings, throwing exactly 70 pitches, and punched out 10 batters while allowing no runs. This was his third rehab start. The...

Griffin Jax With the Twins holding onto a four run lead, they turned to Jax in the 8th, who threw a clean inning, punching out two hitters. While the closer job is currently occupied by someone else, I still love...

Pablo Lopez-Twins-SP Pablo Lopez went 5 IP and gave up 2 ER on 5 H, 0 BB, and 5 K's against the Rockies. Lopez now has a 5.33 ERA and 1.21 WHIP through 76 IP. He has not had the...

Kyle Schwarber, DH, PHI Schwarber went 2 for 4 with a pair of solo shots and a pair of strikeouts. This is the kind of game we like to see from Scwarbs. However, the powerful lefty has been more often...

Tis the Season for promotions, call-ups, debuts & spot start rookies. Tyler Locklear 1B/3B SEA DEBUT: Locklear was called up from Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday and he went 1-for-4 with an RBI double and a run in his debut.. Locklear...

Nathan Eovaldi- P- TEX- Hot- Eovaldi picked up his first win in 3 starts since coming off the IL. He allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk while striking out 5 in 7 IP. In the 3 post-IL...

Saves are the most volatile stat in Fantasy. If you're seeking Saves, roster high Whiff Rate RPs with nice ratios who can provide the vulture save or win. Jeremiah Estrada RP SAN Jeremiah was a relief pitcher. Was a good...

These SPs are magicians...but will their tricks last? Read on for Starting Pitchers with Tricks Revealed and the question of questions: Can the Magic Last? José Berríos SP TOR What's his Trick? He owns a nice Chase Rate of 30%,...

Pablo Lopez, SP, Twins Pablo Lopez had another poor outing on Thursday, where he gave up 7 runs on 4 hits and 6 walks. He struck out 4 over 4 innings. This is the third time in his last four...

Jack Flaherty (SP-DET) continued his resurgence as he completed 5 shutout IP against the Rangers (2 H, 0 BB, 4 K) before exiting after throwing just 60 pitches (44 strikes). His average fastball velocity was down about 1 mph in...

Vladimir Guererro Jr., 1B, TOR Guerrero went 2 for 4 with a solo shot, his 6th of the season. Six dingers by early June isn't exactly what you want in an investment like Guerrero, but make no mistake, he has...

Spencer Torkelson (1B - DET) - I wish I had a giant "sad face" emoji for this one, but the Tigers aren't waiting around for Torkelson any longer, sending him down to bring up Justyn-Henry Malloy. Torkelson hit 4 homers...

Garrett Crochet (SP-CHW) was effective again on Saturday as he allowed 1 run on 5 hits and a walk while fanning 8 over 6 IP, although he did not factor into the decision against the Brewers. The 24 year-old southpaw...

Struggling Studs Remember draft day? Safe bat at the hot corner? Easy pick: Austin Riley. At shortstop, nobrainer: Francisco Lindor. At 2B, no safer pick than Ozzie Albies! Topshelf power at 1B: Only Olson seemed a sure thing (maybe Alonso)....

Zac Gallen Gallen was pulled from his start just six pitches in due to a hamstring injury. Gallen has a decorated history of hamstring issues, which makes it all the more concerning. He referred to his hamstring injury prior in...

Tarik Skubal, SP (DET) Skubal rebounded from his worst start of the season, which wasn't actually that bad, to deliver a dominant performance on Wednesday against Pittsburgh. The electric left-hander threw a season-high seven shutout innings, holding the Pirates to...

Corey Seager, SS, TEX The "Seager Heater" continued on Tuesday night as the 2023 WS MVP went deep for the 7th time in as many games. The off day Monday didn't do much too cool Seager's bat. He went 1...

Robert Gasser (SP - MIL) - Gasser went zero for zero with Justin Steele for 6 innings on Monday, allowing just 3 singles and fanning 7. Once again he didn't walk a batter, and for a guy that showed his...

Ronald Acuna Jr., OF, ATL Acuna was diagnosed with a torn ACL on Sunday and will miss the remainder of the 2024 season. He left the game against the Pirates on Sunday after injuring his knee while baserunning in the...

Brice Turang- 2B- MIL- Hot- Turang stole his 19th base of the season yesterday. He has not been caught since July 4 of last year and is working on a string of 36 successful steals. Turang is slashing .301/.356/.429 so...

Braxton Garrett, SP, Marlins Braxton Garrett tossed a complete game shutout against the Diamondbacks on Friday. He allowed 4 hits and struck out 6 in what was the best start of the youngster's career. He was very efficient, throwing 71...

Three veteran hitters doing well (Stanton, McCutchen, and Chapman) and Julio's Disappearing Power

The Waiver Wire in late May can feel a bit picked over, but bargain finds are there for teams in need. If you have injury woes, take a look at one of these 5 bargain bats... Matt Chapman 3B SFG...

Oneil Cruz Cruz went 3-5 with two doubles on Tuesday, but more notably hit two baseballs over 120 EV, the first time that has ever been recorded in a single game by a single player in tracking history. In fact,...

Danny Jansen (C-TOR) went 3-5 with a homer, a 2B, 5 RBI, and an additional run scored as he batted 2nd against the White Sox on Monday afternoon. The 29 year-old has - as usual - missed part of the...

Jordan Hicks We see starters turn into relievers all the time, but rarely is it that relievers, especially closers, turn back into starters. Hicks went five innings surrendering one earned run on a solo homer, but only punched out one...

Jo Adell (OF-LAA) continued what appears to be a breakout campaign as he went 1-3 with a solo homer, a walk, and a stolen base against the Rangers on Saturday evening. The 25 year-old former first-round pick seemed to be...

William Contreras- C- MIL- Idea- Contreras' performance this season has put his name in early MVP talk. He is slashing .353/.430/.543 with 6 homers in 200 PAs. Contreras owns a 94.4 EV and 60.3% HardHit%. His LA is only 6.9...

Clarke Schmidt, SP, NYY Schmidt dominated the Twins on Thursday, pitching 8 shutout innings and allowing just 3 hits and no walks while striking out 8. The scoreless outing lowers his ERA to a sparkling 2.49 and this is backed...

Michael King, SP, Padres Michael King got lit up for 6 runs on 8 hits over 5.1 innings against the Rockies on Wednesday. He struck out 7 and walked 2. After dominating the Dodgers in his previous starts, you would...

Matt Olson, 1B, ATL Olson hit his fifth home run of the season on Tuesday. He added an RBI double and a walk, finishing the night 2 for 3 with four RBI. After leading the league with 54 dingers in...

Jose Berrios (SP-TOR) largely held the Orioles lineup in check on Monday as he allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 4 over 7 IP. The 29 year-old righty fired 59 of his 94 offerings...