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Drake Baldwin-Braves-C Drake Baldwin was 3-4 with an RBI against the Nationals. Baldwin has been on fire in the month of May. He was hitting .579 with 2 HR, 4 R, 6 RBI, and 0 SB in a part-time role....

Ryan Weathers, SP, Marlins Ryan Weathers made his first start of the season after being activated off the injured list, allowing one run on two hits and one walk with five strikeouts over five innings. This was a great start...

Some pitchers get by on smoke and mirrors, pure gile, deception, craftiness, knowledge, experience...wait a minute: what I just described are the qualities that make quality pitching, something that StatCast, Stuff+ and all the spin rates in the world don't...

Kerry Carpenter, OF, Detroit Tigers Carpenter had a great day going 2-5 with 3 R, 1 BB on three hard hit balls. He's running a .434 xwOBACON, which is mainly driven by a 14.5 barrel rate and 21.7 LA. He's...

Wilyer Abreu (OF - BOS) - Abreu's 10th HR came as part of a 3-hit day against the Royals on Sunday, and the 25 year old is now slashing 279/380/551 for the season. He hits so many flyballs (approaching 60%)...

Joc Pederson- DH- TEX- Stats- Pederson had been the coldest of the cold this year. The Rangers installed Bret Boone as their new hitting coach this week and since then Pederson has gone 5-for-11, hitting his first homer of the...

Tarik Skubal (SP - Tigers) Skubal shut the Rangers down allowing 1 ER on 2 hits with 12 strikeouts over 7 innings. After a rocky start to the season where he surrendered 7 runs over his first two starts, Skubal...

Spencer Torkelson (1B-DET) was productive in Thursday's doubleheader with the Rockies as he went 5-9 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, and 4 RBI on the day. The 25 year-old continues to be a fantasy contributor as he's now batting...

Soto smacked a pair of home runs on Wednesday and also added a 110 mile-per-hour lineout to straightaway center. It's another example of Soto tearing the cover off the ball in his first year with the Mets, even if the surface stats don't support that.

Evan Carter, OF, Texas Rangers Carter made his 2025 debut, going 2-5 with R and K. While your leaguemates might hop on him trying to catch some post-hype sleeper effect, I'm personally hesitant. Carter was striking out at 25.6% in...

Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA Alcantara was roughed up by the Dodgers again on Monday. Giving up five runs on six hits, one walk, and four Ks across 5.0 innings of work. The start came on the heels of a disastrous...

Triston Casas (1B-BOS) will most likely miss the rest of the 2025 campaign after being diagnosed with a ruptured left patellar tendon. The injury brings a premature end to a disappointing season for the 25 year-old slugger, who finishes with...

Dylan Cease SP SAN Never an easy watch, Cease was in Pittsburgh on Friday but as usual, it took 91 pitches for him to get through 4 innings. He walked in a run in the 4th inning on his 90th...

Juan Soto, OF, New York Mets Soto had his biggest day of the year going 2-3 with 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB on three hard hit balls. Soto is having a down year given his first round draft...

Tony Gonsolin, SP, Dodgers Tony Gonsolin looked impressive in his season debut, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings. He induced 17 whiffs in the night for a 40% whiff rate, with his slider...

Carlos Rodon (SP - Yankees) Rodon allowed 2 ER over 6 innings Tuesday, striking out 7. It was a great start as he carried a perfect game into the 6th. Rodon has been pretty solid over the past 3 starts...

Brandon Nimmo (OF-NYM) had a monster day at the plate against the Nationals on Monday as he went 4-6 with 2 HR, a 2B, 4 runs scored, and 9 RBI. The 32 year-old had started the 2025 campaign slowly as...

Kris Bubic-Royals-SP Kris Bubic went 5 IP and gave up 4 ER on 5 H, 3 BB, and 4 K's against the Astros. Bubic has a 2.25 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, and 3.29 SIERA through 36 IP. He is building off...

Eugenio Suarez- 3B- ARI- Hot- Suarez slugged 4 homers last night, 3 solo blasts and one with a man on. It extended his modest hitting streak to 4 games and he has scored in each one of those. Suarez got...

Carson Kelly C CHC Just like you figured: Carson Kelly kicking tail and taking names: .509 OBP and 6 bombs through 57 PAs. Great googly moogly! Let's look under the 30 year-old catcher's hood: 17% Barrel Rate, 63% Hard Hit...

Alex Bregman, 3B, BOS On Thursday night, Bregman hit his 5th home run of the season, going 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBI. He is currently riding a five-game hitting streak and has his average at a...

Reese Olson was absolutely dominant on Wednesday. The young right-hander threw 7.1 scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and one walk while striking out seven. Olson's slider/changeup were spectacular, generating 17 swinging strikes on those two pitches alone. He finished the game with a phenomenal 41% CSW rate. Through five starts Olson has been a completely different pitcher at home than on the road. He has allowed two runs in 18.1 innings at Comerica Park while giving up eight runs in nine innings away from Detroit. It's way too small of a sample size to allow that to play into lineup decisions, and it's worth noting his home/road splits were negligible last year. The bigger factor is that when he has his changeup going, he can be one of the best pitchers in the game.

Seiya Suzuki, OF, Chicago Cubs Suzuki had a great day at the plate going 2-5 with R, 2 RBI, 2 K on two hard hit balls. Suzuki is seeing the ball excellently, as his 45.6% LA Sweet Spot is 96th...

Max Meyer (MIA - SP) - Meyer was brilliant Monday, throwing 6 shutout innings against the Reds and striking out 14 without walking a man. To illustrate just how filthy his slider was: there were 21 swings on the 40...

Brice Turang- 2B- MIL- Hot- Turang stole 3 bases yesterday, part of a franchise record 9 steals in the game. Overall he went 2-for-3 with a walk, sac fly, 3 runs and a RBI. Turang has 8 steals and seems...

Dylan Crews (OF-WSH) enjoyed what was easily his best game of the young 2025 season as he went 3-5 with a pair of 2-run blasts and a 2B against the Rockies on Saturday. The 23 year-old had REALLY struggled out...

Logan Webb, SP, Giants Logan Webb looked great on Friday, striking out 12 batters over six innings in an unlucky 2-0 loss against the Angels. He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks. He induced 16...

Cal Raleigh (C-SEA) went deep again as he went 1-5 with a solo shot, a walk, and a stolen base against the Reds on Thursday. The 28 year-old slugger is now batting only .216 through his first 84 PA of...

Chris Bassitt, SP, TOR Bassitt was superb against the Braves on Wednesday, striking out 10 across 5 shutout innings, surrendering just 3 hits and 2 BB's. It's been an otherworldly start to the season for the veteran who now owns...

Kyren Paris, 2B, Los Angeles Angels Paris went 1-3 with two punchouts on a quieter night. He's been scorching hot to start the season slashing .366/.458/.805 with a .511 xwOBACON and 60.7% Hard Hit rate. This is really impressive given...

Dylan Crews (OF - WAS) - Crews is 5-47 with 5 singles and a 2:18 BB:K ratio after another 0-4 on Monday against former college teammate Paul Skenes, so I went in to check his Statcast data and plate discipline/contact...

Hunter Greene-Red-SP Hunter Greene went 7 IP and gave up 0 ER on 2 H, 1 BB, and 8 K's against the Pirates. Greene came into the game dominating (1.31 ERA, 0.63 WHIP, and 27% K:BB) and left with a...

Adley Rutschman C BAL Ok, so you want more homers from Adley...but he's squaring up the ball at 38% and only whiffing at a 13%, so as Axl Rose once said...Patience. Rutschman also sports an xOBP of .385 in concert...

Matt Olson- 1B- ATL- Cold- As in 2024, Olson is getting off to a slow start. After going 1-for-4 yesterday he is slashing .196/.339/.326. His EV of 94.0 and HardHit% of 54.5% are higher than in 2024. What's hurting him...

Bailey Ober, SP, Minnesota Twins On the surface, Ober had a solid game, going 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K. That being said, he allowed a whopping ten hard hit balls. Ober has an astronomical .462...

Ben Rice (1B/DH-Yankees) Rice continues his torrid start with his 3rd home run of the season. Now sporting a .306 batting average and 1.086 OPS, Rice has seemingly taken over as the Yankees everyday leadoff hitter. He displays characteristics of...