Yelich is like using cheat codes.
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Glad to see ohtani making progressComment -
Chris Sale still sucking.Comment -
Yes he is and I’m not sure what to do with him in fantasy. The league I have him in is h2h with no innings cap like my roto league so I’ll probably keep running him out there but I’m tempted to bench him. I definitely won’t get a good return if I tried to trade him so I guess my only move is to hold onto him and hope he turns it around but man it sure is frustrating.
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Right now it's fade Red Sox until after 50 games in
The hangover is realComment -
Padres on a 3 game skid
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Pitchers sometimes lose their sharpness. And when that happens they sometimes never get it backYes he is and I’m not sure what to do with him in fantasy. The league I have him in is h2h with no innings cap like my roto league so I’ll probably keep running him out there but I’m tempted to bench him. I definitely won’t get a good return if I tried to trade him so I guess my only move is to hold onto him and hope he turns it around but man it sure is frustrating.Comment -
As a lifelong Sox fan, I totally agree...Sox are an auto fade right nowComment -
I can’t remember the last time someone repeated as World Series champs.Comment -
A fourth ugly start to open the season has put Corbin Burnes’ spot in the Brewers’ rotation in jeopardy, writes Tom Haurdricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “I think we’re going to have a longer conversation this time, and try to figure out what the best way to get him on track is,” said manager Craig Counsell after today’s loss. Counsell wouldn’t guarantee another start for Burnes and spoke of how he thought Burnes threw the ball well but had some mistakes punished in his first few starts; regarding Wednesday’s loss, however, Counsell suggested that Burnes didn’t throw as well and left far too many pitches in the middle of the plate — an assessment with which Burnes himself agreed. With Freddy Peralta hitting the injured list, bouncing Burnes from the rotation would create even more uncertainty in a starting staff that is already accompanied by plenty of questions.
Here’s more from the division…
- The Reds don’t expect Alex Wood to make his team debut until sometime in May, per Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Acquired to help round out a revamped rotation, Wood hasn’t pitched in a game setting since late February due to back spasms. A setback at the end of camp pushed his timetable for a return back even further, but he’s now slated for a bullpen session Saturday. The lefty will need multiple rehab starts before he can be considered a big league option, though for the time being, Wood tells Nightengale he’s only focused on coming out of his upcoming bullpen session feeling strong. Given how long it’s been since he’s pitched in a game, the latter half of May seems more plausible than the early portion for a return.
- The Pirates’ lack of a move to truly address shortstop this offseason has led to some early questions at the position, as Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette addresses in his latest mailbag column. Trade acquisition Erik Gonzalez is hitting just .217/.308/.304 through 54 plate appearances, while prospect Kevin Newman has made a pair of errors in 17 innings a year after grading poorly there in a small sample of 182 innings. Brink notes that Cole Tucker could be a consideration at some point, but he likely won’t be promoted until he’s past the potential cutoff for Super Two status in mid June. Brink also notes that moving Jung Ho Kang to shortstop and playing Colin Moran at third base full time doesn’t appear to be in the cards now. He goes on to look ahead to next year’s free-agent market as well as Tyler Glasnow’s success in Tampa Bay in a column that has plenty of interesting info for Buccos fans.
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You have to go all the way back to the Yankees of the late 90's when they won 3 straight from 98-2000. My guess is you might never see that again because baseball has too much parity these days making it easier for teams to come out of nowhere and make noise in the postseason.Comment -
Sox seem to be going back to their Worst > First > Worst > First ways...Comment -
Jason Heyward the real deal this season, crazy!Comment -
Vlad Jr. hit a HR out of the stadium in an AAA game yesterday. Jays need to call him up already.Comment -
Sources: A's slugger Davis gets $33.5M extension
Oakland Athletics slugger Khris Davis has signed a two-year extension that will keep him under contract through the 2021 season, the team announced Thursday.
The A's did not disclose financial terms, but sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan that the deal is for $33.5 million.
Davis, 31, is batting .260 with a major-league-leading 10 home runs this season. He also has 20 RBIs.
"Oakland has been a special place for me since I arrived," Davis said in a statement issued by the team. "I love playing here in front of our fans, and my teammates make this feel like a family. I never hid the fact that I wanted to stay in Oakland because that is how I feel and I'm glad that I can continue to call the city of Oakland my baseball home.Comment -
Fade the Padres while you can.Comment -
Injuries are the story thus far for the Yankees, whose sluggish start is explained in no small part by a dizzying barrage of maladies. One of those has proven particularly confounding, as young starter Luis Severino came down with a lat strain while rehabbing a shoulder injury. As James Wagner of the New York Times reports, the investigation into the origins of Severino’s health problems has become a tale of its own. At this point, the team isn’t sure how that problem popped up; GM Brian Cashman says it wasn’t detected in the imaging that identified the initial shoulder problem.
In any event, there’s still five weeks to go until Severino can potentially start to throw once again. While he and the team wait for that important development, they’ll hope to welcome back a few other players. The latest …
- The Yanks are at least open to considering utilizing Miguel Andujar as something other than a third baseman, manager Aaron Boone indicated to reporters including Wagner (Twitter link). Andujar’s shoulder injury hasn’t limited him much with the bat, but has made throwing difficult. Even if he’s able to avoid a surgical procedure, then, a return to the hot corner may be difficult. In that event, it’s possible he’d be utilized in the DH slot or perhaps even at first. Those possibilities aren’t yet being discussed in earnest, with Boone saying the club will wait to see how Andujar’s throwing progresses, but it now seems there are some new approaches on the table.
- Backstop Gary Sanchez is still on track for a quick return to the active roster, MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch writes. In fact, with his calf injury evidently progressing well, he may be back when first eligible on Sunday. That’d be a nice boost for the lineup; the 26-year-old catcher had been back to his slugging ways before incurring the injury.
- Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton also seems to be showing signs of nearing a return from his biceps injury, though he’s certainly still further off. Stanton has taken cuts off a pitching machine, as Hoch tweeted yesterday, though it’s still a bit uncertain when he’ll be fully ready for activation. It seems possible, but not certain, that Stanton could return before the club wraps up a lengthy West Coast road trip on May 9th.
- Several other players are also progressing, but on less-certain timelines. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is also working back from a calf strain that is a bit more significant than Sanchez’s. (Via Hoch; Twitter link.) He’s participating in baseball activities and says he’s feeling good, but there’s still no indication when he’ll be ready. Outfielder Aaron Hicks is also engaged in a variety of baseball functions but hasn’t yet taken batting practice to test out his ailing back. He’s hoping to do so this week, Wagner tweets, which would perhaps clear the way for a rehab assignment.
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Yanks and Sox both losing to basement dweller teams lolComment -
Bravo to the A’s holding onto a stud.Comment -
Orioles looking promising babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyComment -
A's bullpen has struggled so not high on themComment -
well mad bum off to a wonderful start tonight
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Giants might as well trade mad bum.Comment -
They're seriously considering this and he's drawing alot of attention from opposing teams scouts so you might see this at the deadline when the Giants are going nowhere and looking to sell. As a fan, I don't want to see this happen but I think the Giants need to blow their team up because there's no way they're winning a World Series or even seeing the postseason any time soon.Comment
