Robert Gsellman Picks Up Save On Sunday

The final box score for the New York Mets 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday may officially credit a save to reliever Robert Gsellman, but don’t let that fool you – he likely won’t be getting further save chances any time soon. With normal closer Jeurys Familia getting a day of rest after […]

Jace Fry Gets The Save For The White Sox Sunday

In a season where White Sox manager Rick Renteria has shuffled the ninth inning role, Sunday he went with Jace Fry who struck out two batters over an innning for his first save. Nate Jones pitched Friday and Saturday and got the last two saves for the White Sox. Jones may have been unavailable Sunday […]

Nate Jones (RP, CWS) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Saves Leagues OWNED IN: 25% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Chicago White Sox may have found their guy after going through a closer carousel to start the season. Nate Jones has converted the past two save opportunity for the Sox and it's worth it to assume that they might ride the hot hand here. Joakim […]

Seranthony Dominguez (RP, PHI) - Closers and Saves Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Saves Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Phillies turned to rookie flamethrower Seranthony Dominguez to nail down the save today against the Cardinals, and he delivered. Dominguez was initially brought in the eighth inning, but came back out for the ninth again. He finished with two scoreless innings, zero […]

Jace Fry Picks Up First Career Save

Chicago White Sox reliever Jace Fry picked up his first career save in the White Sox win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. Fry, 24, got the save opportunity because the Rangers had a lineup full of lefties to face him in the ninth inning. Fry chews up lefties, who looked foolish against him on […]

Chris Hatcher Fills An Inning; A Mediocre RP In 2018

Oakland Athletics middle reliever Chris Hatcher had a mediocre inning of relief in a 9-2 victory against Toronto Sunday afternoon. He went one inning allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one batter. Hatcher has a very poor strikeout rate (14.1%) to go with an average walk rate (9.9%). He is consistently getting […]

Wilmer Font Pitches Poorly In Inning Of Work Sunday

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Wilmer Font gave up two earned runs on a home run and two walks in an inning of work on Sunday in a 9-2 win over the Blue Jays. Font came on to pitch the ninth with the A's up 9-0 and proceeded to walk a runner before giving up a […]

Ryan Madson Headed To The DL

Washington Nationals reliever Ryan Madson has been sent to the DL with a sore pectoral muscle. Madson had been unable to pitch in Saturday's game due to chest soreness. Nationals manager had been using Madson in a setup role ahead of closer Sean Doolittle. Madson, 37, had some bad luck this season, as his actual […]

Sergio Romo Successful Again Sunday

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Sergio Romo was relatively successful in his role as a starter Sunday. Romo struck out three of the six batters he faced, and retired four in total. Romo has always had success in his career against right-handed hitters and the Rays took advantage of that this weekend against the Angels. […]

Sergio Romo Starting Again Sunday

Tampa Bay Rays reliever Sergio Romo is starting for the second straight game on Sunday. Romo has been an elite option against right handed hitters throughout his career and the Rays are trying a new technique to take advantage of it. The Rays are facing the Angels this weekend who have three right handed threats […]

Josh Hader Strikes Out Six For Win

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader went 2 1/3 innings pitched, giving up only one walk while striking out six in the 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. Hader once again struck out six of the eight batters he faced and is proving to be one of the most dominant relievers in baseball this year. […]

Digging Deeper: Week 8 AL/NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As we enter Week 8, we're getting closer and closer to panic time. If you've been ravaged by injuries like me, waiver wire pickups might not cut it anymore. Don't wait too long to go out on the trade market and fill some holes on your team. Remember, it's a long season, […]

Tyler Clippard Blows Save Against Athletics

Toronto Blue Jays reliever Tyler Clippard seems to be the team's candidate of choice for the closer role with Roberto Osuna out indefinitely, but that may be up in the air after Saturday. Granted, Clippard's blown save came after attempting to clean up a mess that reliever John Axford got the Blue Jays into, but […]

The Cut List (Week 8): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 8 of the Cut List. I’m continuing the standard league viable cut trend that I’ve been rolling with for a few weeks. I think my pitching cut suggestions have fared rather well over the past few weeks (Danny Duffy, Jeff Samardzija, Sonny Gray, Jacob Faria), but the hitters I’ve highlighted lately are […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/20/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We’ve got an 11 game featured slate this Sunday, and it is dominated by NL East pitchers. Four of the five highest priced pitchers on this slate play for teams in the NL East. Sorry Wei-Yin Chen, we don’t want to play you today. But we do want to build our lineup around two of […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 21

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be available on […]

Nate Jones Racks Up Another Save

Chicago White Sox closer Nate Jones racked up the save for the White Sox Saturday. Jones has now picked up the save in each of the last two save opportunities for the White Sox. It was a bit of a bumpy ride Saturday, as Jones allowed the first two runners to get on base, but […]

Alex Colome Earns A Save Saturday Versus Los Angeles

Tampa Bay Rays closer Alex Colome came in to end the late rally by the Angels Saturday. The Angels had just gotten a two-run HR by Mike Trout to close the deficit to 5-3 with no outs in the ninth inning when manager Kevin Cash called for Colome. He would set down three straight batters […]

Sergio Romo To Start Sunday After Saturday Success

Tampa Bay Rays reliever Sergio Romo will make the start for the second consecutive day Sunday versus Los Angeles. Saturday, he would throw a perfect first inning while striking out all three batters he faced. The Rays have decided to try the same thing Sunday so their starter can go longer into the game before […]

Seranthony Dominguez Records First Career Save

With the Philadelphia Phillies evidently having put the closer role up for grabs, another reliever got his chance on Saturday. Seranthony Dominguez, the right-handed rookie, picked up the save in St. Louis, tossing a pair of shutout innings while recording two strikeouts along the way. The 24-year-old has yet to concede a hit since his […]

Craig Kimbrel Secures 13th Save

Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel locked down the ninth inning to pick up his 13th save in a 6-3 win over the Orioles. He pitched a clean inning with no hits and no walks, but he also failed to get a strikeout as well, which is surprising considering his 39.7 K%. Kimbrel combined with […]

Raisel Iglesias Blows Save Saturday

Cincinnati Reds closer Raisel Iglesias blew his second save of the season in game one of his team's doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Iglesias entered in the eighth inning of a two-run game and promptly allowed Chicago to score twice to knot up the ballgame. Iglesias was let off the hook after his […]

Mark Melancon Won’t Return As Closer

San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy said on Saturday that relief pitcher Mark Melancon (forearm) won’t return as the team’s closer when he returns to the major league roster. Melancon is due back in a couple weeks and Bochy wants to ease him back into action with low leverage work. Melancon begins his rehab assignment […]

Kelvin Herrera Stifles Yankees For Save

Kansas City Royals closer Kelvin Herrera shut down the Yanks for his ninth save on Friday, allowing no baserunners and striking out one in the inning. Herrera has been held back in the saves this season by the fact that the Royals have been a pretty terrible team, but with the team starting to come […]

Brad Keller Nails Down Fourth Hold

Kansas City Royals reliever Brad Keller openly admits he shouldn’t be a major leaguer. He wasn’t heavily recruited, was barely scouted, and then was unprotected in the Rule 5 draft before he made his way to Kansas City via a detour through Cincinnati. Now he’s pitching in the big leagues, and manager Ned Yost is […]

Bryan Shaw Picks Up 10th Hold

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Bryan Shaw was brought in this season because he had been one of the dominant pieces of Cleveland’s bullpen for the last few years. Unfortunately, he looked like a bust throughout April. Shaw’s April was so bad that his walk rate, WHIP, and ERA are still the highest of his career […]

Brett Anderson Placed On DL

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Brett Anderson was officially put on the disabled list, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Anderson left Friday night's start in the second inning due to arm discomfort. This is the 11th time Anderson has hit the DL in his career. Ryan Dull was recalled in a corresponding […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/19/18): MLB DFS Lineups

As always, we've got an action packed Saturday on DraftKings, with all 30 teams in play. We've got a monster all day slate starting at 1pm eastern with all 15 games included, as well as the featured slate starting at 7pm with with 11 games. In this article, I will be providing you with my […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for May 20

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be available on […]

Buy or Sell - Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 8

Since last week's column, Luke Weaver has allowed one run over his past 12 innings and Luis Castillo notched another victory by striking out eight in six frames against the Dodgers. Also, Alen Hanson hit the DL and Tim Anderson hasn't notched a single HR, SB, or RBI since May 9. Fantasy baseball giveth and […]