Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 18

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. Even with only a week and a half of the season in the books, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature, use this column on a […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/17/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We're back for a huge Tuesday slate, featuring double digit games. There are players at every price level, including pitchers and hitters. That means there will be a plethora of options for lineup construction tonight. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 4/17/18. The lineup […]

Braves Want Ronald Acuna To Show Consistency In Minors

Atlanta Braves outfield prospect Ronald Acuna has had a rough go of it at Triple-A. Part of it is that he's been idle a lot, which is not good for getting one's timing down. Still, as massively talented as he is, the parent club wants him to get some consistently good at-bats before they bring […]

Ender Inciarte Scores Run As Braves Beat Phillies

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte has gotten off to a bit of a slow start. After Monday's 2-1 win over Philadelphia, the leadoff hitter was batting .183. Still, he went 1-for-4 and scored an important run on Freddie Freeman's double play. He'll get back on track and will likely reward those who stick with him.

Julio Teheran Has Fantastic Start Against Phillies

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran looked every bit like the ace that the team hoped for on Monday night. He twirled six strong innings, striking out nine Phillies and only allowed one run, a solo homer to Odubel Herrera. It wasn't perfect since he walked three hitters, but he made sure to keep them […]

Tony Sanchez Acquired By Rangers

The Texas Rangers acquired Tony Sanchez from the Cincinnati Reds on Monday afternoon. Sanchez has been assigned to Triple-A, where he will share catching duties with recently-acquired Cameron Rupp. In his major league career, Sanchez has hit .257 with four home runs in 156 career plate appearances. His minor league numbers are actually worse with […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 17

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. Even with only a week and a half of the season in the books, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/16/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

After a rough batch of weather for the Sunday slate, it'll be important to monitor the status of games throughout the day. However, there are 10 games on the main slate, meaning there are plenty of solid options to choose from. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire Watch List

Every Monday we’ll be checking in on some names to keep an eye on and add to your watch list. Some may require quick action while others are simply options to keep in mind down the road. We're still in the very early stages of the season but every bit of additional data helps. Here's […]

The Cut List (Week 3): Time to Let Go?

Well, we’re three weeks into the season and the picture is starting to clear up. Players who started off the year cold are heating up (Andrew Benintendi, Mike Moustakas, Steve Pearce) while guys like Josh Harrison and Nick Ahmed are slowly regressing to the mean. We can start confidently making add/drop decisions, but don’t expect […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For April 16

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. It may only be April, but it's never too early to start streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/15/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have an ace-heavy 11 game featured slate this Sunday. There are several quality pitchers on the schedule today, as well as several suspect pitchers. There aren’t many middle tier options on the mound, which means we’ll have to choose our hurlers carefully. We’ve also got weather concerns across the country. As of writing this […]

Mike Foltynewicz (SP, ATL) - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 36% of Yahoo leagues ANALYSIS: Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz has always had the stuff, but never seemed to be able to put it all together for very long stretches. If his start to this season is any indication, he may be turning a corner. Foltynewicz […]

Preston Tucker Drives In Three Wins As Braves Blank Cubs

Atlanta Braves outfielder Preston Tucker provided the only offense needed on Friday night. He clubbed a three-run homer off Yu Darvish and Atlanta easily won, 4-0. The three-RBI night gave him 12 for the season, which ties him for fourth in the National League in that category. The question is: Is he for real? April […]

Anibal Sanchez Tames Cubs As Braves To Shutout Win

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez is trying to cement a place in the rotation. He certainly helped his cause on Friday afternoon, hurling six innings while keeping the Chicago Cubs off the scoreboard. Sanchez struck out six and walked none. So far, he has a 1.29 ERA, which will make it very tough for […]

Braves Waiting For Johan Camargo and Ronald Acuna To Heat Up A Bit

Both Atlanta Braves third baseman Johan Camargo and outfielder Ronald Acuna are healthy. That's not why the front office is balking at calling them up right away from Triple-A Gwinnett - they have struggled at the plate thanks to being in a nine-day lull between spring training and the minor league season. All their timing […]

Brandon McCarthy Looks To Make Next Start On Tuesday

When you hear the words partially dislocated shoulder, you tend to think of time missed. Fortunately for Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy, it was his non-throwing shoulder. McCarthy did his usual workout routine Friday and hopes to make his scheduled start on Tuesday. That would be at home against the Phillies. McCarthy is more […]

Aaron Blair Will See Dr. James Andrews

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Aaron Blair, who was pitching in Triple-A Gwinnett, was put on the disabled list there due to a shoulder injury. He's going to see Dr. James Andrews on Monday. That usually tends to not bode well for a fast recovery, and the words "Tommy John" are often bandied around. We'll have […]

Mike Soroka Continues To Pitch Well In Triple-A

Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Mike Soroka went 5 2/3 innings and struck out eight batters Thursday for Triple-A Gwinnett. Soroka gave up two runs but didn’t walk a batter. It was a very good outing for Soroka, who seemingly has nothing else left to prove at the minor league level. The Braves are likely to […]

Holds Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds for Week 3

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire in Week 2 and the start of the baseball season. Bottom line: the more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 14

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. Even with only a week and a half of the season in the books, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on […]

Rookie Report - Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 2)

The deadline for teams to secure an additional year of team control will pass later this week, meaning we will have a far better shot of seeing guys like Nick Senzel, Kyle Tucker, and, of course, Ronald Acuna at some point after this week passes. Hopefully those youngsters will be featured on next week's list. […]

Brandon McCarthy Exits Game With Injury To Non-Throwing Shoulder

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy (shoulder) has had some bad luck in his career, including a ball hitting him in the head. On Tuesday, he seemed to partially dislocate his left shoulder after covering first on a ground ball to first baseman Freddie Freeman. McCarthy is day-to-day, but be ready to put him on the […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

With nearly two weeks of the 2018 baseball season in the books, it’s clearly getting toward that existential crisis time where you start to get itchy over those slow starts and brazen over the hot ones. I know you want results, but it’s not even halfway through April! You’ve got this. With that being said, […]

2018 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 2)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top 30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. The Shohei Ohtani train keeps rolling along. He’s quickly become a […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/11/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

I decided about halfway through last season that I had to take on a Wednesday column for next season because there's a lot of day baseball. Day baseball means split slates in DFS. Split slates (when each one is at least three games, preferably a 5-9 game range) are twice the fun. That's not even […]

Mike Foltynewicz Sees Team Flail In Loss to Nats

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz surely knew that he had a terrible starting matchup in Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg. Still, he did not concede a thing, going five innings and giving up three runs, two of them earned. The problem was trying to get those runs back from Strasburg was like trying to climb up […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/11/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a split slate today. The early slate features seven games, while the later slate features six games. Since both of these slates can be played fairly easily, I'll be using players from each one. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 4/11/18. The […]

Johan Camargo Struggling During Minors Rehab

Atlanta Braves third baseman Johan Camargo isn't swinging a hot bat during his rehab from an oblique injury. He's only collected a couple of hits in 15 at-bats at Triple-A, although one was a homer. Yes, he could turn it on once he comes back up to the majors, but the club would like to […]