Kyle Zimmer Working On (Another?) Comeback

The Kansas City Royals have held onto Kyle Zimmer for the last five years after drafting him in the first round in 2012, but he's never been able to stay healthy long enough to actually reach the big leagues. Following another bout with injuries, Zimmer was finally released before the 2018 season and re-signed to […]

Paulo Orlando Knocks A Pair Of Hits

Kansas City Royals outfielder Paulo Orlando led the way on Friday night by smacking a couple of hits in the team's losing effort against the Astros. KC only had five hits total in the game, so Orlando's pair also eventually led to two of the team's three runs. The injury suffered by Jorge Soler will […]

Alex Gordon Forgot How To Hit Again

Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon is 34 years old and is getting paid $18 million per year in 2018 and 2019. It's important to keep that in mind because no matter how bad he gets at the plate, he's going to keep starting for the Royals. For the month of May, it looked like […]

Mike Moustakas Breaks Slump With Three RBI

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas has been slumping recently, but it hasn't really been noticeable in the KC clubhouse because just about everyone on the team is slumping. Over the last week, only two regulars are hitting over .200. Moose was one of the few bright spots on Friday when his two-out double […]

Jake Junis Continues To Give Up HRs

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis has his eyes set on being the best in the league, and he's getting closer to accomplishing the dream. Junis gave up three more homers to the Astros on Friday, moving him into a tie for second place in the majors in most home runs given up by […]

Lucas Duda To Start Rehab On Sunday

Kansas City Royals first baseman Lucas Duda is poised to begin rehab with Triple-A Omaha on Sunday as he comes back from a flare-up of plantar fasciitis. Duda has been sidelined since May 14, and a condition like his is one that can come and go throughout a season. With the Royals losing outfielder Jorge […]

Jorge Soler Out At Least Six Weeks

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler is set to be out of action for at least six weeks due to his fractured metatarsal. He's scheduled to have another CT scan in a week, and if the two bones have separated further, he'll have to have surgery. That would likely result in a longer DL stint. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/16/18): MLB DFS Lineups

Today on DraftKings we've got four different slates to choose from, including an all-day slate that covers all 15 games starting at 1pm eastern, and the featured slate starting at 8pm. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 6/16/18. The lineup picks will range from […]

Jorge Soler Out For A While

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler is expected to be out for a while according to manager Ned Yost after Soler suffered a fractured metatarsal on Friday night. He is scheduled for a CT scan that the team hopes will give a more definitive timeline for his recovery, but at the moment, that time is […]

Jason Adam Sent Down To Triple-A

The Kansas City Royals optioned relief pitcher Jason Adam back to Triple-A Omaha on Friday. He was replaced on the roster by Brandon Maurer. Adam's first stint in the big leagues went pretty well, but there were a few hiccoughs along the way. Recently, he's struggled a bit as he had allowed solo home runs […]

Brandon Maurer Headed Back To Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals have recalled relief pitcher Brandon Maurer from Triple-A Omaha. Maurer was demoted after an atrocious start to the season, and he was initially terrible at Triple-A as well. Recently, he seems to have found his stride though, as he's recorded scoreless outings in 10 of his last 11 appearances. Maurer will […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for June 15

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. We are always ready to stream. 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 […]

Mike Moustakas May Not Be Traded

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas is a very likely trade target over the next six weeks since the Royals are one of the worst teams in the league, but general manager Dayton Moore told Rustin Dodd of The Athletic that he won't be traded "just to do a deal." This attitude is likely […]

Trevor Oaks Optioned To Triple-A

After an unimpressive stint with the big-league club, the Kansas City Royals have optioned pitcher Trevor Oaks back to Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move to bring Justin Grimm back from the DL. Oaks was on fire when he was starting for the Stormchasers, but when he was called up to Kansas City, he initially […]

Justin Grimm Activated From The DL

The Kansas City Royals activated relief pitcher Justin Grimm (back) from the disabled list on Tuesday. Grimm had been placed on the DL for lower back tightness after an atrocious period for KC earlier in the year in which he posted a 21.86 ERA in 10 outings and allowed multiple earned runs in his last five […]

Hunter Dozier Hammers Second Homer

Kansas City Royals first baseman Hunter Dozier was the only offensive bright spot for the Royals on Tuesday, as his solo home run in the fifth inning put their only run on the board. Dozier's time in the majors has been pretty mediocre while he's been filling in for the injured Lucas Duda. He's hitting […]

Ian Kennedy Shines In No-Decision

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Ian Kennedy continued his on-again, off-again relationship with good pitching by throwing eight sparkling shutout innings against the Reds on Tuesday. Kennedy stymied Cincy as he struck out five and only allowed three hits, but he was robbed of the win when closer Kelvin Herrera chunked the save opportunity and […]

Kelvin Herrera Implodes Against Reds

Kansas City Royals closer Kelvin Herrera has been nearly untouchable in 2018, but everything went off the rails on Tuesday night. Herrera came in to close a 1-0 game, but he promptly gave up a game-tying solo shot to the first hitter he faced, catcher Tucker Barnhart. He then walked Joey Votto, Herrera's first walk […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/13/18): MLB DFS Lineups

There are a plethora of games today, but they are broken down into two slates. The later slate features nine games, and that is the larger slate. That is also the slate that we will be focusing on here. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings […]

Seth Lugo (SP/RP, NYM) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: New York Mets starting pitcher Seth Lugo is coming off of his best start of the season, creating a waiver rush like no other. Lugo dismantled the Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball, as he allowed a mere two singles and struck out […]

Week 11 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

With roughly two-fifths of the baseball season in the past, we’ve got plenty of data to play with and some serious questions to answer about our fantasy teams. Some of you are likely rolling reliever-heavy lineups and I respect that, but you probably won’t find much help here! Whatever your strategy may be, these arms […]

Trading Up - Nick Pivetta

When the Phillies called up Nick Pivetta last season, he had made five starts at AAA and put up a 1.41 ERA while averaging a 30% K-rate. Many fantasy owners salivated over the numbers when he arrived. He pitched well enough in his debut (2 Rs, 5 IP, 5 Ks) that many folks were patting […]

Jorge Bonifacio Slated To Begin Rehab

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Bonifacio is scheduled to begin his rehab assignment on Wednesday as he begins to come back from his steroid suspension. Bonifacio was suspended just before the season began for testing positive, and he's set to be added back to the roster on June 27. He'll likely slot in to either […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/12/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a monster 15-game slate to break down today, and there are some great options across the board. There are a few high-priced pitchers on the slate you should be looking to pay up for, along with plenty of bats you want to jam into your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/12/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

After a solid Monday night slate, we have a massive Tuesday night slate. There are 15 games tonight, with fantasy options ranging from salary relief to high priced. There are also pitchers at all end of the spectrum tonight. A few teams have tremendous matchups on this slate, while there are also a few higher […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 11)

Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we're looking at Danny Duffy's best start of the season, Clay Buchholz's return to relevance, and sinkerball specialist Paul Blackburn's […]

Salvador Perez Blasts 11th Home Run

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was one of the few bright spots on Sunday as he smacked his 11th homer of the season. Following an early luggage-caused injury, Perez is having a solid season where he's on pace for about 25 home runs. He's putting the ball in play more than ever and is […]

Brad Keller Takes No-Decision Sunday

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brad Keller started for the third time on Sunday, and he took a no-decision after he left the game tied at two. Keller only allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings, but KC's offense wasn't able to give him more support. It was Keller's longest outing of the season […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets For June 12

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. We are always ready to stream. 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 […]

Champ or Chump: Alen Hanson & Max Muncy

Personally, I use a player's track record as my primary means of evaluating minor leaguers. While other owners chase after the Juan Soto's and Ronald Acuna's of the world based on their prospect ratings, I tend to let other owners burn their early draft picks and FAAB on those guys. They could be studs right […]