Mike Moustakas Back At Third Base Wednesday

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas (forearm) was back playing third base Wednesday after sitting out Tuesday. Moustakas was initially set to play at first base, but after pre-game work he was moved to third. Moustakas is performing extremely well so far in 2018. In 123 plate appearances, he has hit eight home runs […]

Kyle Lohse Assigned to Triple-A Omaha

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kyle Lohse has been assigned to Triple-A Omaha. Lohse will be hoping to do what Clay Buchholz could not and earn a spot in the Royals rotation. The 39-year-old most recently had a four-year spell of fantasy relevance from 2011 to 2014 with the Cardinals and Brewers. However, his lack […]

Lucas Duda Sitting, Drew Butera Playing Wednesday

The Kansas City Royals will take the opportunity Wednesday to get catcher Salvador Perez some time at designated hitter. This means that first baseman Lucas Duda will sit, with catcher Drew Butera taking Perez's place behind the dish. Butera is hitting just .176 this season, and has yet to hit a home run. Butera is […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for May 3

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. Even at this early juncture, there's value in streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest […]

Danny Duffy Facing A Tough Matchup Wednesday

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Danny Duffy will be a tough pitcher to start Wednesday. Duffy has had a roller coaster 2018, with his two good starts having been sandwiched between four bad ones. Duffy’s start on Wednesday will be in Boston against a team that has been extremely good this season. In his previous […]

Jorge Soler Continues Hot Streak

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler continued his hot streak at the plate Tuesday. He hit a home run and had three RBI in his latest two-hit performance. Soler has now improved his batting average to an impressive .306, with it having been as low as .207 on April 12. Soler has cut his strikeout […]

Kelvin Herrera Blows Save Tuesday

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kelvin Herrera blew his first save of the season Tuesday. Herrera ended up taking the win but that will only offer a little satisfaction to him. Herrera surrendered his first home run of the season to Eduardo Nunez in the bottom of the 12th inning. That was also the first […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets For May 2

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 weakest categories and target players who may be available […]

Jason Hammel Shelled By Boston

The regression fairy came calling for Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jason Hammel on Monday night. Entering the game with a 3.38 ERA even though he was striking out just 4.78 batters per nine innings, Hammel got absolutely rocked by the Boston offense to the tune of eight earned runs in just 4 2/3 innings. […]

Abraham Almonte Starting On Tuesday

Kansas City Royals outfielder Abraham Almonte will be getting the start on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Almonte is filling in for injured star Mike Moustakas, though he’ll be playing outfield while Cheslor Cuthbert will cover the hot corner. Almonte is hitting .250 so far with two homers in 44 at-bats, so he’s playing like […]

Mike Moustakas Out On Tuesday Due To Contusion

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas will be held out of the starting lineup on Tuesday following a hit by pitch on Monday that resulted in a contusion on his forearm. X-rays were negative on the injury Monday night, so he is considered day-to-day, but the team has no reason to send him out […]

Clay Buchholz Released By Royals

The Kansas City Royals released starting pitcher Clay Buchholz on Tuesday. Buchholz had not been impressive enough in his time at Triple-A to earn a place in the major league rotation. In 11 1/3 innings, Buchholz struck out just four hitters. With there not appearing to be any major upside to moving Buchholz to the […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - wOBA - xwOBA (Week 5)

We continue our RotoBaller series using Statcast to extrapolate, dig into, and commiserate over data to examine pitching performances. The weekly series will be dynamic as we fine-tune our findings and I enlighten myself on the information and tools at my disposal. With a month of baseball in the books, most starting pitchers have logged […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 5)

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've got a trio of youngsters to look at, two in the NL Central and one in the AL. Each […]

Mike Moustakas Leaves Game on Monday After Being Hit By Pitch

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas was forced from the game on Monday after being hit in the forearm with a pitch. However, his X-rays came back negative and he is considered day-to-day. Even if he is forced to miss a game, Moustakas' injury is minor and he should be back in the coming […]

Adalberto Mondesi Activated From DL, Optioned To Minors

Kansas City Royals shortstop/second baseman Adalberto Mondesi (shoulder) was activated from the disabled list on Monday and assigned to Triple-A Omaha. Mondesi, formerly known as Raul, had been sidelined since spring training due to a shoulder injury. With major league shortstop Alcides Escobar flirting with the Mendoza line once again, it would seem like a […]

Jorge Soler Moved Up In Order

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler is in the midst of a five-game hitting streak, and he's getting bumped up to the No. 2 spot in the order as a reward. Soler has spent most of the season hitting in the four or five hole due to his reputation as a slugger, but he's altered […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/30/18): MLB DFS Lineups

For Monday, we’re working with a 10-game slate, beginning at 7:05pm, on DraftKings. This means one game is not included on the ticket: TEX/CLE (6:10pm). No Trevor Bauer for us. No worries. That’s why we’re here to help. I was surprised to see COL/CHC on the docket. The schedules I’ve seen mention a 7:00pm start […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire Watch List

With a month in the books for 2018 we're starting to get some more clarity. We know that Didi Gregorius is the new Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole is the most untouchable pitcher in the world and everyone on the Oakland A's can mash. Ok, so we aren't really any further ahead than we thought. Even […]

Week 5 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 5! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 5, which […]

Ian Kennedy Starting Sunday

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Ian Kennedy will start Sunday at home, against the Chicago White Sox. Kennedy took a line drive off his leg in his last start but has recovered in time for Sunday. In his previous start against the White Sox, Kennedy threw six innings, striking out five and giving up just […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/29/18): MLB DFS Lineups

Sunday brings us a big 12 game slate with a wealth of options at the plate and on the mound. This article will focus only on the featured slate, as that is where most contests will take place. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/29/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

What's up guys and welcome to the Sunday edition of the FanDuel MLB Breakdown! We have a huge 12 game slate on our hands today. I won't be naming the obvious plays, everyone knows to play Mike Trout or Manny Machado. Let's do some deep diving and identify guys not many people may know about. […]

The Cut List (Week 5): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 5 of the Cut List. I think my suggestions have been pretty solid to start the year and I hope your teams are better off as a result. 2018 sample sizes are starting to legitimize and you’ll see more cut-worthy standard league-viable options on these lists as we get further into the […]

Prospect Bubba Starling Activated From DL

Kansas City Royals outfield prospect Bubba Starling was activated from the disabled list and placed on Triple-A Omaha's starting roster on Friday. Starling had been sidelined since spring training with an oblique injury. Starling was originally considered one of Kansas City's top prospects a few years ago, but he's struggled mightily in the higher levels […]

Jon Jay Dropped In Lineup

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jon Jay has spent all of 2018 leading off for the team until Friday night. Jay's been rocking a .227 batting average over the last two weeks with a .292 on-base percentage, so manager Ned Yost decided it was time to shake things up. Jay was dropped to sixth in the […]

Jorge Soler: Man Of Patience

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler is most famous for his burst onto the scene with the Cubs back in 2014. Since then, he's mostly been a man of heaving swings and minimal noise. He's never logged more than 405 plate appearances or 12 home runs in the majors in a single season, and it's […]

Danny Duffy Struggles Again

Kansas City Royals ace Danny Duffy has had a rough start to the season, and it didn't get any better on Friday. Duffy allowed four earned in six innings against the White Sox, and he only struck out three. He only walked one in this game, but his main problem so far this season has […]

Cheslor Cuthbert Out In First Game

Kansas City Royals third baseman/designated hitter Cheslor Cuthbert will ride the pine during the first game of a double-header with the Twins on Saturday. Cuthbert's seen his playing time drop since Salvador Perez returned from the disabled list, as the team wants to keep Salvy in the batting order even when he needs a day […]

Drew Butera Starting Game One Saturday

Kansas City Royals catcher Drew Butera will get the start behind the plate in game one of the double header Saturday. Salvador Perez will be the designated hitter and will liely catch the second game as he continues his return from injury. Butera is finding it tough so far this season, he has a .182 […]