Alex Verdugo's Playing Time To Increase

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo will likely see his playing time increase due to starting shortstop Corey Seager's (elbow) season-ending surgery. Chris Taylor, who normally mans center field, will get the bulk of the starts at short in Seager's place. That opens up a spot in the outfield, especially with the recent injury to […]

Corey Seager To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager (elbow) will undergo Tommy John surgery, effectively ending his 2018 season. Infielder Breyvic Valera has been recalled to take Seager's place on the roster. Seager has been battling injuries, including to his elbow, since August of last year. He started spring training late because of his right elbow and […]

Week 5 Outfield Waiver Wire Targets

The first month of the 2018 season is, functionally at least, in the books. It doesn't get easier from here Rotoballers. Even the April juggernaut is starting to show some cracks in their once seemingly impenetrable armor. Injuries have taken down some of baseball's best recently, and the hunt is on for players who will […]

Kenta Maeda Earns Loss Against Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Kenta Maeda floundered against the Giants on Sunday, earning his second loss of the season. He got into trouble right away in the first with a two-out double to Buster Posey, a walk to Brandon Belt and a home run to Evan Longoria. In the bottom of the third, he gave […]

Cody Bellinger Benched For Lack Of Hustle

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman and reigning Rookie of the Year Cody Bellinger was benched in the fifth inning of Sunday's contest for a perceived lack of hustle by Dave Roberts. Bellinger hit a ball into what's known as "triples alley" at AT&T Park in San Francisco but cruised into second for a double. He […]

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 […]

Ross Stripling Will Start For Dodgers Monday

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling will make his first start of the year on Monday versus the Diamondbacks in Arizona. Stripling has worked exclusively out of the bullpen this year but has started in the previous two seasons. He's been effective in his long-man role, striking out 16 batters and walking six in 16 […]

Rich Hill Develops Finger Infection

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Rich Hill (finger) has an infection on the same finger where he cracked his nail and is unable to return from the DL in time for his start Monday. Hill was feeling great in a simulated game last week, but this development won't allow him to come off the DL just […]

Yasiel Puig Going On DL, Brock Stewart Called Up

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig (hip) is headed to the DL after colliding with the right field foul wall in San Francisco and hurting his hip Saturday. In his first at-bat after the collision, he fouled a ball off his toe and the two injuries forced him from the game. He was later diagnosed […]

Walker Buehler Optioned To Rancho Cucamonga After Victory

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Walker Buehler recovered nicely after stumbling in the first inning against the Giants, getting his first ever career win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. After the game, however, he was optioned to Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, indicating that he'll be back with the major league club soon. Two singles, a […]

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 […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 5

Stop the presses - Ronald Acuna has arrived! The presses have actually been kicking into overdrive since he amazed the baseball world with a wicked single and a couple of really, really long fly ball outs in his Major League debut. Oh, he hit a mammoth home run in his second game too. Like any […]

Yasiel Puig Hurts Hip After Crashing Into Wall

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig (hip) left the first game of Saturday's doubleheader versus the Giants after crashing into the right field wall in foul territory catching a Todd Hundley pop-up. He was limping and favoring his left side, but walked off the field. Cody Bellinger was moved to right, Max Muncy was moved […]

Alex Verdugo Called Up

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder and top hitting prospect Alex Verdugo has been called up, according to a cryptic tweet by his brother Chris. The tweet indicated a move from Oklahoma City to San Francisco, the cities of the club's Triple-A affiliate and where the MLB team is currently playing, and it's unlikely that Chris was […]

Hyun-Jin Ryu Is Solid Again In No-Decision

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched another solid outing on Friday, only to have the win squandered by the bullpen. Ryu threw 5 2/3 innings of two-run, four-hit baseball, striking out seven and walking none. The two runs came on home runs to Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford. Ryu even helped himself out, knocking […]

Tony Cingrani Has "Dead Arm"

Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Tony Cingrani has "dead arm", according to Dave Roberts. That would certainly explain why Cingrani was lit up in Friday night's game against the Giants. He was tagged for the loss after giving up four ER in 1/3 of an inning. Coming into the game in the seventh, he immediately walked […]

Matt Kemp Unlikely To Start Today's Doubleheader

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp (leg) is likely to sit out both games of Saturday's doubleheader against the Giants. He was removed in the fourth inning of Friday night's contest due to left quad tightness. Despite feeling the tightness as early as the first inning, he stayed in and managed to score a run […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 29

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 […]

Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings (4/28/18)

Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of today's projected starting pitchers (April 28th). We published this column last year, and the feedback was great so here we are doing it again. Let us know what you think on Twitter too. The concept is pretty straight forward. We round up […]

Walker Buehler Starting Saturday

Los Dodgers starter and top pitching prospect Walker Buehler will start the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Giants. Buehler will be the 26th man on the roster, which is allowed for doubleheaders. No corresponding roster move will be needed. Buehler impressed in his first outing against the Marlins, pitching five innings of shutout […]

Matt Kemp And Austin Barnes Should Hit Well Against Derek Holland

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp and catcher Austin Barnes make great daily plays against Giants starter Derek Holland on Friday. The two are a combined 1-for-6 against Holland, but that's an extremely small sample size due to most of Holland's career being in the American League. It's their numbers against lefties this season that […]

Justin Turner Swings Off A Tee

Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner (wrist) posted a video of himself hitting off a tee on his Instagram account on Friday. Turner is recovering from a non-displaced fracture in his wrist after being hit by a pitch in spring training. The team could certainly use his bat. They are currently batting .241 with […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 28

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 […]

Can the Surprising Detroit Tigers Sustain Their Early Success?

In 2006, Detroit Tigers first baseman Chris Shelton had a ridiculous April, amassing a .326/.404/.783 line with 10 home runs and 20 RBI in the first month of the season. He hit just six more home runs over the next three months before ultimately being demoted to Triple-A Toledo. All that is to say, Tigers […]

Fantasy Reflections: April Waiver Gems

With the end of April looming, we’ve completed one month of the 2018 MLB season. As usual, there have been plenty of early surprises. Today, we’ll look at five of the best waiver wire pickups from the season’s first 30 days. Four of the five players covered below fell outside the top 400 in ADP, […]

Rookie Report: Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 4)

Ronald Acuna. That's all you need to read. No, seriously. I could just end the column there because that's probably what everyone will be talking about for the next week at the very least. The 20-year-old finally made his highly-anticipated MLB debut on Wednesday night, but I'll get to more on that below. In addition […]

Champ or Chump: Franchy Cordero and Walker Buehler

The arbitrary service time manipulations have come to an end, providing fantasy owners with plenty of highly regarded prospects to choose from on the waiver wire. The biggest name to get the call is undoubtedly Ronald Acuna Jr., but buyer beware. I wrote him up here, concluding that he's too raw to help fantasy owners […]

Logan Forsythe Stops Throwing Program

Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Logan Forsythe (shoulder) has stopped his throwing program because of his continued shoulder inflammation. He hopes to resume throwing this Friday. Forsythe has been battling shoulder issues since spring training and started the season playing through the pain. His absence, along with that of Justin Turner, has created an infield carousel […]

Yasiel Puig Sits Wednesday

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig is sitting out Wednesday's late afternoon contest against the Marlins, and Matt Kemp will take his place in right field. Joc Pederson will get the start in left field and bat sixth. Manager Dave Roberts had mentioned earlier in the week that he was looking to give Pederson more […]

Luke Raley Has Another Multi-Hit Game

Los Angeles Dodgers outfield prospect Luke Raley went 2-for-4 on Monday to raise his batting average to .328 on the season. Raley now has seven multi-hit games over his last 10 games, which includes four straight games of two-plus hits. Raley is more of a contact and gap hitter than power hitter. Raley should get […]