Miguel Andujar’s Three Hits Lead Way In Chicago Win

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the best hitter on the New York Yankees presently is a rookie. Of course, that wouldn’t be Gleyber Torres. Instead, it’s become Miguel Andujar. The third baseman piled on three more hits Tuesday night in Chicago against the White Sox, including a bloop single to left that drove in the […]

Aaron Judge Won't Swing Until He's Pain-Free

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (wrist) has yet to swing a bat since being hit by a pitch on July 26 and will not resume swinging until he is pain-free, according to manager Aaron Boone. Judge has been throwing up to five feet. "The pain has to be all the way out of there," […]

Jacoby Ellsbury Undergoes Surgery

New York Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury (hip) underwent surgery on his left hip to fix a torn labrum on Tuesday, and he's expected to resume full competition after around six months. The hip injury wasn't the only thing that kept Ellsbury off the field for all of 2018. He's been a complete fantasy afterthought since […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/7/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

There was a sizable slate last night, and now we have a 14 game Tuesday slate. There are a ton of pitching options at different pricing levels, and the same can be said for batters. It gives us multiple ways to construct our lineups tonight. In this article, I will be providing you with my […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - Post-Break Contact Quality (Week 19)

Welcome back to Rotoballer’s 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 enlighten ourselves on the information and tools at our disposal. It’s August and we’re firmly in the dog days of baseball season. After a […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 19)

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 the two top pitching prospects from 2016, as well as a pitching prospect from 2013 that failed […]

Neil Walker Cranks Long Home Run In Win

The New York Yankees led MLB in home runs at the All-Star break but have significantly slowed since then, ranking near the bottom of the league in the category since then. On Monday night in Chicago, however, the team connected on two runs, both coming in the eighth. The first came from Gleyber Torres, but […]

Gleyber Torres Snaps Hitless Streak In Victory

New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres hasn't been in form since returning from injury, a fact that was highlighted over the weekend as he went hitless during his club’s devastating sweep in Boston. Monday night in Chicago, however, he had his best game in days, recording two hits, including a solo home run in […]

Lance Lynn Dazzles As Yankees Snap Losing Streak

The New York Yankees were in desperate need to stop the bleeding Monday night on the south side of Chicago. Taking on the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, they turned to Lance Lynn, who was making his first start for the club since replacing Sonny Gray in the rotation. The 31-year-old completely dominated the […]

J.A. Happ On Track To Return Thursday

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said starting pitcher J.A. Happ (illness) is on track to return from the disabled list and start on Thursday. The left-hander isn't contagious anymore and is feeling much better. Happ will have missed just one start with his new team after looking good in his debut in pinstripes against […]

Giancarlo Stanton Dealing With Hamstring Issue

New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) is dealing with tightness in his left hamstring and had it wrapped with ice after games Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Yankees likely want to be cautions with Stanton while Aaron Judge and catcher Gary Sanchez are sidelined. It's the reason why Stanton served as the designated in […]

Lance Lynn Expected To Help Yankees Right The Ship On Monday

New York Yankees starting pitcher Lance Lynn will be tasked with trying to get the Bombers back on track Monday against the Chicago White Sox. After being swept by the American League East-leading Boston Red Sox, the Yanks find themselves 9 1/2 games back and struggling to find consistent offense. After four games in which […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/6/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a 10-game slate giving us plenty of options to pick from, so ownership should be spread out. There are a few big name arms on the bump tonight, so you will be looking to have exposure to them in your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/6/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 10-game slate on Monday night and Coors Field is back in the mix. Four games have an over/under of at least nine total runs. Naturally, the matchup in Colorado between the Pirates and Rockies lead the slate at 11 total runs. Colorado is favored in that game. Speaking of favorites, three teams […]

Dellin Betances Strikes Out Two In Eighth Inning On Sunday

New York Yankees reliever Dellin Betances came into the eighth inning of Sunday's game against the Boston Red Sox and successfully preserved a 4-1 Yankees lead. That lead was short-lived, though, a the Red Sox tied it up in the ninth. Nonetheless, Betances has been lights out in his last seven appearances, totaling 12 strikeouts […]

Zach Britton Being Used In Seventh Inning

New York Yankees reliever Zach Britton pitched a scoreless inning on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, but it wasn't in a setup role. Britton came into the game in the seventh inning, following fellow reliever David Robertson, who pitched in the sixth. When the Yankees acquired Britton from the Baltimore Orioles it was expected […]

Miguel Andujar's Defensive Blunders Cost Yankees On Sunday

New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar has been one of the bright spots of an ailing offense as of late, but his defensive mistakes on Sunday helped the Boston Red Sox to a series sweep. All told, Andujar made two errors on Sunday but one of those was gut-wrenchingly awful. In the bottom of […]

Champ or Chump: Asdrubal Cabrera and Nathan Eovaldi

We're back to cover a few more guys who moved at the Trade Deadline. I didn't mention Lance Lynn before, but his acquisition by the Yankees was strange. The ball flies out of Yankee Bandbox, and Lynn had a severe case of gopheritis in Minnesota. He's not an option in any competitive format. This column […]

Aroldis Chapman Blows Save On Sunday

Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman blew a three-run lead against the Red Sox on Sunday. Chapman left the bases loaded for J.D. Martinez who promptly singled up the middle of the field to drive in two runs, then gave up a bouncer to Xander Bogaerts that was mishandled by third baseman Miguel Andujar. The Yankees high-priced […]

Masahiro Tanaka Ties Season High In Strikeouts Sunday

Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka was solid in Sunday's outing against Boston. Despite being pulled before pitching five full innings, Tanaka struck-out a season-high, nine, and allowed only one run. His pitch count ran up to 97 and was unfortunately pulled in the bottom of the fifth. Tanaka allowed a few hits (six), but his […]

Aaron Judge Still Dealing With Pain

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge admitted on Sunday that he still feels pain in his wrist following a chip fracture suffered late last month. The 26-year-old has been sorely missed by the Yankees, as they’ve fallen into a major hole in the AL East division race. Team managed Aaron Boone initially forecasted he’d be […]

New Faces in Baltimore - ETAs on Fantasy Prospects

The trade deadline has finally passed, but the real work is just beginning for fantasy owners. Sifting through the prospects dealt is hard to do, as most fantasy players do not have the time or opportunity to see these players, and instead have to look and project from stats to date. That is where we […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/4/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got a full 15 games on Saturday, with six slates to choose from on DraftKings. The featured slate starts at 7pm eastern and covers 12 games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/4/18. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 18 (August 6th-August 12th)

We have 10 matchups on Monday, increasing our chances of having some decent two-start options in the fantasy baseball world. We have, potentially, 35 pitchers who could take two turns in the rotation in Week 18. For this post, we have a mixed bag of suggestions to stream. We have veterans and young arms. Most […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 19) - Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back to my hitting streamers column for Week 19, taking a look at hitters to add or stream off the waiver wire for this week's scheduled games. To keep things simple, I pick from players who are 50% owned or less and who play at least seven games in the week.  If someone jumps […]

Greg Bird (1B, NYY) - Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 46% of Yahoo leagues ANALYSIS: An inability to stay healthy has plagued Greg Bird throughout his major league career, which is why he still doesn't have 600 plate appearances to his name despite debuting in 2015. What Bird does have is power, a park seemingly tailor-made for his […]

Chance Adams To Make MLB Debut Against Red Sox

The New York Yankees plan to call up pitching prospect Chance Adams on Saturday to make his major league debut against the Red Sox. Adams is the team's 13th-ranked prospect, but he's struggled at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this year to the tune of a 3-5 record, 4.50 ERA and 1.32 WHIP. He does have 102 punchouts […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 19

With the non-waiver trade deadline now a few days behind us, we can confidently say: "a lot happened." But, seemingly more so than other trade deadlines in previous seasons, this time around we can also say: "a lot didn't happen." Zach Britton changed teams, to a team that absolutely no one suspected. Brad Hand changed […]

Week 19 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 […]

Didi Gregorius The Lone Bright Spot In Ugly Loss

Perhaps just one player had a strong game for the New York Yankees Thursday night in a laugher of a defeat to the Boston Red Sox. That would be starting shortstop Didi Gregorius, who started the scoring with a three-run bomb in the opening inning, seemingly putting the Yankees on the right track towards a […]