Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For June 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. 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 […]

Brandon Belt Activated From DL

San Francisco Giants first baseman/outfielder Brandon Belt (appendicitis) has been activated from the 10-day disabled list on Saturday. He rejoined the Giants on Friday, but did not see any game action. Belt is expected to play on Saturday, but the lineup has not been officially announced yet. Regardless, Belt should be owned in just about […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 12

As we usually do for the two-start streamers piece, let’s examine the Monday schedule to see how many potential pitchers could be in the player pool for Week 12 in fantasy baseball. There are 10 games on Monday (not counting the suspended game between NYY/WSH). That’s terrific news. Naturally, more games on Monday equals more […]

Alen Hanson Batting Second On Friday

San Francisco Giants second baseman Alen Hanson is in the lineup batting second for Friday's game against the Dodgers. With the Giants starting to get healthy again, Hanson's playing time has diminished but he has still produced when given the opportunity. Hanson is batting .338 with a 1.067 OPS on the year with some speed […]

Buster Posey Takes Friday Off

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Dodgers. It is just a routine day of rest for the veteran and though he has been slumping over the past week or so, Posey is still a high end catching option and remains a must start in […]

Week 12 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 […]

Chris Shaw Is Showing Power In Triple-A

San Francisco Giants outfield prospect Chris Shaw is having a nice season for Triple-A Sacramento. Shaw converted from first base to outfield this offseason. Shaw is hitting .262, which is below his career average of .278, but he does have 11 home runs and 33 RBI. Shaw is currently blocked in the Giants outfield and […]

Sam Dyson Picks Up His First Save Thursday

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sam Dyson picked up his first save of the season on Thursday versus the Miami Marlins. Dyson recorded the final out of the game in the bottom of the 16th inning to get the job done. Dyson has closer experience, but Hunter Strickland is still safe as the Giants closer […]

Steven Duggar Has Heated Up In Triple-A

San Francisco Giants outfield prospect Steven Duggar has heated up over his past 10 games. Over that span, the outfielder is 19-for-45 with nine runs scored, one home run, eight RBI and two stolen bases. Duggar is the Giants top outfield prospect and is expected to debut in 2018. Unfortunately for Duggar, Giants outfielder Gorkys […]

Evan Longoria Is Out Indefinitely

San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria (hand) is out indefinitely after suffering a fractured fifth metacarpal bone on his left hand. It’s the same injury that sidelined teammate Madison Bumgarner earlier this year. Longoria will fly with the team to Los Angeles and meet with Dr. Stephen Shin to decide if he will get […]

Andrew McCutchen Hits Second Home Run In As Many Days

San Francisco Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen picked up his eighth home run of the season Thursday versus the Marlins. McCutchen has now hit a home run in back-to-back games and is beginning to heat up. McCutchen is now hitting .340 over his last 50 at-bats. Owners who were patient with McCutchen are beginning to get […]

Hunter Strickland Picks Up A Blown Save Thursday

San Francisco Giants closer Hunter Strickland picked up the blown save on Thursday. Strickland gave up an unearned run and one hit over one inning. Strickland still owns a 2.05 ERA and is safely entrenched as the Giants closer, although if he falters at all the Giants could consider looking at Mark Melancon in the […]

Dereck Rodriguez Throws Well On Thursday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Dereck Rodriguez allowed seven hits, two runs and struck out four batters over 6 2/3 innings Thursday versus the Marlins. It was his longest and best outing of his young career. Rodriguez at the moment doesn’t hold much value aside from streaming and is lined up to the face the […]

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 […]

Evan Longoria Exits Early On Thursday

San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria (hand) left Thursday’s contest after being hit on the back of his left hand. Longoria stayed in and ran the bases, but then was replaced by infielder Alen Hanson. If Longoria is to miss any time, Hanson is worth a look in deeper leagues. More should be known […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/14/18): MLB DFS Lineups

Even with just nine games today, we've got five different DraftKings slates to choose from. The featured slate starts at 7pm eastern, and there's also an all day slate starting at 12:10. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 6/14/18. The lineup picks will range […]

Making Moves: Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice for Week 11

We are halfway through June and the time to be making moves to improve your fantasy team is now. Today we are going to dig into the trade values of a couple of pitchers off to terrific starts that carry red flags: Patrick Corbin and Sean Doolittle. I will also answer a few "Rapid Fire" […]

Andrew McCutchen Stays Hot Wednesday

San Francisco Giants outfielder Andrew McCutchen went 2-for-5 with another home run and a double in Wednesday's loss to the Marlins. McCutchen got off to a rough start to the season but has been absolutely on fire the past two weeks, batting .333 with an 1.037 OPS. During that span, he also has four homers, […]

Andrew Suarez Underwhelming Again Wednesday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Andrew Suarez allowed two runs on five hits and two walks over five innings Wednesday night against the Marlins. Suarez has now only reached the sixth inning three times the entire season. He has a high ERA and a pretty below-average strikeout rate, so you can leave him on the […]

Giants Expected To Announce The Signing Of Joey Bart

John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the San Francisco Giants will announce the signing of their first-round, pick Joey Bart, in the next two days. Bart was the second overall pick in this year's draft and is a strong defensive catcher with power. Bart is coming out of college and even with […]

Jeff Samardzija Will Make Rehab Start Friday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija (shoulder) will make a rehab start with Triple-A Sacramento on Friday. He threw on Monday and said afterwards that it's the best he's felt all season. He could join the Giants rotation soon if everything goes well during his rehab start Friday. However, Samardzija's 6.56 ERA is going […]

Brandon Belt Could Return June 18

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt (appendicitis) will appear in a couple of rehab games and is expected to return during the Giants homestand that starts on June 18. Belt is off to the best start in his career with a .307 batting average and 11 home runs to go with 31 RBI. He […]

Mac Williamson On The Bench For Second Straight Game

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mac Williamson will sit for a second consecutive game Wednesday. Williamson has struggled since returning from the disabled list, but manager Bruce Bochy said that Williamson would be in the lineup every day when he was activated. Williamson is stuck in a 7-for-31 slump and the hope is that two days […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 11)

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. I don’t know about you all, but it was a rough weekend. […]

Chris Stratton Goes Seven Innings In Loss Tuesday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Chris Stratton picked up a quality start Tuesday, but it was not enough for him to get the win. Stratton allowed four hits, three runs, three walks and struck out three Tuesday versus the Marlins. Stratton suffered the loss and is now 7-4 with a 4.56 ERA. Stratton’s next start […]

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 […]

Mac WIlliamson Sitting Tuesday

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mac Williamson will sit Tuesday versus the Marlins. WIlliamson has really struggled since returning from a concussion and has four hits over his last 19 at-bats. Hunter Pence will replace WIlliamson and bat seventh. Pence is 4-for-13 since returning from a thumb injury. WIlliamson has enough upside to remain owned and […]

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 […]

Madison Bumgarner Gives Up Four Runs Monday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed four runs over 5 1/3 innings Monday versus the Marlins. Bumgarner also allowed six hits, one walk and struck out three. It was his second start since missing the entire season with a finger injury. Bumgarner has given up six runs and has only struck out six […]

Johnny Cueto Throws 45 Pitches Monday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto (elbow) threw 45 pitches off of the bullpen mound Monday and said that he felt good. Cueto threw as hard as he would have if he was warming up for a game. The next step will be to see how Cueto feels and he will either throw a […]