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It’s time to look at some arms, and the bat of Dansby Swanson. On the hill, Spencer Turnbull, Tyler Mahle, Jordan Lyles and Max Fried starred. At the opposite end of the success train, Eduardo Rodriguez and Yu Darvish are fighting it. Matt Harvey always is. Right in the middle, as always, is Julio Teheran.  […]

It’s early, we’re just in the second week of the Major League season, but we’re already inundated by injuries. Every time you look up, it seems likely someone is being removed from a game with some sort of physical malady. As Jeff Mans pointed out in this tweet, the DL was used nearly 700 times […]

The 2019 season is underway and, predictably, it’s a disaster. Some teams seem to have no plan at all. Other teams are continually searching for answers to get the last out, either because of poor performance or injury. Very few are the situations that have nary an issue. Each week we will try to get […]

Matt Boyd has made history in his first two starts of 2019 with massive strikeout totals. Where have those punchouts come from? Can he sustain the pace? Is it worth paying a premium to add the lefty to your fantasy squad? Last week, Mr. Flowers wrote about Chris Sale and all the concerns with his […]

Bullpen Usage & Reliever Ratings, or BURR, is an idea that Flowers and Mans have been playing around with since the 2017 season. The reason for their focus is simply that bullpens are a more important part of the modern game than ever before. You know what we mean. Whereas at one time starting pitchers threw 220 […]

Trea Turner suffered a broken finger which will shelve him for a good amount of time. Who could you turn to in order to try and stop the tears you’re likely dealing with after losing your first round pick? Ray Flowers has some ideas as to who might be available to help you up the […]

Each week we will try to give a quick update on each of the top-40 minor leaguers that could help out in the fantasy game in 2019. Of course, there is an element of uncertainty with all of this as we never quite know when a team will decide to call up a youngster or […]

The Yankees suffered another injury, this one a potentially significant blow to Miguel Andujar. The Padres have a plan at catcher an in the outfield – we think. Maybe. Dexter Fowler injuries his foot. Some hurlers or note are also broken down, names like Archer, Castillo, Duplantier, Kelly, Karns, Norris, Nova and Julio Urias. Speaking […]

It’s early, so let’s talk about sample sizes this week in the Hot & Cold article. Ray will discuss how much time is needed before you should be leaping to conclusions. Ray will discuss Bruce/Dozier and their “slow” starts. Then Ray will talk about a few men that had solid starts to the season and […]