Paul Sauberer - Page 2

Alek Manoah- P- TOR- Great Player- Manoah threw his 16th quality start in 19 outings this season and ran his record to 11-4. He allowed 1 run on 7 hits in 6 IP while striking out 7 and walking no...

Alex Wood- P- SF- Hot- Wood is due some regression to the mean and he got some yesterday. He didn't allow a hit until the 6th inning and ended up allowing 3 hits and walking 1 while striking out 8...

Joey Wendle- SS- MIA- FYI- Wendle has had injury issues this season, but when he's been healthy he has shown some progress from 2021. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and a steal yesterday. That puts Wendle with a slash...

Christian Yelich- OF- MIL- Hot- Yelich may not be posting the MYP-type numbers that were expected to come routinely after his 2019 season. However, he is definitely heating up. Yesterday he hit his 8th homer of the season (and 3rd...

Aroldis Chapman- RP- NYY- Injury Update- Chapman threw a perfect IP in his rehab appearance at AA Somerset yesterday. He threw 7 of 11 pitches and struck out a batter. It looks like Chapman passed his last test before returning...

Justin Verlander- P- HOU- Great Player- Despite yesterday's results, Verlander still qualifies as a great player. Sure, he gave up 7 runs (4 earned) on 9 hits in 3.2 IP. However, Verlander didn't walk anyone and threw 59 of 81...

Luis Severino- P- NYY- Hot- Severino threw the best start of this season yesterday, allowing just 1 hit and 1 walk while striking out 10 in 7 scoreless IP. It was his third quality start in his last 4 outings....

Cesar Hernandez- 2B- WAS- Hot- Hernandez went 3-for-9 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in yesterday's doubleheader. He is now slashing .281/.329/.357 for the season. Hernandez extended his current hitting streak to 8 games. In his last dozen games...

Adley Rutschman- C- BAL- Rookie- The much-heralded Rutschman made his MLB debut last night and it was successful. It got better as the night went along. In his first AB in the 2nd inning, Rutschman struck out swinging. He reached...

Trey Mancini- OF- BAL- Hot- Mancini extended his current hitting streak to 7 games by going 1-for-3 last night. He also walked and hit his second homer o the season. Mancini is 16-for 40 for the month of May. The...

Sheldon Neuse- 3B- OAK- Rookie- Neuse returned to the A's via the waiver wire during spring training after he had been traded to the Dodgers in a minor deal in 2021. Neuse slashed .169/.182/.323 with 3 homers and a whopping...

Gleyber Torres- SS- NYY- Stats- With Isiah Kiner-Falefa and his .298/.340/.383 taking precedence over Torres' .195/.244/.317, Torres has had to find playing time elsewhere, primarily sharing 2B with DJ LeMahieu and pinch hitting. Yesterday was a pinch hitting day and...

Jurickson Profar- OF- SD- Hot- After a couple of hitless games, Profar went 1-for-3 yesterday and is slashing .269/.394/.654 with 3 homers, 3 runs, and 9 RBI on the season. He has also walked 5 times, the same number of...

Aaron Bummer- RP- CHW- Rise Value- Bummer picked up his first save of 2022, allowing hits to the first 2 hitters he faced but then striking out the next 3 batters in his 9th inning of work. It was a...

Albert Pujols- 1B- STL- The universal DH likely provided Pujols with a chance to return to St. Louis to finish his career. Over the past few seasons Pujols has seen his platoon shifts from reverse to more markedly a standard...

The really big, splashy free agent signings have been made for the most part. Now teams are trying to fill in the holes. These are the kind of players you should evaluate in deep leagues and also possibly for DFS...

Baseball is back and the first full day of the post-lockout era has started off busily. Players under contract have already started reporting. Some free agents were signed. Trade talks are happening. Expect a lot of action very quickly as...

Jonathan Schoop- 2B- DET- Hot- Schoop went 2-for-3 with a walk yesterday to raise his average to .277. He extended his current hitting streak to 6 games, but yesterday was the first game in that span with multiple hits. Schoop...

Josh Bell- 1B- WAS- Hot- Bell continued to swing a hot bat, going 2-for-2 with 2 walks and a run scored yesterday. Since August 14 Bell has gone 35-for109 with 25 walks, 13 Ks, 8 homers, 15 runs scored and...

Lance McCullers- P- HOU- Hot- McCullers threw his 4th quality start in his last 5 games. In the other he came close, allowing 4 ERs in 6.2 IP. McCullers has a 2.73 ERA, 9.71 K/9, and 1.18 WHIP in those...

Shohei Ohtani- DH- LAA- Caution- Ohtani hit his 44th homer of the season to continue his assault on major league pitchers. As a pitcher himself, though, his results were not as impressive. The Astros tagged him for 6 runs on...

Christian Yelich- OF- MIL- Hot- Yelich went 3-for-5 with a double, 2 RBI, and run scored. He has been looking more like the MVP of the past over the past few weeks. Since August 12 Yelich has gone 32-for 93...

Victor Robles- OF- WAS- Drop Value- With the emergence of Lane Thomas, Robles has seen a lot of bench time with the Nationals lately. Yesterday they decided it would be better for him to see regular playing time at AAA...

Carlos Correa- SS- HOU- Hot- Correa went 2-for-3 with a walk and 2 RBI last night. In his last 7 games he is 10-for-26 with 5 walks, 7 runs, 4 RBI, a double, and a triple. There could be some...

Odubel Herrera- OF- PHI- Hot- Herrera has had some nagging injuries this season and has been out of the occasional game this month. When he's been in recently, though, he's produced. Yesterday Herrera went 4-for-5 with a homer, 3 RBI,...

Chris Sale- P- BOS- Hot- Sale had a favorable matchup in his first MLB appearance in 2 years + 1 day. He didn't waste it, holding the Orioles to 2 runs on 6 hits and no walks while striking out...

Austin Gomber- P- COL- Hot- Gomber bounced back from a poor start to record his 3rd quality start in 4 outings since coming off the IL. He threw 6 shutout IP, allowing 5 hits, walking no one, and struck out...

Jon Gray- P- COL- Stats- Gray had been the subject of trade rumors before Friday but ended up staying put in Colorado. He has been very consistent in 2021. Gray has allowed more the 3 earned runs in only 3...

Ryan Mountcastle- 3B- BAL- Hot- Mountcastle went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and RBI. This follows a 3-for-5 performance on Saturday. Since July 21 he is 11-for-35 with 3 homers, 5 runs scores, and 6 RBI. Mountcastle's Statcast numbers...

Kris Bryant- 3B- CHC-Trade- Bryant heads to the Giants in a last-minute deal. Although Bryant has hit 7 homers at Wrigley Field and 11 on the road he is still likely to see a negative effect on his power due...

Adam Frazier- 2B- PIT- Trade- Frazier exited yesterday's game early and reports emerged that he was traded across the continent to San Diego. His .324/.388/.448 slash line may take a bit of a hit. Frazier trades a home park that...

Paul Goldschmidt- 1B- STL- Hot-Goldschmidt went 0-for-2 snapping his 16-game hitting streak. However, he walked twice, which kept him with a string of 19 games reaching safely. He has gone 26-fir73 in this stretch, walking 11 times, slugging 5 homers,...

Randal Grichuk- OF- TOR- Stats- Grichuk has put up consistently decent power numbers this season. He has 17 homers for the year, with 5 in April and June, 4 in May, and 3 so far in July. His other production...

J.T. Realmuto- C- PHI- Cold- Realmuto went 1-for-4 yesterday with a triple. It was his first extra base hit since June 20. Since that date Realmuto has gone 4-for-38, striking out 8 times and walking twice. He has seen his...

Rhys Hoskins- 1B- PHI- Hot- Hoskins has had a power surge over the last few days, slugging 3 homers in his last 4 games. He now has 15 homers for the season so is pretty much on track to reach...

Adam Wainwright- P- STL- Stats- Wainwright's start got pushed to today with the rainout yesterday. He has pitched on 5 days' rest in 9 of his 13 starts this season and that might help explain why he has put up...