All posts under "Player Commentary" - Page 5

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    Is Zac Gallen the best pitcher in baseball right now? - April 27, 2023

    Zac Gallen (SP-ARI) continued his lights-out start to the season with another dominant outing on Wednesday, twirling 6 1/3 scoreless frames and racking up 12 strikeouts against the Royals. The 12 punchouts were a season-high for Gallen, who scattered four...

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    Two Straight Gems for Luis Garcia - April 26th, 2023

    Luis Garcia tossed a gem against the best team in baseball, throwing six shutout innings with three hits allowed. He walked two batters and struck out seven. After three average starts to begin the season, Garcia has turned it on...

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    Spencer Hitting His Stride - April 25, 2023

    Spencer Strider, SP (ATL) Strider delivered one of the best pitching performances of the season on Monday, actually taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning before Jean Segura broke it up with a single. He finished with eight scoreless innings...

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    Go Get Gorman - April 23rd, 2023

    Nolan Gorman, 2B, STL Gorman went 2 for 4 with a three-run homer on Sunday afternoon in Seattle. The 22-year-old started the 2023 campaign as a fringe starter for the Cardinals but has hit himself into an everyday player (he...

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    Adolis Garcia Goes Deep Thrice, More to Come - April 23, 2023

    Adolis Garcia (OF-TEX) had a huge day against the Athletics, going 5-5 with 2 doubles, 3 homers, 5 runs scored, and 8 RBI. The 30 year-old owned just a .208 average going into the contest, but now has a .260...

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    Joey Lucchesi found a curveball while rehabbing - April 22, 2023

    Joey Lucchesi (SP - NYM) - Lucchesi looked great in his return to the majors, shutting down a very heavily RH Giant lineup to pick up his first MLB win in 2 seasons. The 29 year old allowed 4 hits...

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    MadBum DFA'd, Pfaadt's Arrival Imminent? - April 21, 2023

    Madison Bumgarner (SP-ARI) was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks on Thursday after a brutal start to the 2023 campaign (10.26 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 8.1 BB/9, 7.43 xFIP across 16.2 IP). The 33 year-old southpaw is likely going to clear...

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    Vaughn Hits a Homer. Hooray! - April 20, 2023

    Andrew Vaughn, 1B (CHW) Vaughn hit his first home run of the season on Wednesday, and it was his third hardest-hit ball of the game. He also posted a 109-mph knock and a 106.2-mph flyout that went 404 feet. Vaughn...

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    TB is for Taj Bradley - April 19, 2023

    Taj Bradley, SP, TB Bradley was phenomenal against the Reds on Tuesday striking out 9 batters in 5.1 scoreless innings while allowing just 3 hits and 1 BB. In two starts with the Rays now, he has compiled a 17:2...

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    Is Belli back? - April 18th, 2023

    Cody Bellinger (OF - CUB) - Bellinger extended his hitting streak to 7 games on Monday in style, tallying 4 singles and a double in the Cubs 10-1 victory in Oakland. Here's how you know it's still early: Bellinger's slash...

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    Illusion of a Hot Start

    Bryson Stott-Phillies-2B Bryson Stott was 3-7 with an HR (1), 1 R, and 2 RBI in the Phillies win against the Reds. Stott is off to a hot start to the year. He is hitting .380 with 1 HR, 4...

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    Is Hunter Brown becoming a fantasy ace? - April 16, 2023

    Domingo German (SP-NYY) dominated the Twins on Saturday for his first win of the season, racking up 11 strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. German was incredibly sharp in one of the best outings of his career so...

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    If Jimenez Can Stay Healthy- Player Commentary April 15, 2023

    Eloy Jimenez- OF- CHW- FYI- Jimenez went 1-for-4 in his return from the IL. Jimenez has been plagued by injury since his rookie 2019 season, when he finished 4th in Rookie of the Year voting. In 2022 he had 327...

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    Jeffrey Springs Sidelined... Taj Bradley to Return? - April 14, 2023

    Jeffrey Springs (SP-TB) exited his start against the Red Sox on Thursday in the 4th inning because of what was later diagnosed as left (throwing) arm ulnar neuritis, inflammation of the ulnar nerve which causes numbness or weakness in the...

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    Speedy Witt - April 13, 2023

    Bobby Witt Jr., SS (KC) Witt appears to be heating up as his three hits on Wednesday give him six hits in the last three games, but fantasy owners are probably most excited about the three stolen bases he had...

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    Pablo Lopez: Emerging Ace - April 12th, 2023

    Pablo Lopez dominated once again for Minnesota, striking out 10 batters over 7.2 innings while allowing two runs. Lopez's ERA now sits at just 1.35 over 16.1 innings with 21 strikeouts. Over his first two starts of the year he...

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    Andrew Heaney shows off his upside - April 11th, 2023

    Andrew Heaney (SP - TEX) - Now that's what I'm talking about! I'm glad we had the courage of our convictions to stick with Heaney this week after his opening debacle against the O's, as Heaney put up the kind...

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    Arozarena Starts Off Better- Player Commentary April 10, 2023

    Randy Arozarena- OF- TB- Stats- Last year, Arozarena started the season with an abnormal number of ground balls. After the first couple of weeks he had a GB% of 66.7% and a negative launch angle. However, his EV and HardHit%...

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    Nick Lodolo's Stock Continues to Rise - April 9, 2023

    Nick Lodolo (SP-CIN) dazzled against the Phillies on Saturday, firing 7 shutout innings in which he scattered 3 hits and a pair of walks while piling up a dozen punchouts. The 25 year-old southpaw threw 68 of his 106 pitches...

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    LuBob's Renaissance - April 8, 2023

    Luis Robert Jr., OF (CWS) Robert had a pair of home runs as part of a three-hit, 5-RBI day on Friday. He has a five-game hitting streak with four home runs and nine RBI's during that stretch. Amazingly he hasn't...

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    Blue Jays With New Ways? - April 7th, 2023

    Matt Chapman, 3B, TOR Chapman went 1 for 4 with a two-run double on Thursday afternoon. He has now hit in six of the seven games this season and produced multi-hit performances in four of those contests. Chapman's offensive production...

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    Is Pete Alonso's cold start behind him? - April 6, 2023

    Jesus Luzardo continued his dominant start to the season with another lights-out performance on Wednesday, holding the Twins to one run on five hits and one walk while racking up 10 strikeouts over seven innings. Luzardo didn't give up a...

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    Maeda Tosses A Gem - April 5th, 2023

    Kenta Maeda tossed a gem on Tuesday but was outdueled by Alcantara. Over five innings Maeda struck out nine batters and allowed just a single run, a solo shot to Avsail Garcia. His swing and miss numbers in this outing...

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    New Pitches Lead to Success: Graham Ashcraft and Joe Ryan

    Graham Ashcraft-Reds-SP Graham Ashcraft went 7 IP and gave up 1 ER on 4 H, 1 BB, and 6 K's against the Pirates. Ashcraft had a strong spring (2.60 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, and 25-2 K:BB). He had the velocity a...

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    Is Gleyber Torres an elite fantasy option again? - April 4, 2023

    Cody Bellinger launched his first homer as a member of the Cubs on Monday, going 1-for-4 with a three-run jack and a walk against the Reds. Unfortunately for Chicago, Bellinger's bomb came in a losing effort as the team squandered...

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    Cron Channels Babe Ruth- April 2, 2023

    C. J. Cron- 1B- COL- Hot- Cron kept up his hot start, going 2-for-4 with his 3rd homer of the year. He also rapped a double and 5 of his 7 hits in 2023 have been for extra bases. In...

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    Player Analysis - April 1st, 2023

    Jazz Chisholm Jr., OF/2B, MIA Chisholm went 1 for 4 with a solo homer in the Marlins' 2-1 victory over the Mets on Friday night. The 25-year-old was 0 for his first 7 with three strikeouts for the season before...

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    How many home runs will Aaron Judge hit this year? - March 31, 2023

    Aaron Judge -- who else? -- launched the first homer of the 2023 campaign on Opening Day, taking Logan Webb deep in the first inning on Thursday. His solo shot gave the Yankees an early lead that they never relinquished...

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    Byron Buxton to DH: Will it keep him on the field?

    Byron Buxton-Twins-OF Byron Buxton is batting third and hitting cleanup for the Twins in their Opening Day lineup. This is good news for those who drafted Buxton. The Twins seem committed to playing him more at DH in order to...

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    Preseason Prep - March 17, 2023

    There were plenty of strong rookies in 2022. What should we expect from some those players in the upcoming season? Brendan Donovan, OF, STL Donovan displayed excellent contact skills as a rookie last season, recording a 15.0% K% and 5.4%...

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    Preseason Prep, February 28th, 2023

    Jameson Taillon, Chicago Cubs - Taillon fanned a pair of batters in the first inning as a Cubs, including Steven Kwan and Josh Naylor. Taillon has gone on record saying that he's reworked his slider to be more of a...

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    Triston's Trick: Another Cleveland Ace - October 4, 2022

    Triston McKenzie, SP (CLE) McKenzie wrapped up his regular season with five one-run innings, including four strikeouts and no walks. He allowed four hits and finished the 2022 season with a 2.96 ERA (3.77 xFIP). He finishes with a LOB%...

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    Albert Pujols is going out with a bang - October 3, 2022

    Albert Pujols continued his late-season tear on Sunday by going 2-for-2 with a double, a homer, two runs, and three RBIs against the Pirates. Pujols remains in vintage form as the regular season winds down, socking his 14th double and...

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    Meneses Keeps Mashing - Oct 2, 2022

    Joey Meneses, 1B, WAS Meneses had another big day at the plate on Saturday, going a combined 4-7 with a HR, a double, 4 runs, and 4 RBI in a doubleheader against the Phillies. The 30-year-old rookie refuses to cool...

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    Is Sandy Alcantara the best pitcher in the National League? - October 1, 2022

    Sandy Alcantara settled for the tough-luck loss on Friday as he was outdueled in a 1-0 loss to the Brewers by Corbin Burnes. Alcantara did his best, though, firing eight innings of one-run ball while giving up five hits and...

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    Player Commentary - September 30th, 2022

    Triston Casas, 1B, BOS Casas went 2 for 3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk on Thursday night. After starting his big league career off rather slowly, the youngster has vastly improved at the plate over the past...