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American League Rookie Watch With almost one month in the books lets check in on some AL Rookies to see how they have fared Yermin Mercedes (C/DH -CWS) Mercedes went 1-3 Friday night. Mercedes has been one of the best...

Aaron Nola(SP-PHI) Nola allowed 3 ER on 4 hits over 6 innings, striking out 7.He made one bad pitch in this one serving up a pinch hit 3-run homer as he threw 56 of 80 pitches for strikes including 14...

Akil Baddoo(OF-DET) Baddoo went 2 for 4 with a double, triple and 2 strikeouts. Baddoo continues to deliver from a fantasy perspective and he has now racked up a 1.054 OPS with 4 doubles, 3 triples, 4 home runs, 13...

Michael Wacha(SP-TB) Wacha tossed 6 shutout innings allowing 1 hit while striking out 9. Its been 3 years since Wacha has been fantasy relevant, putting up a 3.20 with the Cardinals and there was hope that his signing with the...

Pablo Sandoval(3B-ATL) Sandoval launched a pinch-hit 3 run homer Thursday, his 3rd pinch hit HR of the year. After a blistering spring where he hit .400 (with 0 HRs) in 40 at bats, Sandoval made the team but has been...

Byron Buxton (OF-MIN) Buxton had a 3-true outcomes type of day Thursday going 1-3 with a home run, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. He also stole a base. This still represents a great day for Buxton who has always tantalized...

Oakland Athletics Chad Pinder a Top 2021 Utility Piece? Versatility is always important to a fantasy baseball team and every year managers scour to find that player that can provide good offense while filling in at multiple positions. If Spring...

Minnesota Twins What to Make of Miguel Sano? As he approaches his 28th Birthday Fantasy Owners who have rostered Miguel Sano over the years should know exactly what they are getting - good walk numbers (11.7% career mark) good power...

Minnesota Twins Can Luis Arraez challenge for the batting Title? On a team full of sluggers, Twins do it all Utility Player Luis Arraez may be one of the most valuable fantasy assets. While he exclusively played second base last...

Minnesota Twins Byron Buxton..Finally? Byron Buxton evokes lots of feelings for fantasy Owners. The former second overall pick struggled during his first several years, before finally showing bursts in 2017 with 16 HR and 29 steals, only to miss almost...

Teoscar Hernandez (OF-TOR) Hernandez went 1 for 5 with 2 RBIs. After slugging 20+ home runs in each of the past 2 seasons with a average in the .230s Hernandez will most likely garner some MVP votes in 2020 as...

Blake Snell (SP-TB) Snell tossed 5 and 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 5 Friday. It has been an uneven season for Snell all around who has yet to complete 6 innings. He was on a pitch count early in the...

Pete Alonso (1B-NYM) Alonso went 1 for 5 with his first career walkoff home run Thursday Night. After hitting 53 home runs a year ago his 2020 full season pace (8) puts him on the 35-home run mark; a steep...

Luke Voit (1B-NYY) Voit went 3-7 with 2 runs and a double Friday while hitting leadoff in both contests. Voit's .725 SLG% entering play Friday leads all of baseball by a wide margin and Voit has vaulted his way into...

Sam Hilliard (OF-COL) Hilliard went 4-5 with is first triple of the season Thursday. A trendy pre-season sleeper Hilliard had 6 hits all season entering play Thursday in 41 at bats and sported a 41% K rate. Hilliard has a...

Randall Grichuk (OF-TOR) Grichuk went 2 for 5 hitting his 3rd home run of the season and driving in 4. After a slow start where he did not hit a home run until this past Friday, he now has 3...

Teoscar Hernandez (OF-TOR) Hernandez went 3-5 launching 2 more home runs and driving in 4. That gives Hernandez 3 multi-HR games and 7 total HR in just 3 weeks of play as well as 13 RBIs on the season, and...

J.T Realmuto (C-PHI) Realmuto went 2-4 with 3rd home run of the season and drove in 3. Realmuto had a monster series vs the Yankees going 6-11 with 5 runs, 2 HR and 5 RBIs and has been the Phillies...

Donovan Solano (2B-SF) Solano continued his white-hot season start by going 2-2 and drawing a pair of walks while scoring a run. Solano put up underwhelming numbers across parts of 4 season with the Marlins and 1 with the Yankees...

Spencer Turnbull (SP-DET) Turnbull threw 6 strong innings Friday allowing 2 ER on 3 hits while striking out 6 to pick up his first win of the 2020 season. He no-hit the Reds through 4 innings before giving up his...

Adam Eaton (OF-WSH) Eaton homered in his first at bat of the season Thursday, the only hit off Gerrit Cole over a 5-inning rain shortened game. The 31-year-old veteran put together his first injury-free season last year since 2016 and...

Minnesota Twins 2020 AL Batting Champ - Luis Arraez? If you are looking for a slightly under the radar player to approach the .400 mark in a shortened 60 game Season, Luis Arraez may be your guy. He burst onto...

Minnesota Twins Is this the Last Chance for Byron Buxton? It seems every year a major question mark around the Twins is will Buxton finally stay healthy with that answer being mostly a resounding "no" for the past 5 seasons....

Minnesota Twins Will Jose Berrios Become elite in 2020? While much attention is on the addition of Josh Donaldson, adding to an already impressive lineup if the Twins are to get past the first round of the playoffs they need...

Oakland Athletics What to make of A.J. Puk? Dynasty League Fantasy Owners have most likely struggled to decide what to do with the hard throwing 6'7 Puk, who has about all the tools you could ask for but hasn't been...

Yu Darvish (SP-CHC) Darvish tossed 8 and 1/3 innings, allowing 3 ER while striking out 12. He allowed 2 runs in the 9th to ultimately take the loss but was dominant up until that point inducing 23 swinging strikes. Darvish...

Peter Alonso (1B-NYM) Alonso blasted his 50th home run of the season Friday, becoming the 30th player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in a season. Alonso has mashed in September hitting 8 home runs and an OPS...

Bo Bichette (SS-TOR) Bichette led off and played DH, going 3 for 5 with a double and a walkoff home run, his 11th of the season. Its bee a slow month for the Rookie who has just a .616 OPS...

Alex Bregman (SS/3B-HOU) Bregman went 1-2 with a walk and his 35th home run of the season. Bregman only got 3 plate appearances in this on as the Astros had a huge lead early, so he was given the rest...

Mike Clevinger (SP-CLE) Clevinger tossed a gem Thursday, limiting the Tigers to 4 hits over 8 shutout innings, while striking out 10. He was masterful in this one throwing first pitch strikes to 22 or 27 batters and inducing a...

Anibal Sanchez (SP-WSH) Sanchez threw 8 and 1/3 innings of 1-hit ball, striking out 6. Sanchez had a shutout through 8 innings, but a walk an error opened the way to his removal and the Cubs scoring 3 runs in...

Dakota Hudson (SP-STL) Hudson threw 6 and 2/3 innings of no-hit ball, striking out 7 and walking 4. The young righty was pulled in the 7th inning after throwing 111 pitches as Hudson wasn't particularly efficient throwing only 64 strikes...

Bo Bichette (SS-TOR) Bichette made his major league debut hitting 6th and playing shortstop and singled in his first at bat; he finished the day 1 for 4 with a strikeout. Bichette received the call with the trade of Eric...

Daniel Murphy (1B/2B-COL) Murphy had 2 hits in 5 at bats Friday but made both count hitting his 11th home run, a 3-run shot in the first and bookending his day with a 3-run double in the 9th. Murphy missed...

Wade Miley (SP-HOU) Miley tossed 8 innings of 2 run ball, striking out 6. He cruised through 8 innings before allowing 2 baserunners and was eventually pulled. Miley has turned in drastically different surface results seemingly every year, and despite...

Charlie Blackmon (OF-COL) Blackmon went 4 for 5 Sunday including hitting a leadoff home run. It was his first home run since June 30th, and he was marred in a 9-52 (.173) slump over the first 3 weeks of the...