Paul Sauberer is one of the original Fantistics Analysts. Paul is a diehard fantasy baseball fan with political aspirations. Paul's earliest baseball memories are of the expansion Senators in the 1960s and his father buying him an entire box of 1969 Topps baseball cards. The Senators are no longer and the cards are definitely no longer in mint condition, but Paul's love of baseball continues. He transferred allegiance to the Orioles after the Senators left town and enjoyed the glorious times of the Birds in the 1970s. During that time, he also discovered table top baseball games (before "Rotisserie" meant anything outside of something to do with food) and that has led to decades of crunching numbers and following major league performances. Paul reacquainted himself with the Senators, now the Texas Rangers, while going to college in Texas and remains a Rangers' fan today, even after living on Long Island for 14 years with his wife and two children. Paul knows his baseball!
Logan Webb- P- SF- Hot- Webb allowed an unearned run on 7 hits while walking no one and striking out 7 in 8 IP. This is his third straight start of at least 7 IP while giving up no more...
Pete Alonso- 1B- BAL- Hot- Alonso extended his current hitting streak to 10 games. He went 1-for-4 and slugged his 13th homer of the season. Since May 13th he has gone 27-for-87 with 5 homers, 11 runs, and 18 RBI....
Fernando Tatis, Jr.- OF- SD- Hot- It finally happened! Tatis slugged his first homer of the season yesterday. He only has a total of 8 extra base hits in 241 PAs. Tatis is slashing .271/.346/.324. His EV has dipped from...
Jakob Marsee- OF- MIA- Hot- Marsee went 3-for-4 with a walk and 2 runs yesterday. This was his second consecutive 3-hit game. Marsee has increased his AVG from .176 to .204 in two games. There is some serios regression happening...
Cody Bellinger- OF- NYY- Hot- Regression is helping Bellinger. He went 4-for-4 with 2 homers, 3 runs and 4 RBI yesterday. He entered the game with a .250 AVG and .402 SLG and an xBA of .278 and xSLG of...
Cole Ragans- P- KC- Hot- Ragans finally looked like himself last night. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits, walked no one, and struck out 11 in 6 IP. Ragans threw 99 pitches, 70 of them strikes. He says that...
Bryan Woo- P- SEA- Hot- Woo picked up his first win of 2026 by allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and a walk while striking out 6 in 7 IP. His ERA and FIP are identical at 2.25. Woo had...
Fernando Taits Jr.- OF- SD- FYI- Tatis made his first MLB start at 2B. The unfamiliar position didn't distract him at the plate, where he went 3-for-4 with a double, walk, and steal. He may be the option to fill...
Early in the season some things stick out that would pass unnoticed in July or August. Nick Kurtz-1B- ATH- Cold- Kurtz is having a horrid start to 2026 and small sample sizes make things look weirder. He only has two...
The WBC has been taking most of the attention of the baseball world recently. The round robin stage has had some great performances and exciting games. Pool play ends Wednesday, though, and a dozen teams will be done. Quite a...
Corbin Carroll- OF- ARI- Carroll is one of the hamate bone brigade who may be ready for Opening Day. He has begun swinging a bat with both hands. Carroll's progression of baseball activity gives him a timetable to be ready...
Spring training games have started. Teams are facing each other. It's still way too early to make any conclusions based on performance in the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. It's not too, early, however, to start looking down the rosters for...
With some trades, free agent signings, and injury recovery some players have returned to old teams. Among them are: Merrill Kelly- P- ARI- Kelly's absence from the Diamondbacks wasn't long. Traded by Arizona to the Rangers at the deadline in...
As the regular season ends today it's time to start taking an early look at which players are due to rebound in 2026, based on differences between their results and underlying metrics. Jo Adell- OF- LAA- Stats- Adell experienced a...
Corbin Carroll- OF- ARI- Hot- Carroll went 2-for-5 with a double, homer, 2 runs, 4 RBI, and a steal. The steal was his 30th of the season and enrolled him as a member of the 30/30 club, as he has...
Aroldis Chapman- RP- BOS- Great Player- Chapman saved his 28th game of the season for the Red Sox. He is sporting a 1.00 ERA and 1.77 FIP. Chapman's 12.83 K/9 is not surprising nor is his fastball velo of 98.5....
Jackson Chourio- OF- MIL- Hot- Chourio had a successful return from the IL yesterday. After getting a homer robbed in his first AB he singled. Then in the 9th Chourio hit his 18th homer of the season. He is now...
Andrew Kittredge- RP- CHC- Hot- In 7 games with the Cubs Kittredge has recorded 4 holds and his first win with them came yesterday. His ERA is inflated due to one bad outing were he was charged with 4 ones...
Brandon Woodruff- P- MIL- Hot-Woodruff ran his record to 4-0 since coming back from the IL after missing more than a season. Last night he allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 8 in 7...
Yesterday was the first day after the trading deadline. The dust was settling from the plethora of deals as players joined teams and teams made plans based on the new landscape. Carlos Correa- SS- HOU- Trade- Correa played 3B for...
Randal Grichuk- OF- ARI- Trade- Arizona continues being early sellers and sent Randal Grichuk to Kansas City for minor league reliever Andrew Hoffman. Grichuk will likely take over RF for Jac Caglianone, who went on the IL Grichuk's results have...
Luis Severino- P- ATH- Idea- Severino was away from Sacramento and went back to his solid ways. He allowed 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in 5 IP in Cleveland while striking out 3. Severino's splits are extreme....
Evan Carter- OF- TEX- Hot- Carter is healthy and is looking more like the player who burst on the season in the Rangers' World Series run in 2023. He is working on a 9-game hitting streak in which he has...
Nathan Eovaldi- P- TEX- Cold- Eovaldi came off the IL and did not have a strong start. He allowed 3 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 2 in 3 IP. Eovaldi did throw 31 of his...
Shelby Miller- P- ARI- Rise Value- With AJ Puk as well as Justin Martinez officially done for the season, Miller is the closer for the Diamondbacks. He picked up his team-leading 8th save last night. Miller allowed a hit and...
Marcus Semien- 2B- TEX- Hot- Semien went 2-for-4 yesterday to continue his comeback from a dreadful start. Since May 30 he has gone 15-for-29 with 3 homers, 3 doubles, 5 walks, 9 RBI, 10 runs, and 2 steals. Before this...
Ronald Acuña Jr- OF- ATL- Hot- Acuña hit a homer on the first pitch he saw in his injury-delayed start to the 2025 season on Friday night. Last night he added another homer in his second game. Acuña hit 2...
Brice Turang- 2B- MIL- Hot- Turang hit his 4th homer of the season yesterday, in 197 PAs. In 2024 he slugged 7 homers in 619 PAs. Turang has a .297/.372/.390 slash line. The average will likely be hurt by regression...
Joc Pederson- DH- TEX- Stats- Pederson had been the coldest of the cold this year. The Rangers installed Bret Boone as their new hitting coach this week and since then Pederson has gone 5-for-11, hitting his first homer of the...
Eugenio Suarez- 3B- ARI- Hot- Suarez slugged 4 homers last night, 3 solo blasts and one with a man on. It extended his modest hitting streak to 4 games and he has scored in each one of those. Suarez got...
Brice Turang- 2B- MIL- Hot- Turang stole 3 bases yesterday, part of a franchise record 9 steals in the game. Overall he went 2-for-3 with a walk, sac fly, 3 runs and a RBI. Turang has 8 steals and seems...
Matt Olson- 1B- ATL- Cold- As in 2024, Olson is getting off to a slow start. After going 1-for-4 yesterday he is slashing .196/.339/.326. His EV of 94.0 and HardHit% of 54.5% are higher than in 2024. What's hurting him...
As we come close to the domestic Opening Day on Thursday, rosters and rotations are falling in line. Players are getting slotted into where they will open the season. There are also still some moves. And, of course, not a...
Happy St. Patrick's Day! The Luck o' the Irish hasn't been with several teams and players so far in Spring Training as a rash of injuries has hit them. The first game that counts will be tomorrow when the Dodgers...
As Spring Training rolls on, every day seems to bring up stories of injuries and prospects causing teams to examine who they are going to be putting on their rosters and in their starting lineups in a few weeks when...
Yesterday was the first full day of games in the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues. After an active offseason teams are getting work in and facing game conditions. Fantasy drafts are starting and for those not drafting yet it's time to...
