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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...

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...

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%...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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%...

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...

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%...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Bryan De La Cruz (OF - MIA) - I'm starting to get intrigued here. De La Cruz was demoted in mid-August after hitting 205/249/332 through his first 90 games with Miami, and the playing time was pretty consistent for June...

Shane Bieber- P- CLE- FYI- Bieber had what could be considered a poor game for him last night. He didn't get a quality start because he allowed 4 runs in his 6 IP. Bieber gave up 6 hits, walked none,...

Oneil Cruz enjoyed the first four-hit game of his career on Monday, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored against the Reds. The 23-year-old rookie shortstop paced Pittsburgh's 8-3 win from the leadoff spot, leading all players in hits and runs....

Mike Trout had another amazing day at the plate on Sunday, going 3-for-4 with two doubles, a solo homer, three runs scored, and a walk against the Twins. Trout flexed his power muscles with a trio of extra-base hits, including...

Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA Alcantara tossed 8.0 innings of one-run ball against the Nationals on Saturday night. He gave up three hits, walked one, and struck out 11 in the contest. The impressive 27-year-old has rebounded after a couple of...

Adley Rutschman went 3-for-3 with a double, a homer, two runs, two RBIs, a walk, and a stolen base against the Astros on Friday. Rutschman stuffed the stat sheet, falling a triple shy of the cycle while powering Baltimore to...

Josh Jung, 3B (TEX) Sometimes it takes time. Jung hit a home run in his major league debut. He recorded a hit in seven of his first eight games, but since Sept. 16, the 24-year-old slugger has two hits in...

Deep dive on three pitchers (Kluber, Luzardo, and Gausman) and two big-name outfielders (Yelich and Acuna Jr.)

Nick Gordon (2B/SS/OF - MIN) - Gordon singled and homered on Monday, giving him 3 HR in his last 6 games. The 26 year old's progress toward a productive player has been much slower than expected, but he was hitting...

Strider's Dominance and Two Breakout Hitters

Ronald Acuna Jr. carried the Braves to victory on Saturday, going 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, and four RBIs against the Phillies. Acuna plated all four of Atlanta's runs in its 4-3 win over Philadelphia. The leadoff man started...

Gunnar Henderson (SS-BAL) went 2-4 with a solo blast against Toronto on Friday evening. The 21 year-old has held his own in his first taste of big-league action, logging a .333 average with 2 dingers, 10 RBI, and a steal...

Shane McClanahan, SP, TB McClanahan returned from about a 2-week stint on the IL on Thursday and tossed 5 shutout innings against the Blue Jays allowing just 3 hits and a BB while striking out 5. After a couple of...

Young Pitchers and Hitters to Buy ROS and 2023

Alex Cobb (SP - SF) - Cobb bounced back from a rough outing in LA last week to toss a gem on Monday night: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K against the Braves. Cobb has really...