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Shota Imanaga-Cubs-SP Shota Imanaga went 5 IP and gave up 3 ER on 5 H, 0 BB, and 8 K's against the Brewers. Through 15 GS, Imanaga has a 3.25 ERA and 1.04 WHIP. Everything on the surface looks in...

Kyle Schwarber, OF, PHI Schwarber's summer of swat continued on Tuesday night as he went deep for the 12th time in July, giving him 37 on the season. The three exhibition pitches Schwarber hit for homers to win the All-Star...

Emmanuel Clase, RP, CLE Clase has been placed on administrative leave as part of a sports-betting investigation by MLB. He will be out until at least until August 31, but it's obviously possible that he ends up missing more time...

Tyler O'Neill, OF, BAL Oneill went 1-3 with a HR against the Rockies on Sunday, making it 3 straight games with a long ball for the oft-injured slugger. O'Neill has spent most of his first season with the Orioles so...

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...

Spencer Torkelson-Tigers-1B Spencer Torkelson was 1-4 with an HR (22) against the Blue Jays. Torkelson has bounced back in July (.281 AVG with 5 HR, 12 R, 10 RBI, and 0 SB) after a dismal June (.207 AVG with 3...

Nick Lodolo, SP, Reds Nick Lodolo had the best start of his young career on Wednesday, tossing a complete game shutout against the Nationals. He allowed four hits and struck out eight. His curveball was exceptional, as he induced 9...

Despite measuring at or below the 20th percentile in Bat Speed, each of these five hitters have solid power production in 2025. What gives? Does Bat Speed matter? Is it part of the bigger picture of what predicts power? Jury...

Francisco Alvarez (C - NYM) - Alvarez is back with the Mets, getting the start on Monday against the Angels and going 1-2 with a double and a pair of walks in the 7-5 win. Hamate bone breaks can often...

Eugenio Suarez, 3B, ARI Suarez cracked two more HR's against the Cardinals on Sunday, giving him back-to-back multi HR games and 3 such games in his last 5 contests. Since the start of June, Suarez has taken his game to...

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....

Kyle Stowers (OF - Marlins) Fresh off a 3 home run game the day before the All- Star Break Stowers is at it again as he launched his 20th home run of the season Friday in the second inning and...

Eury Perez (SP - MIA) - Perez was brilliant again on Sunday against the Orioles, throwing 7 shutout innings and allowing just 3 hits while striking out 6. In his last 3 outings, Perez has gone 18 innings and allowed...

Byron Buxton, OF, Twins Byron Buxton continued his breakout season on Saturday, hitting for the cycle as part of a 5 for 5 day. He tallied one homer, one triple, one double, and two singles with three runs and two...

Cody Bellinger, OF, New York Yankees Bellinger had quite the day, going 3-5 with 3 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI on three hard hit balls. Homering thrice will certainly garner attention. The former MVP winner has traditionally been a very...

Bryan Woo and the Mariners were absolutely dominant at Yankee Stadium. Until they weren't. Woo no-hit the Yankees through seven innings and entered the 8th inning with a 5-0 lead. He quickly gave up two singles to lead off the inning and then his first run on a sacrifice fly. He was charged another run when the bullpen gave up two more runs in the inning. The Mariners would eventually blow the lead in the 9th and lose the game in the 10th, erasing what was truly a magnificent performance by the 25-year-old breakout starter.

Andrew Abbott (SP-CIN) was effective in a win over the Marlins on Wednesday as he allowed just 1 run on 6 hits and 2 walks while fanning 5 over 7.2 IP. The 26 year-old lefty kept the ball in the...

Jacob Misiorowski (SP - Brewers) Misiorowski allowed 1 ER on 4 hits over 6 innings, striking out 12. Coming off his worst start last time out he righted the ship in an big way with a leadoff home run to...

Ceddanne Rafaela (OF-BOS) went 1-4 with a solo shot against the Rockies on Monday. The 24 year-old is now hitting .263 with 12 homers, 39 RBI, 51 runs scored, and 11 steals through 323 PA on the year. He's stuck...

Brandon Woodruff (SP - MIL) - Brandon Woodruff made his long-awaited return on Sunday, throwing 6 innings of 1-run ball against Miami, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 without walking a batter. Since we last saw him, Woodruff has...

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...

Is 2025 the year MLB breaks StatCast? Will it be the last time we care about blue and red on the pitcher's StatCast page? Or am I simply cherry-picking stats to pick apart the modern game that vexes me so?...

Byron Buxton-Twins-OF Byron Buxton was 0-4 with 2 K against the Marlins. Buxton is coming off an excellent June (.310 AVG with 9 HR, 17 R, 21 RBI, and 6 SB). On the year, he is hitting .272 with 19...

Keller delivered one of his best performances of the season, holding the Cardinals scoreless on five hits and a walk in seven innings. He tied for his second-highest strikeout total of the season with seven.

George Springer, OF, Toronto Blue Jays Springer went 3-4 with 2 R, 2 HR, 7 RBI, and BB on a huge day at the plate. Springer is having a tremendous year offensively, so days like this are not surprising. He...

Chase Burns, SP, Reds Chase Burns got a rude awakening in his second start in the major leagues, allowing seven runs (5 earned) on five hits and two walks in one-third of an inning against the Red Sox on Monday....

Oneil Cruz (OF-PIT) powered the Pirates to victory as he went 2-4 with a pair of homers and 4 RBI against the Mets. Naturally, he fanned in his two other at-bats, but the good news is that he didn't make...

Nick Kurtz (1B-ATH) continues to hit for pop as he went 1-4 with a walk, a 3-run homer, and an additional run scored against the Yankees on Saturday afternoon. The 22 year-old rookie has mashed as of late and is...

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...

Cam Smith (3B/OF-HOU) continues to adjust to the MLB level as he went 2-3 with a SB and RBI against the Phillies on Thursday afternoon. The 22 year-old rookie is now hitting .271 with 5 homers, 28 RBI, 29 runs...

Yusei Kikuchi (SP - LAA) - Kikuchi has been racking up the K's lately, picking up another dozen on Wednesday against Boston to give him 31 in his last 3 starts. By allowing just 2 unearned runs over 7 innings,...

Nearly a year after the Reds selected him with the second pick in the MLB Draft, Burns made his major league debut, showing off his insane fastball/slider combination. He couldn't start out much better than striking out the first five batters he faced, including getting Aaron Judge to whiff at a 91-mph slider off the outside corner.

Mickey Moniak is hitting like he's never hit before & four hitters heating up the floor. Depending upon the needs of your team, these 5 hitters could be good targets to sell "high" or perhaps scoop up if an owner...

Chase Burns, SP, Cincinnati Reds Burns will officially be called up to make his big league debut this Tuesday. Add him everywhere. Dump the rest of your FAAB in every league. Burns has made 13 starts across three minor league...

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...

Adolis Garcia (OF - TEX) - Garcia came into Friday night hitting 308/351/462 in June, and continued his hot hitting with a single, double, homer, and walk in the 6-2 win over the Pirates. The season-long numbers still look poor...