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Andrew Vaughn (1B-MIL) was traded to the Brewers in exchange for Aaron Civale and cash considerations. The 27 year-old will likely report to Triple-A Nashville with the 1B and DH spots filled in Milwaukee. The 3rd overall pick in the...

Wyatt Langford (OF - Rangers) Langford went 2-4 with a home runs and 3 RBIs Thursday. Langford has seen an improvement in his hard hit metrics with increase in exit velocity, max exit velocity and hard hit hard compared to...

Marcelo Mayer, 3B, Boston Red Sox The rookie had a nice day at the plate going 2-4 with 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI and 2 K on two hard hit balls. Mayer's underlying figures are a bit of a...

Specner Torkelson, 1B, DET Torkelson went 1 for 4 with a two-run homer on Tuesday. He has 16 HR on the season to go along with 47 RBI. After a rough 2024 campaign, the 25-year-old has bounced back and is...

Roman Anthony, OF, Red Sox The day has finally come. After over two months of constant anticipation and absolute destruction of Triple-A pitching, Roman Anthony was called up to the Boston Red Sox. The number one overall prospect in baseball,...

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...

Jeremy Pena SS HOU Pena is quietly having an elite season at shortstop. The high-visibility numbers are there: 9 HR with a .382 OBP and .324 BA, not to mention every day reliability and measurable speed. Pena's 29.7 MPH speed...

Agustin Ramirez (C- Marlins) Ramirez went 3-4 with his 8th home run of the season; he was lifted late in the game for a pinch runner. Ramirez has tapered off a bit since his torrid start but it is still...

Mick Abel (SP - PHI) - Abel returned to the Phillie rotation on Wednesday looking much less dominant than in his debut, but he still managed 5 1/3 innings of 1-run ball against Toronto, allowing 3 hits and striking out...

Nick Gonzales, 2B, Pittsburgh Pirates Gonzales made his return from the IL and played in only his second game of the season. He went 1-3 with a K and one hard hit ball. With 2B being so desolate, I consider...

Jac Caglianone (1B-KC) will reportedly get the call to the majors ahead of Tuesday's series opener in St. Louis and fantasy owners should add him wherever he's still on the waiver wire. The 22 year-old slugger impressed in Double-A and...

Jacob deGrom-Rangers-SP Jacob deGrom went 6 IP and gave up 1 ER on 4 H, 3 BB, and 4 K's against the Cardinals. Through 12 starts, he holds a 2.34 ERA and 0.98 WHIP over 69.1 IP. DeGrom continues to...

George Springer (OF-TOR) had a big day at the dish against the Athletics on Saturday as he went 2-3 with a pair of solo shots and a walk. The 35 year-old is enjoying another productive season as he's now batting...

Matt McLain (2B-CIN) went 1-4 with a strikeout as he batted 9th against the Cubs on Friday. The 25 year-old has largely scuffled in his return to action after missing the entire 2024 campaign, compiling a .179 average, 6 homers,...

Chris Sale-Braves-SP Chris Sale went 6 IP and gave up 0 ER on 2 H, 3 BB, and 8 K's against the Phillies. Through 11 starts, he holds a 3.06 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over 67.2 IP. Sale has been...

Paul Goldschmidt continues to thrive in his first season in New York. He added two hits and a walk on Wednesday, including his 13th double, while scoring the only run of the game.

Cal Raleigh, C, Mariners Cal Raleigh went 2 for 5 with two solo home runs on Tuesday. This brought his season total to 19, which is the type of power that is unheard of for a catcher. His 22.5% barrel...

Salvador Perez, C, KC Perez hit his 4th HR of the season against the Twins on Monday as he is trying to shake off one of the worst slumps of his career. The veteran catcher has reached 20 HR's in...

Tarik Skubal (SP- Tigers) Skubal threw a complete game shutout Sunday striking out 13 and allowing just 2 hits. This was perhaps the best pitching performance of the 2025 season as Skubal needed just 94 pitches for the gem. He...

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...

Jacob Wilson SS ATH Good for 157th place on the leaderboard: Barrel 2.9% in the 10th Percentile. 26.6% Hard hit in the 5th percentile and then yet-to-be substantiated Bat Speed in the 1st percentile at 63 MPH. He's hitting .342...

Taylor Ward, OF, LAA Ward extended his hitting streak to eight games in a big way, going 3 for 5 with a homer and five RBI. The 31-year-old's newly implemented aggressive, pull-centric power approach has started to pay dividends in...

Bo Bichette (SS - TOR) - Bichette was 2-6 with 2 R and 2 RBI in the 14-0 shellacking of the Padres on Wednesday. The 27 year old came into the game hitting 271/346/529 during the month of May, and...

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...

Agustin Ramirez (C-MIA) went 1-4 with a solo blast as he batted 2nd against the Cubs on Monday. The 23 year-old has quickly established himself as a key piece of the Marlins lineup as he's hit .267 with 6 homers,...

Drake Baldwin (C-ATL) stayed hot as he went 2-5 with an RBI and run scored against the Red Sox on Sunday. The 24 year-old backstop drew his second straight start at the expense of Sean Murphy as he's now hitting...

Jonathan Aranda (1B-TB) continued his productive start to the 2025 season as he went 2-4 with an RBI against the Marlins on Saturday afternoon. The 26 year-old is now batting .321 with 6 long balls, 21 RBI, and 19 runs...

Miguel Vargas (3B - CWS) - Vargas went 4-4 with a double and two homers in Friday's matinee at Wrigley, and he's 10-28 with 4 2Bs and 3 HRs over the past 7 games (with only 1 K to boot)....

Drake Baldwin-Braves-C Drake Baldwin was 3-4 with an RBI against the Nationals. Baldwin has been on fire in the month of May. He was hitting .579 with 2 HR, 4 R, 6 RBI, and 0 SB in a part-time role....

Ryan Weathers, SP, Marlins Ryan Weathers made his first start of the season after being activated off the injured list, allowing one run on two hits and one walk with five strikeouts over five innings. This was a great start...

Some pitchers get by on smoke and mirrors, pure gile, deception, craftiness, knowledge, experience...wait a minute: what I just described are the qualities that make quality pitching, something that StatCast, Stuff+ and all the spin rates in the world don't...

Kerry Carpenter, OF, Detroit Tigers Carpenter had a great day going 2-5 with 3 R, 1 BB on three hard hit balls. He's running a .434 xwOBACON, which is mainly driven by a 14.5 barrel rate and 21.7 LA. He's...

Wilyer Abreu (OF - BOS) - Abreu's 10th HR came as part of a 3-hit day against the Royals on Sunday, and the 25 year old is now slashing 279/380/551 for the season. He hits so many flyballs (approaching 60%)...

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...

Tarik Skubal (SP - Tigers) Skubal shut the Rangers down allowing 1 ER on 2 hits with 12 strikeouts over 7 innings. After a rocky start to the season where he surrendered 7 runs over his first two starts, Skubal...

Spencer Torkelson (1B-DET) was productive in Thursday's doubleheader with the Rockies as he went 5-9 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored, and 4 RBI on the day. The 25 year-old continues to be a fantasy contributor as he's now batting...