Seattle trades Edwin Encarnacion to the New York Yankees yesterday. This is a great salary dump trade, that is an odd one for New York. The Bronx Bombers already have Luke Voit at first base and Giancarlo Stanton at DH. They could of course move Stanton to LF, which seems to be their intention, but that means benching Brett Gardner
Read moreThe trading deadline promises to have some interesting players available to contending teams, but there are some players who will likely not be moved, but should be. 1. SP MAX SCHERZER, WASHINGTON NATIONALS The Washington Nationals aren’t going to the playoffs this year. They also clearly have significant areas to improve in a competitive division that includes the Atlanta Braves
Read moreI’m using Yahoo! auction values prior to the season and specifically the prices that players actually went for on average. These values can be applied to all leagues and easily translatable to draft values. This list can help in making trades and gauging value. I’m also not including player values that were lowered due to injury, as in most cases
Read moreIt’s a well-known fact in the baseball world, that teams manipulate the service time of their players in order to receive an extra year of control. Here is the explanation for how service time works and here is the explanation for how it can and is being manipulated. Naturally this is unfair to the players and keeps the fans from
Read moreAL EAST NEW YORK YANKEES The Bronx Bombers need health and that’s the most important thing. The returns of James Paxton, Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, Aaron Hicks and Didi Gregorius should be enough to give them the best chance possible at winning the World Series. TAMPA BAY RAYS Tampa could use another top of the rotation starter, especially with inning
Read moreBEST 1. CHC 3B KRIS BRYANT (R) 10-34 .294 VS STL SP MICHAEL WACHA (R) @CHC 2. CHC 1B ANTHONY RIZZO (L) 16-31 .516 VS STL SP MICHAEL WACHA (R) @CHC 3. CLE 2B JASON KIPNIS (L) 6-18 .333 VS SEA SP MIKE LEAKE (R) @CLE 4. CLE CF LEONYS MARTIN (L) 5-9 .556 VS SEA SP MIKE LEAKE (R)
Read moreCody Bellinger had become the buzz of the game. It seems that many fans and fantasy players are under the impression that Bellinger has ascended to an elite status and is the favorite for the NL MVP. It’s a shock, considering how before this season he looked like a strikeout heavy slugger who may or may not have peaked during
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