Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Harper Heating Up When Bryce Harper turned MLB into his own personal amusement park last year (which is actually the plot of a South Park episode), I think we all let out a collective sigh of relief. It was confirmation that we were right, or at least those in the know were right. After years of hyping Harper as the next Mickey Mantle, he finally delivered. There were … [Read more...]

Danny Duffy dominates again, leads Royals to eighth straight win Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. Don’t look now, but the reigning World Series champs are making their move. The Kansas City Royals … [Read more...]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Yulieski Gurriel arrives; David Phelps thrives Note: Don't whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing Try FanDuel now! OK, so he's here. Now what? I'm not sure anyone knows. The Houston Astros started Yulieski Gurriel at DH Sunday, but unless they plan on making Evan Gattis their primary catcher, … [Read more...]

Report: Billy Butler hurt during 'altercation' with Danny Valencia At the plate, the Oakland Athletics have been punchless this season. In the clubhouse, the team apparently has a lot of fight. According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, designated hitter Billy Butler missed two games against the Chicago White Sox after being injured during an altercation with teammate … [Read more...]

Final Rio medal count: USA nearly doubles total of closest country The U.S. continues to dominate the Summer Games, as the Americans were all over the podium at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Team USA finished with a total of 121 medals -- 51 more than second-place China. That is the largest margin by any country in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932, when the U.S. beat Italy by 67 medals. The … [Read more...]

Jimmy Vesey didn't take the easy way out in signing with Rangers It's already started for Jimmy Vesey. The Harvard University standout who opted not to sign with the Nashville Predators in the spring finally became a free agent on Aug. 16 and on Friday became a member of the New York Rangers. After signing his two-year deal to join the club, hopefully Vesey steered clear of his Twitter … [Read more...]

Brett Gardner joins catch-of-the-year conversation with balancing act Once a stalwart in the New York Yankees outfield, Brett Gardner may not have much of a future there with a youth movement underway. Don’t throw dirt on him either though. He’s not going to give his spot away that easily, which was evidenced by his sensational catch-of-the-year candidate on Saturday night. Gardner went … [Read more...]

Blue Jays have good reason for sending Cy Young candidate to minors The Toronto Blue Jays turned a few heads Sunday morning when they elected to option Aaron Sanchez to the minor leagues. The 24-year-old right-hander has pitched like the team’s ace all season, posting a 12-2 mark with a 2.99 ERA and 132 strikeouts in 156 1/3 innings. He even earned an All-Star nod and is in the thick of a … [Read more...]

Watch Live: Blue Jays and Indians meet in Free Game of the Day With ten days left in August, we’ve officially reached the point where checking the baseball standings has become a daily routine. Even if your team has no shot — which right now is a relatively small number of teams — it’s still worthwhile just to see where things stand. With that in mind, it’s also not a bad time to start … [Read more...]

David Ortiz takes selfie break before hitting notable home run David Ortiz is a man of the people. That much we’ve always known. However, during Saturday’s game in Detroit, he took his ability to balance having fun with the fans to taking care of business to an entirely new level. Prior to his at-bat in the top of the fifth inning, Ortiz paid a visit to some Red Sox fans seated near the … [Read more...]