Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Uh Oh Uehara The Red Sox have had their bullpen depth tested over the past several weeks with Craig Kimbrel and Junichi Tazawa on the disabled list. Things got even worse on Tuesday. Koji Uehara, who had been filling in for Kimbrel in the ninth inning, was forced to leave Tuesday’s game with a strained right pectoral muscle. Red Sox manager John Farrell was … [Read more...]

Ouch! Unsuspecting Oakland A's vendor hit with fly ball When Houston’s Marwin Gonzalez was at the plate with two strikes on him in the third inning Tuesday night in Oakland, an ice cream vendor way out in the seats down the third-base line in left field decided it was a good time to turn his back on the game. Oops. Gonzalez sent a foul ball in the vendor’s direction and it tagged the man … [Read more...]

Watch out Pete Rose, Jacoby Ellsbury is coming for you New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury reached base in the first inning on Tuesday against Baltimore through catcher’s interference, setting a new single-season MLB record. Ellsbury broke a record held by Roberto Kelly, who reached base on catcher’s interference eight times in the 1992 season. Ellsbury recorded his ninth … [Read more...]

Ryan Flaherty was maybe too amped up to face Aroldis Chapman Facing New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is no easy task. The reliever averages 100 mph with his fastball, can hit 105 mph and has a devastating slider and changeup. Given all those factors, it’s no surprise MLB hitters would try to pump themselves up in preparation for an at-bat against Chapman. Baltimore Orioles infielder … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: 2nd Half Sleepers This is the weekly Fantasy Roundtable, where the writers of Rotoworld Baseball let the readers of Rotoworld Baseball in on a quick staff discussion. It's water cooler talk ... that we've decided to publish. Look for it every Tuesday. Drew Silva: We covered some first-half surprises last week. This week give me a player who was somewhat off the … [Read more...]

Jose Fernandez fans 14 Phillies on his way to 500th strikeout   On Monday night, Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez had a strikeout party, and the only people he invited were the Philadelphia Phillies. In the first 6 1/3 innings of the Marlins’ 3-2, 11-inning win, Fernandez struck out 14 Phillies batters. And in the middle of that waterfall of strikeouts, Fernandez notched his … [Read more...]

Aroldis Chapman delivers 105.1 mph pitch, ties his own MLB record   Aroldis Champman, who is currently closing for the New York Yankees (though where he’ll be closing in the future is very much a question), has an absolute flamethrower for an arm. And what better time for him to show it off than the ninth inning of a close game against a division foe? So the Yankees called on Chapman on … [Read more...]

White Sox blow great Chris Sale start with ninth inning meltdown 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. The Chicago White Sox needed to kick off the second half of the season with a bang in order to … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Plug in the Leake Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   Mike Leake has had a solid major league career, but even in his good moments he hasn’t been much of a strikeout pitcher. Well, until his last two times out, anyway. Leake recorded 10+ strikeouts for his second straight start on Monday, whiffing 11 Padres batters across six innings of one-run … [Read more...]

Scott Servais knows why Mariners can't win at home on Sunday Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais’ first season at the helm has to be considered a success thus far. After finishing 10 games under .500 last year, Servais has the team at exactly .500 through 96 games. That record could be a lot better if the team performed better at home on Sundays. This year, the club is 1-7 during … [Read more...]