Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Adding Alex? We're just about 26 hours away from the second half of the season. Not that I’m counting or anything. OK, maybe I am. I miss the baseball. Anyway, I hope the downtime enabled you to look at your roster(s) and see the things that you need to improve on in order to finish the season strong. Perhaps a couple of the names below will help you along the way.In … [Read more...]

Those retro All-Star jerseys were a record-setting hit (Photo by David Banks/Getty Images)   If you loved those retro brown-and-gold batting practice jerseys for the recent All-Star Game, you are definitely not alone. ESPN’s Darren Rovell has reported that the 2016 All-Star Game FanFest sold more merchandise than any other in the past 16 years (when they started tracking such things). Tweets … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Yu Got What I Need Follow @drewsilv and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. The two days following the MLB All-Star Game are usually the two slowest sports days of the year, unless you’re into the ESPYs or something. MLB players are soaking up the rare time they get to spend with their families or to get away for a short summer vacation, and the writers who cover those players … [Read more...]

Saves and Steals: Kimbrel Crumbles Craig Kimbrel has hit the skids in Boston with a knee injury. He won't be out too long – the timetable for recovery is just three to six weeks. I wonder if his recent struggles were partially due to the balky knee. The Sox also added former Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler via trade to bolster the relief corps. Since we last convened for our weekly discussion of … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: AL Nabs Homefield Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   Game 1 of the World Series will be played in an American League park. Again. The AL defeated the National League 4-2 in the 2016 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Petco Park. Two players from the defending champion Royals came up big, as Eric Hosmer belted a solo homer and Salvador Perez … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: 1st Half Surprises 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. Subscribe to the Rotoworld Baseball Podcast. Drew Silva: It's the All-Star break, a good time to do some looking … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Slammin' Stanton Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   It’s been a pretty good week for Giancarlo Stanton. After being announced as the National League Player of the Week earlier in the day, Stanton on Monday put on a heck of a performance to win the 2016 T-Mobile Home Run Derby. He ripped 24 home runs in the first round, a total that’s been … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Worth the Price On the NBC sitcom Community, a show I don’t reference nearly enough in this column, one of the more famous episodes involves the use of alternate timelines. Within the timelines are alternate versions of each character including, for those of you familiar with the show, Evil Troy and Evil Abed. Which leads us to David Price. We’ve seen every … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Kimbrel Sidelined Knee soreness turned out to be a lot more than that for Craig Kimbrel. Kimbrel, who was unavailable Friday after feeling soreness in his left knee, was diagnosed Saturday with a torn medial meniscus in the knee, an injury like to sideline him for three to six weeks. Kimbrel will have surgery Monday to repair the injury. The dominant closer … [Read more...]

Week That Was: Week That Was: Injuries Mount He's the hero they need, and the one they deserve. Unfortunately, Mets fans will have to do without their Dark Knight anyway. Matt Harvey has been dealing with shoulder issues for much of the season, and this week he was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, requiring surgery. It is a somewhat rare condition affecting the shoulder and neck area. … [Read more...]