Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: New York Frets It was a rough night for the Mets, and not just because they had to face Stephen Strasburg. The Mets lost the game Friday and lost two of their best players in the process, watching Yoenis Cespedes exit in the fourth inning with a strained right quadriceps and seeing Noah Syndergaard leave an inning later with what the team called arm fatigue. … [Read more...]

Strike Zone: July Starter Rankings Friday, July 08, 2016 Sorry about the slight delay, but here are the July rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300. Remember that players are listed where they’re most valuable, so if you don’t see someone you’re looking for, check another position. Designated hitters are listed with the first basemen. Click to see other July rankings:Top 300 | SP … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Bad News for Harvey Murphy’s Law is the principle that whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Maybe we should start calling it Harvey’s law. Drew Silva sounded the alarm in Thursday’s Dose, warning us that Matt Harvey could be dealing with something more significant than your run-of-the-mill shoulder injury. Allow me to expand on that panic. In the lexicon of major league … [Read more...]

Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Nola's Lows I’m taking some time off this week around the holiday, so we’ll get straight to the names here. That’s what you’re really here for anyway, right? Things will be back to normal during the All-Star break next week. Boy, this season is flying by at the pace of a Noah Syndergaard fastball. For the record, I didn’t include Tyler Glasnow and Kelvin Herrera in … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Giddy Up Glasnow Follow @drewsilv and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter. Subscribe to the Rotoworld Baseball Podcast. Another week, another arrival of a top pitching prospect. This time it’s Pirates right-hander Tyler Glasnow, a consensus top-15 talent leading into the 2016 season who has met the hype to the tune of a 1.78 ERA and 113 strikeouts in 96 innings at Triple-A … [Read more...]

Strike Zone: July Top 300 Overall Sorry about the slight delay, but here are the July rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300. Remember that players are listed where they’re most valuable, so if you don’t see someone you’re looking for, check another position. Designated hitters are listed with the first basemen. Click to see other July rankings:Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS … [Read more...]

Strike Zone: July Second Baseman Rankings Thursday, July 07, 2016 Sorry about the slight delay, but here are the July rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300. Remember that players are listed where they’re most valuable, so if you don’t see someone you’re looking for, check another position. Designated hitters are listed with the first basemen. Soon you will see the rest of July's … [Read more...]

Saves and Steals: Royal Troubles In the midst of a closely contested pennant race, the Royals can ill-afford to lose closer Wade Davis. The club isn't getting much mileage out of the starting rotation, putting even more pressure on the bullpen. Now either Joakim Soria or Kelvin Herrera will seek to fill Davis' shoes while he mends from a forearm strain. Some players recover quickly from this … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: MVP Mashing Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   Less than a month ago, Josh Donaldson had a .245/.361/.491 batting line. It’s a line that many hitters would be pleased with but one the reigning American League MVP was probably disgusted with. He’s done his best since then to erase it from his mind. Donaldson continued his recent surge by going … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: McCarthyism 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: Let's discuss Brandon McCarthy. He looked sharp Sunday in his … [Read more...]