Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Reyes Arriving Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   The Mets will have a new third baseman on Tuesday. It will be their old shortstop. Jose Reyes will have his contract purchased Tuesday, just over a week after signing a minor league deal with the club following his release by the Rockies. Reyes, of course, was suspended for the first 51 games of the … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Strasburg's Electric Return Whatever your thoughts on Stephen Strasburg (I shared a few of mine last week), you have to hand it to the guy—he’s got a flair for the dramatic. He really had us going didn’t he? The undefeated streak, the back flare-up, the widespread panic that followed it, manager Dusty Baker calling Strasburg a game-time decision ahead of Sunday’s … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Vicious Cycle Rajai Davis is well on his way to a year of firsts, so it's fitting that his first cycle would come in 2016, too. "Not in Little League, not in Senior League, not in Babe Ruth, not in the minors," Davis said of hitting for the cycle. "Not until right now in The Show, in the big leagues. This is nice." Davis accomplished the feat Saturday in a loss … [Read more...]

Week That Was: Week That Was: Disc Inferno Clayton Kershaw has been enjoying a season for the ages. Now, he'll have to put it on hold. The uber-ace has been dealing with lower back pain for a while, and this week was diagnosed with a herniated disc. No surgery is needed, but he'll be out until at least the All Star break, and probably longer. Presently there is no timetable for Kershaw's return, … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Skipping Greinke It was bad news for Zack Greinke and the Diamondbacks on Friday, but it came with a silver lining. Greinke will miss his next scheduled start Monday with a sore left oblique, but the right-hander reported feeling better Friday and isn't expected to require a trip to the disabled list. Greinke would likely make a start against the Giants next … [Read more...]

The Week Ahead: Week Ahead: Play Peavy? It was nearly a decade ago, back in 2007, that Jake Peavy won a Cy Young Award with the Padres. Since then, he has pitched with four different teams, never really approaching the same level of effectiveness. Still, it was rather stunning to see him stumble to the extent he did over the first six weeks of this season with the Giants. On May 20th, Peavy was … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Dodgers Lose Kershaw How do you replace the best pitcher in baseball? The Dodgers hoped they’d never have to answer that question. But now that fateful day has come. Three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw is headed to the disabled list. Maybe we should have seen the writing on the wall Sunday when Kershaw turned in his worst outing of the year against Pittsburgh. … [Read more...]

Podcasts: Podcast: Kershaw Down In episode No. 8 of the Rotoworld Baseball Podcast, D.J. Short is joined by fellow Rotoworld colleague Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) to discuss Clayton Kershaw's back injury, workload concerns with Aaron Sanchez and Julio Urias, the elbows of Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard, what to make of the Cardinals' closer situation, and much more. D.J. and Ryan also take … [Read more...]

Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Reed's Arrival He’s here. After Stephen Strasburg hit the disabled list due to an upper back strain, the Nationals called on top prospect right-hander Lucas Giolito to make his major league debut Tuesday night against the Mets. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see him for long, as rain cut his outing short after four innings.Giolito gave up one hit and walked a pair … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Twelve for Tribe Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @DaveShovein on Twitter. The Cleveland WWWWWWWWWWWWindians have put the rest of the American League on notice in recent weeks. They aren't going away. Behind another masterful pitching performance from Danny Salazar on Tuesday, the Indians beat the Braves to secure their 12th consecutive victory. That puts them just one … [Read more...]