Phillies shortstop has brain cramp, forgets how to jump All players have lapses in judgment. Moments where their brain just stops working and they do something weird, or they don't do something they should have done. Most people know them as brain farts, and they happen to everyone. Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis had a particularly perplexing brain fart on Monday night, and it … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: Trading Places 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: I want to do a way-too-early trade deadline preview as we move into mid-June. Give me some players who are … [Read more...]

Padres keep using catcher Christian Bethancourt as relief pitcher The San Diego Padres are not having a good season. They're last in their division, they have the fourth most losses in baseball, and they keep losing games by big, big margins. At the end of May, they lost a game to the Mariners so badly that they had their catcher and noted non-pitcher Christian Bethancourt take the mound.  … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: DL For Darvish Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   Rangers fans and fantasy owners had to wait seemingly forever for Yu Darvish to return from Tommy John surgery. They’re now going to have to do some more waiting. Texas placed Darvish on the disabled list Monday with tightness in his right shoulder and neck. The good news is that an MRI cleared the … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Max Scherzer flirts with perfection in win over Cubs 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.  For over five innings, the best offense in baseball was held completely silent. The Chicago … [Read more...]

Pete Rose: 'They're trying to make me the Hit Queen' in Japan In just a few days, Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki will very likely tie, and then pass, former Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose in hits. Well ... depending on how you look at it.  In his major-league career, Ichiro has collected 2,974 hits coming into Monday's game. That's one heck of an accomplishment, but a far cry from … [Read more...]

Bob Melvin offers unique spot for Draymond Green to watch Warriors If the Golden State Warriors win the NBA championship Monday, they'll have to do so without forward Draymond Green. Green was suspended for the contest after striking Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James in the groin (an injury baseball players have become all too familiar with lately).  Per the rules of his suspension, … [Read more...]

Jim Harbaugh's first-pitch baseball card from Topps is fantastic One of the coolest subsets that Topps has introduced the past few years to baseball card collectors is its first-pitch inserts, which focuses on celebrities and their first pitches. With Topps 2016 Series 2 launching Wednesday, that means we get another batch of first-pitch cards. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest … [Read more...]

Aw, nuts: Juan Uribe injured by 106 mph grounder to the groin If you didn't believe it when we talked about baseball's groin problem last week, just look at what happened to poor Juan Uribe during Sunday's game.  Uribe — the veteran Cleveland Indians' third baseman — took a grounder to the baby-maker, then stayed on the ground for a few minutes in obvious pain before being carted off the … [Read more...]

The Reds have hit the jackpot with breakout star Adam Duvall The Cincinnati Reds don't have a tremendous number of things to be thrilled about these days. Their bullpen is horrible. They're in last place in the NL Central (and figure to stay there). Even team cornerstone Joey Votto has struggled at the plate. But if nothing else, the Reds and their fans have to be loving Adam Duvall, who has … [Read more...]