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The Major League Baseball season is finally here after debates, negotiations and postponements. Each team will have 30-man rosters to start the new season. Here is the New York Mets’ Opening Day roster. Pitchers Dellin Betances Jacob deGrom Edwin Diaz Jeurys Familia Robert Gsellman Seth Lugo Steven Matz Corey Oswalt Rick Porcello Paul Sewald Chasen…
The Mets have a solid pitching staff. Multiple guys in the Mets’ pitching rotation can be used as the ace. Choosing a rotation can be tough for newly hired manager Carlos Beltran given the amount of starting pitchers they have. The club added pitchers Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha prior to the 2020 regular season…
After winning the World Series in 2018, 2019 was a bit of a down year for the Red Sox. While they finished with and above .500 record, they still finished 19 games behind the Yankees and 12 games out of the Wild Card. For a team with the payroll and talent that the Red Sox…
Recently the Reds Front Office staff have said that they are willing to open up the checkbook and do what they have to do to make the 2020 Playoffs. It is clear that with a couple moves the Reds could definitely make a playoff run. While they only won 75 games this year, many people…
This week’s fantasy baseball pitchers with two starts has only three five star pitchers, but has plenty of back end options with two and three stars. Arizona Diamondbacks Merrill Kelly: Monday vs PHI, Sunday @ LAD TWO STARS Kelly allowed seven earned runs in back to back games and will be hard to trust going forward.…
This week’s fantasy baseball pitchers with two starts is sorted by teams and still ranks the pitcher between one and five stars. The pitchers with two starts are sorted by the team they play for and still ranked between one and five stars. Arizona Diamondbacks Alex Young: July 16 @ TEX, July 21 vs MIL TWO…
This week in fantasy baseball features 45 pitchers with two starts that are neither top or bottom heavy. The pitchers below rank between one and five stars with five-stars being the better of the group. Five Star Pitchers Clayton Kershaw: June 18 vs SF, June 23 vs COL Jacob deGrom: June 18 @ ATL, June…
A key part of fantasy baseball is finding the two start pitchers who offer plenty of points. A two-start pitcher will have a game on Monday or Tuesday then finish the week by starting on Saturday or Sunday. The pitchers below rank between one and five stars with five stars being the better of the…
The ability to stream pitchers is crucial in having a winning season. So below are 10 pitchers with favorable matchups that have own percentages below 65 percent. Mike Minor, SP, Texas Rangers He has an ESPN own percentage of 51 percent. Minor comes into the week strong after striking out 13 Mariners through seven innings…
As the month of May rolls onward, the MLB has beheld several players on the diamond looking to get their names out there. While some have picked up where they left off in April, others are eager to strike big this time of year. The season is still young, but already, new and familiar faces…
Although all 30 MLB teams have played no more than five games, now is a perfect time to overreact to the results of the first weekend in the 2018 season. Below, we have seven early takeaways that may, or may not, matter. 1. Houston does not appear to have any World Series hangover The Astros…
The Boston Red Sox are coming off a rather disappointing ending of their season last year. Although they won the division in 2017, they finished last in the American League in home runs hit. Even though the offense put themselves in good scoring situations it seemed as though they could never get the big hit.…
2017: 93-69 (first place in the AL East) Last postseason appearance: 2017 Last World Series title: 2013 2017 Recap For most fan bases, a 93-win, division-winning season is spectacular. Unfortunately, in the eyes of Boston fans, the 2017 Red Sox failed. Maybe you can blame the New England Patriots for creating this “championship or bust” culture…
Heading into the season, the Red Sox had high hopes and expectations. After adding Chris Sale, their pitching staff was set to be one of the best in baseball. Many different things, both positive and negative have been surprising for the Boston Red Sox this season. Here are a few of them. Brandon Workman Let’s…
Coming into this season, The Red Sox’ pitching was ranked at the top, if not the best. The Red Sox acquired Chris Sale from the White Sox. Rick Porcello was coming off a Cy Young-caliber year. David Price was back, and hopefully healthy. Craig Kimbrel was coming off a 31-save year. Although Boston sits in…
Winning back-to-back Cy Young awards is quite the feat, as it has only been done by seven different players since the year 1956, most notably in 2013 and 2014 by Clayton Kershaw. Repeating as Cy Young is rarely anticipated, although having severe struggles are the last thing expected. In 2017, we have seen six individuals…
Fantasy baseball is always full of disappointments. Below are five players who were expected to have big years, but have fallen well short of their expectations. Rick Porcello, Starting Pitcher, Boston Red Sox The 2016 American League Cy Young winner has been a serious disappointment in 2017. Just a year ago, Porcello had won a…
With only a week until opening day, it is time to revisit my starting pitcher rankings for 2017. My original rankings can be found at Thegamehaus.com, which were done on January 27th, 2017. The top 120 starting pitchers have been grouped into eight tiers. The average draft position, (ADP), of each player according to FantasyDraftPros.com,…
The MLB season is closing in! With only sixty-six days of preparation left, it’s time to tackle our early 2017 fantasy baseball pitcher rankings. I have categorized the top 100 pitchers into twelve different tiers. Creating tiers allow owners to separate and compare players based on their projected value and cost. Players at the bottom…
In case you had been living under a rock, Chris Sale has been a major trade target ever since he had his major outburst and cut up a bunch of jerseys. This made him by far and away the most attractive trade or free agent target for teams looking to contend. He is a true…
