Pedro Alvarez (credits below) Welcome to week six’s edition of the waiver wire. Sorry for the tardy/brief writeup this week, as I’m dealing with a sick wife and son at home. Pedro Alvarez (Pit-3B | 46% Y! and 68% ESPN) Many scouting outlets salivated over Alvarez’s “70” power and suggested

Anthony Bass (credits below) I posted this blind resume on Twitter the other day: Player A:  1 W, 8.89 K/9, 3.23 xFIP (owned in 13% Y!) Player B: 2 W, 8.53 K/9, 3.28 xFIP (owned in 100% Y!) Player C: 2 W, 8.34 K/9, 3.28 xFIP (owned in 100% Y!)

Thursday was another crazy one for closers. The most bizarre story came when the greatest of all time, Mariano Rivera, slipped while shagging fly balls in batting practice and suffered what first appeared to be a twisted knee, but now is expected to be a season-ending torn ACL. A brutal blow

Mariano Rivera (credits below) Saves are stupid.  This insanely flawed statistic repeatedly causes managers to misuse their relievers.  A team’s best bullpen arm is often its closer which means the team’s best reliever will often protect a three run lead in the 9th as opposed to pitching in higher leverage

Umpire Tim Welke made a laughably bad call in the Dodgers/Rockies game Wednesday. Welke called Jerry Hairston out at first, even though Todd Helton caught the ball at least 3 feet off the bag. Deadspin has it if you haven’t seen it. Here’s the thing though, from his angle Welke

Josh Reddick (Credits Below) In the first of a weekly series, I'll be analyzing two different players of the same position who are available in at least 50 percent of both ESPN and Yahoo! leagues. If you're torn between who to add, this column should offer some insight into each

Brett Talley (@TheRealTAL) is joined by Jason Collette (@jasoncollette) of draysbay.com and baseballprospectus.com to talk fantasy baseball.  Brett and Jason discuss a wide variety of names including Chris Davis, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Lind, Max Scherzer, Johnny Cueto, and quite a few more. Listen below by pressing play, or head to

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers: This one was a blood bath early, as the Tigers scored 8 runs in the first three innings. Luke Hochevar was the victim, giving up 12 hits and 9 runs over four. I hear Yuniesky Betancourt made a horribly lackluster play in the field

Ryan Braun hit a remarkable three home runs in last nights 8-3 win for the Brewers over the Padres.  Braun also knocked in six runs as he went 4-for-5 on the night, look like he's ready to start hitting again. Apparently 2012 is the year of the old man resurgence

Jarrod Parker (credits below) Last week I touted Drew Smyly, Wade Miley and Kirk Nieuwenhuis as players to add. This week we take a look at two of MLB’s top prospects and another young hurler getting his chance in Oakland. SP-JARROD PARKER (OAKLAND)- The 23 year old righty got his first