Justin Verlander’s confidence level is through the roof right now so it was no surprise he dominated the Royals. He continued where he left off from his no-hitter earlier in the week and held Kansas City hitless another 5 2/3 innings before Melky Cabrera hit a triple. Verlander’s final line

As always on a short day of games there was plenty of action.  Carlos Beltran apparently thinks he has a lot of catching up to do for all his time off with injuries. Beltran hit 3 homers last night, one each against Ubaldo Jimenez, Franklin Morales & Matt Lindstrom. I'm

Sweep the Leg Johnny!   NHL Playoffs: 2nd Round Well the Flyers and Capitals are done, so I can officially kick off my hatin’ shoes, lay back and enjoy the Conference Finals.  Not only are they done, but between the two, neither won one game this round, joining Phoenix in

Jurickson Profar, Texas Rangers Having just turned 18 in February, Profar is the youngest player in the SAL. The Curacao native and former Little League World Series star has drawn rave reviews for his baseball intelligence, confidence and maturity.  In his first taste of professional ball last season in the

Kendrys Morales According to Scott Miller of CBS Sports, Kendrys Morales is out for the year, so expect Mark Trumbo to continue to get playing time. He has played well this year and it might be time to add him as he is only owned in 16.5% of ESPN leagues

Brett Talley & Corey Herron of TheFantasyFix.com give you the eighth episode of the 2011 Fantasy Baseball Podcast. In episode eight: -Brett & Corey talk Eric Hosmer, Drew Stubbs & Matt Joyce-Determine if Juan Pierre, Aubrey Huff and Brian Roberts deserve a roster spot-Answer a bunch of “mailbag” questions from Twitter and

Too often fantasy baseball players (or worse, fantasy baseball “experts”) cite a single peripheral stat to make an argument for or against a player. However, it can be a mistake to look at peripheral numbers independently. When certain stats are paired with other stats, we can sometimes get a better

Anyone notice that Jason Heyward has been playing like, well… crap? That would be because since spring training, the big-boy phenom has been dealing with a sore right shoulder and numbness in his forearm. Hopefully an MRI will show nothing serious. Since practically hitting rock bottom in everyone's eyes, Derek

SP – JULIO TEHERAN (ATLANTA) Teheran, the top pitching prospect in the Braves minor league system was called up from Gwinnett to start Saturday’s game against the Phillies. Not an easy assignment for the rookie as he posted a loss, striking out one batter and allowing two walks in 4.2 innings.

Pressed up against the third base railing at Turner field during the summer of 1999, batting practice was a spectacle when Chipper Jones took his cuts, sending countless balls over the right field wall, ricocheting off the back rows of empty seats. Even though I was only 11 years old