View image | gettyimages.com Toronto’s Devon Travis has been a huge factor for the Blue Jays this season, showing the pop that they lacked last year from their second basemen. This is Travis’s first season in the Toronto system after coming over from Detroit in a trade for Anthony Gose

View image | gettyimages.com All stats listed as of 8:00 p.m. central time Thursday. Archie Bradley made his first Major League start Saturday against the Dodgers, and it was nothing short of a success. The 22-year-old pitched six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and four walks while allowing only one

View image | gettyimages.com This will be a short edition of the Rookie Report due to the young state of the season and the limited number of games and appearances. Chris Heston made his second Major League start Wednesday, picking up a win over Arizona in six innings. He struck

Today’s report will be the last one for a little while. I’ll likely do a recap once the season ends, but I’ll be taking a quick break. Before that happens, though, let’s review once again, complete with plenty of Javier Baez talk.

Apologies for not having an update for a few weeks. Between work and my summer vacation – I went to Denver; it was delightful – I just haven’t been able to write much. That changes now and everything is back to normal, which is nice. Name Team PA R HR

Since our last update, Kevin Gausman and Rafael Montero graduated; or graduated again in Gausman’s case. Montero’s debut was decent, especially considering he was probably feeling all sorts of jitters going up against the Yankees. He’s likely a spot starter in most leagues until he proves otherwise. Gausman, on the

First things first, Jose Abreuand Masahiro Tanaka are very good. If it’s possible, they’ve been better than advertised. Abreu’s looking like he’ll be one of the games premier sluggers the rest of the season, and for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, in New York, Tanaka is making mincemeat of opposing batters thanks

During the season I’ll be writing two new columns. This one is the first installment of one of them. They will run on consecutive weeks, and then I’ll repeat the columns, update the numbers, and perhaps add some new names if I’m feeling frisky. Or if one you astute readers

While this year’s rookie hitters pail in comparison to last year’s rookie hitters, there still are some worth keeping or at least considering keeping. As of right now there’s just a small top tier worth keeping in most if not all leagues, while there are several more with value in

This season it’s been hard to keep the Rookie Report fresh, as the same players (Shelby Miller, Julio Teheran, Jose Fernandez) have continued to dominate throughout the season and there has been a definite lack of noticeable rookie hitters outside of Yasiel Puig and Wil Myers. I’ve covered the pitchers