Josh Sperry

Ronald Acuña homered twice and stole a base Tuesday, now sitting one homerun shy of a 40-40 season. He's really in the midst of one of the best seasons in MLB history slashing .338/.418/.596 with the 39 homers, 67 stolen...

Bryce Harper played both ends of the double-header on Tuesday and he only got one hit, but it left the yard for his seventh homer of the season. That gives Harper two homers for the month already, after hitting just...

Triston Casas went 1-for-4 at the plate Tuesday. Casas is having a monster July with a .340/.441/.740 slash line and five homers. His July numbers have taken his season totals up to reasonable levels, with a .814 OPS and 14...

Spencer Torkelson hit a pair of homers Tuesday and drove in five runs. 2023 hasn't been kind to Tork, but his month of July has been solid with a .283/.345/.566 slash line. His hard-hit rate is over 50% for the...

Aaron Nola dominated the Rays on Tuesday, allowing one run over 7.1 innings with the only run coming off the bat of Wander Franco for the last batter he faced. He allowed just five hits in the game and tied...

Tyler Glasnow struggled in a big way against Baltimore over the first two innings, allowing six runs but rebounded very well over his last 2.1 innings to finish with seven strikeouts. Despite the damage against him, the Orioles didn't post...

Luis Matos is headed to the major leagues Wednesday with Mitch Haniger suffering a fractured forearm after being hit by a pitch on Tuesday. Matos struggled last season but has been outstanding this season, hitting .309 in AA before being...

Elly De La Cruz has been called up to Cincinnati and is quite possibly the highest level prospect we're going to see debut this season. He went 1-for-3 in his debut with a double and two walks while hitting cleanup....

JD Martinez homered again on Tuesday to put on bow on his insane month of May that saw him hit .310/.320/.704 with eight homers. Martinez has looked like prime JD Martinez again and has homered in three straight games. He's...

Michael Harris II went 2-for-3 at the plate with a homerun Tuesday, his second of the season. 2022's Rookie of the Year has had a dreadful start to the season, slashing .174/.247/.304 across 77 at-bats. In terms of batted ball...

Bobby Miller made his major league debut Tuesday and performed well in a matchup that certainly was not a favorable one on paper. He allowed just one run over five innings while striking out five batters. He With just four...

Aaron Nola had a good start against Toronto allowing just two runs over six innings with six strikeouts. He posted a 33% CSW and a 21% whiff rate, and he continued his stretch of five or more strikeouts to three...

Bryce Miller dominated the A's over six innings, allowing just two hits and one run and he was perfect through his first five innings. He also casually set the record for the most strikeouts in a Mariners' debut with 10....

Luis Garcia tossed a gem against the best team in baseball, throwing six shutout innings with three hits allowed. He walked two batters and struck out seven. After three average starts to begin the season, Garcia has turned it on...

Pablo Lopez dominated once again for Minnesota, striking out 10 batters over 7.2 innings while allowing two runs. Lopez's ERA now sits at just 1.35 over 16.1 innings with 21 strikeouts. Over his first two starts of the year he...

Kenta Maeda tossed a gem on Tuesday but was outdueled by Alcantara. Over five innings Maeda struck out nine batters and allowed just a single run, a solo shot to Avsail Garcia. His swing and miss numbers in this outing...

Brayan Bello made his first spring appearance on Sunday and struck out three batters across two scoreless innings for Boston. Bello had been dealing with some forearm tightness at the beginning of spring but came out of Sunday's outing feeling...

Victor Robles is potentially going to rejoin the Nationals lineup on Tuesday after bruising his knee last Wednesday. Robles is expected to go through baseball activities on Monday which will determine his status for the rest of the week. Even...

Jameson Taillon, Chicago Cubs - Taillon fanned a pair of batters in the first inning as a Cubs, including Steven Kwan and Josh Naylor. Taillon has gone on record saying that he's reworked his slider to be more of a...

Jacob deGrom, Texas Rangers - deGrom is scheduled to resume his throwing program on Monday after a brief "scare" last week after feeling some side tightness following a throwing session. Chris Young said that it's something he'd pitch through in...

Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins - A couple weeks ago I said that the gap between Sandy Alcantara and Pablo Lopez were closer than most would think, and yeah that was wrong. Alcantara is throwing like the best arm in baseball...

Isaac Parades, Tampa Bay Rays - Isaac Parades did a month's worth of damage in one game against the Yankees with three homers and four RBI. Even with this crazy game, his month of June has been completely awful as...

Anthony Rizzo, New York Yankees - Anthony Rizzo had himself a day with three homers and six RBI to go along with an insanely hisgh 1.144 OPS. Rizzo is just off to a monster start as he's now up to...

Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers - Corbin Burnes picked up his first win of the year in a dominating outing against the Pirates that saw him throw seven innings with 10 strikeouts. Burnes got roughed up a bit in his first...

Jesus Luzardo, Miami Marlins - All-hail the concept of throwing your best pitch the most often. On a day of great pitching performances, Jesus Luzardo might take the top spot. Luzardo allowed just one run over five innings against the...

Edwin Rios, Los Angeles Dodgers - Edwin Rios is likely to begin the year with the Dodgers after Jake Lamb was reassigned to the minor league camp on Sunday. Rios' 2021 got off to a rough start after injuring his...

Jacob deGrom, New York Mets - Well, this unfortunately came early. deGrom was shutdown for the short term as he is dealing with some shoulder discomfort to start, and that turned into a longterm shutdown after a stress reaction in...

To start the flurry of moves that happened on Monday, Matt Olson was traded to the Braves for outfielder Christian Pache, catcher Shea Langeliers, and a pair of minor league pitchers. Along with being a chance of scenery for Olson,...

IN THE LINEUP Eloy Jimenez returned to the White Sox as a DH after missing two games following hitting a foul ball off his knee... Byron Buxton homered on Friday but has struggled since coming off of the IL with...

Brandon Belt, San Francisco Giants - Brandon Belt had a huge game Tuesday with four hits and a pair of homers against the Mets. Belt has missed a huge chunk of the season with injuries but he's been extremely productive...

Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers - Christian Yelich went 3-5 at the plate on Saturday with a pair of homers and six RBI. This single game accounted for one-fourth of Yelich's homers for the season as his power has been absolutely...

IN THE LINEUP Trevor Story was removed from the game on Thursday as a precautionary measure after being hit by a pitch, but Bud Black said after the game that everything was fine. He sat out of the lineup on...

Chris Flexen, Seattle Mariners - Chris Flexen had a solid bounce-back start Saturday against the Yankees, tossing five innings and allowing just three runs. After a weak end to the month of July Flexen has rebounded nicely for August, especially...

NL IN THE LINEUP Keibert Ruiz was one of the centerpieces sent to the Nationals in the blockbuster trade involving Max Scherzer and Trea Turner. This is a pretty big boost to Ruiz' value as the Dodgers have Will Smith...

Braxton Garrett, Miami Marlins - Braxton Garrett dominated on Saturday with ten strikeouts and two runs allowed over seven innings against the Padres. Garrett posted an elite 44% CSW and he had an outstanding mix of pitches with five pitches...

Touki Toussaint, Atlanta Braves - Touki Toussaint was activated from the IL to start Tuesday's game and tossed a gem against the Padres. He allowed just one run over 6.2 innings and struck out five batters. An interesting development in...