Josh Sperry graduated from the University of West Georgia in 2013 with a degree in Sport Management and a minor in Mass Communications. After graduation, he was hired by the Danville Braves as the Media Relations Trainee for the summer of 2013. In his free time he enjoys watching his hometown Braves, listening to music, and cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers. His other hobbies include spending time with his wife, Jessica, and two dogs, Miko and Nakoma. You can tweet Josh at @Josh__Sperry
Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians - Trevor Bauer is coming off what might be the best game of his career punching out 14 batters and allowing just three runs in seven innings. The biggest reason that Bauer has a career high...
Charlie Blackmon - Charlie Blackmon has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball as of late, but took an 0-for-4 line on Saturday for the Rockies. Over his last 12 games entering Saturday he posted a .511 wOBA and...
Yolmer Sanchez, Chicago White Sox - Yolmer Sanchez continued his excellent two week stretch he's been on with a 2-for-5 performance Saturday, walking once and scoring twice. Entering Tuesday he was hitting .395/.500/.579 over the last 14 days, which is...
Dansby Swanson, Atlanta Braves - Dansby Swanson has begun to come alive a bit over the last week or so and went 2-for-4 with his third homer of the season Tuesday in Toronto. Swanson is now in the middle of...
Dylan Bundy, Baltimore Orioles - Dylan Bundy notched win number five this season against the White Sox Satruday tossing six innings and allowing three runs. Bundy now owns a 2.17 ERA and 3.45 FIP but his strikeout rate does have...
Matt Harvey, New York Mets - Just going to be blunt here, it has got to be hard to be a Mets fan right now. Matt Harvey turned in yet another less than stellar performance allowing six runs in 5.1...
Cody Bellinger, Los Angeles Dodgers - The Dodgers decided to steal all the headlines this week as they called up top prospect Cody Bellinger to the majors after placing outfield Joc Pederson on the disabled list. NOW ALERT! Bellinger likely...
Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers - Miguel Cabrera was placed on the 10 day DL today with a groin strain as his disappointing 2017 continues to get more disappointing. The Tigers recalled 1B John Hicks from AAA and he got the...
Starling Marte - The biggest news from Tuesday came in the form of a suspension for Pirates star OF Starling Marte for a PED and he'll now miss the next 80 days for the club. This is the second year...
Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees - That sound you heard this afternoon was every person in fantasy collectively inhaling and holding their breaths as Gary Sanchez came up grimacing after a swing. The sound you then heard was those same...
Rich Hill, Los Angeles Dodgers - I wanted to search for a sleeper or someone cheaper at the pitcher spot but let's be real, it's Rich Hill against the Padres. While I wasn't actively pursuing Hill in any of my...
I feel obligated to mention that Tim Tebow will DH in two games this week but it literally means nothing. Dansby Swanson - Dansby Swanson is having a fantastic spring training and might be showing a bit more fantasy value...
Aaron Blair, Atlanta Braves - Aaron Blair tossed his first two innings of spring training over the weekend and saw some mixed results allowing three hits and a run over his two innings. After the game he said he had...
Matt Kemp, Atlanta Braves - Matt Kemp has dropped a reported 30 pounds this past offseason as the Braves wanted him to come into camp this year in better baseball shape. Kemp was outstanfing for the Braves and actually helped...
Brandon Phillips, Braves - After nixing a trade to the Braves back in November, Brandon Phillips was sent to the Braves Sunday in a deal for two minor league prospects. After Phillips declined the deal earlier in the offseason the...
Mark Trumbo - Mark Trumbo laced four hits Saturday including his 27th double of the season. Trumbo has had a huge season and has lined himself up for potentially a good payday with a 124 wRC+ and a .256/.317/.535 in...
Elvis Andrus - Elvis Andrus homered twice in his 3-for-4 effort on Saturday. The homers were his seventh and eight of the season which now gives him a career high in homers along with his 68 RBI, which is also...
Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins - Jose Fernandez dominated the Nationals with 8.0 shutout innings and 13 strikeouts. In his first full season back from Tommy John surgery he's been incredible throwing 182.1 innings while striking out 253 batters (12.49 per...
AJ Pollock, Arizona Diamondbacks - AJ Pollock launched his second homer of the season Tuesday and has gotten off to a great start to his season in late August triple slashing .286/.359/.457 with a 116 wRC+. If owners (like myself)...
Yoan Moncada, Boston Red Sox - Yoan Moncada notched his first two hits of his career, including a double, a RBI and two runs scored. This gives him two straight starts for the Red Sox at third and it looks...
Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees - Gary Sanchez continues to annihilate MLB pitching launching his 11th homer in 23 games and he's homered in three straight games this week. What else is there to say about Sanchez at this point?...
Gregory Polanco, Pittsburgh Pirates - Gregory Polanco launched homers 18 and 19 Tuesday in a 3-for-4 game at the dish. He's had fantastic season overall and has been a real breakout player, but I'm worried about the numbers that he...
Alex Bregman, Houston Astros - After a slow start to his major league career, Slex Bregman has been on fire over the last two weeks and has now homers in three of his last six games, alternating games with homers....
Jonathan Lucroy, Texas Rangers - Jonthan Lucroy launched a pair of solo homers in the Rangers 3-2 win over the A's Saturday. This gives him three in his short time as a Ranger and now has homered in back-to-back games....
Gregory Polanco, Pittsburgh Pirates - July has been a very painful month for Polanco (.204/.259/.333) after his extremely strong first half, but is finishing the month strong collecting hits in five of his last six game including a 4-for-4 game...
Michael Saunders, Toronto Blue Jays - Saunders' blistering start to the season has slowed a ton as of late as he's now only homered four times since his three homer game on June 17th. Saunders launched a pair of homer...
Sonny Gray, Oakland A's - Sonny Gray's first start since the All Star Break could be described as a less than stellar outing, but he still managed to pick up his fourth win of the season with a quality start....
Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays - Josh Donaldson launched homers 21 and 22 Tuesday in the Blue Jays win and now is currently on pace to have career highs in a plethora of categories. Since the beginning of June, Donaldson...
CJ Cron, Los Angeles Angels - CJ Cron had a humongous on Saturday going 6-for-6 with two homers and he missed a third homer in his final at bat by maybe 15 feet. The homers leave him one short of...
Lucas Giolito, Washington Nationals - Giolito was excellent in his debut tossing four shutout innings against the Mets. Owners obviously would have liked to see I'm at least make it through five innings (stupid rain) to pick up the win,...
Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians - Carrasco dominated the Tigers Saturday with a complete game shutout for his third win of the season. He allowed just five baserunners on four hits and a walk and struck out seven which is the...
Blake Snell, Tampa Bay Rays - Snell bounced back from a "bad" performance against the Mariners where he allowed five runs, one earned, in three and a third with a quality start allowing just two earned runs over 6.2 innings...
Joc Pederson launched homers number 10 and 11 Tuesday as he continues to be a true three outcome player with 25% of his base hits leaving the yard. An issue compared to last season though is that Pederson isn't walking...
Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins - In a world without Clayton Kershaw, we'd be talking a lot more about the run that Jose Fernandez is on. With seven shutout innings Tuesday he's now one seven straight starts and has lowered his...
David Price, Boston Red Sox - Price tossed a quality start against the Rockies Tuesday allowing three runs over 7.0 innings while striking out six batters. The win was his seventh of the season and he's slowly bringing down his...
Aaron Blair, Atlanta Braves - Aaron Blair was crushed by the Pirates for the inning and a third that he was able to stay on the field giving up nine runs with all being earned. This start could have been...