Paul Sauberer - Page 2

Julio Rodriguez- OF- SEA- Hot- Rodriguez may finally be shaking off his sophomore slump. He went 2-for-5 with a homer, run, and RBI. Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to 7 games and has multiple hits in all but one of...

Lucas Giolito- P- CHW- Hot- Giolito's name has been coming up in trade rumors recently and he did nothing to reduce his value yesterday. Sure, it was against the Royals, but allowing 1 run on 6 hits and a walk...

Adolis Garcia- OF- TEX- Stats- Garcia went 1-for-4 with a walk, 2 runs, and a RBI in last night's game. He is slashing .244/.307/.479 with 8 homers and 33 RBI in 137 PAs. Garcia has improved his underlying metrics across...

Nathan Eovaldi- P- TEX- Hot- Eovaldi turned in that rare achievement, the complete game shutout, against the Yankees yesterday. He allowed 3 hits, walked none, and struck out 8. Eovaldi was still hitting 98 mph in the 8th inning. He...

Eloy Jimenez- OF- CHW- FYI- Jimenez went 1-for-4 in his return from the IL. Jimenez has been plagued by injury since his rookie 2019 season, when he finished 4th in Rookie of the Year voting. In 2022 he had 327...

Randy Arozarena- OF- TB- Stats- Last year, Arozarena started the season with an abnormal number of ground balls. After the first couple of weeks he had a GB% of 66.7% and a negative launch angle. However, his EV and HardHit%...

C. J. Cron- 1B- COL- Hot- Cron kept up his hot start, going 2-for-4 with his 3rd homer of the year. He also rapped a double and 5 of his 7 hits in 2023 have been for extra bases. In...

With less than a week to go before Opening Day, players are getting stretched out. Also, injuries are getting more focus as they may determine some roster spots. There are players who are seeing their seasons delayed and those who...

One of the fun parts of Spring Training is to watch some young players perform really well. It can help solidify the prospect status of some, bring some on the radar, and even force a player onto a major league...

We are heading into mid-March. Real WBC games have started. This means we are starting to get into a more serious part of Spring Training. More and more fantasy drafts are taking place and we are seeing where players are...

The first Spring Training games were played yesterday. The leader in hits is the 19-year-old top prospect for the Padres. It's a great time of the year. It's also time to get back to talking in what some think is...

Shane Bieber- P- CLE- FYI- Bieber had what could be considered a poor game for him last night. He didn't get a quality start because he allowed 4 runs in his 6 IP. Bieber gave up 6 hits, walked none,...

Mitch Keller- P - PIT- Hot- After throwing 7 shutout IP against the Cardinals Keller now has 3 consecutive quality starts. He has progressed in each outing and allowed just 2 hits and walked 3 while striking out 6 yesterday....

Noah Syndergaard- P- PHI- Idea- Thor had another less than godlike performance on the mound for the Phillies. He was charged with 4 runs (3 earned) in 4.1 IP against the Giants yesterday. Syndergaard allowed 7 hits and walked 1...

German Marquez- P- COL- Hot- Marquez came out on the winning side of a 1-0 contest that was a match up with Max Scherzer. Marquez allowed just a single hit and walked 2 while striking out 5 in 7 shoutout...

Aaron Ashby- P- MIL- Caution- In his last start, Ashby was touched for 6 runs in 5 IP against the Cubs. It marked the 3rd time in his last 4 starts that he has given up at least 4 runs...

Franmil Reyes- OF- CLE- FYI- The Guardians designated Reyes for assignment yesterday in order to clear a spot on their 40-man roster for RP Jake Jewell. Reyes slugged 30 homers a year ago and hit 9 in 280 PAs with...

Alek Manoah- P- TOR- Great Player- Manoah threw his 16th quality start in 19 outings this season and ran his record to 11-4. He allowed 1 run on 7 hits in 6 IP while striking out 7 and walking no...

Alex Wood- P- SF- Hot- Wood is due some regression to the mean and he got some yesterday. He didn't allow a hit until the 6th inning and ended up allowing 3 hits and walking 1 while striking out 8...

Joey Wendle- SS- MIA- FYI- Wendle has had injury issues this season, but when he's been healthy he has shown some progress from 2021. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and a steal yesterday. That puts Wendle with a slash...

Christian Yelich- OF- MIL- Hot- Yelich may not be posting the MYP-type numbers that were expected to come routinely after his 2019 season. However, he is definitely heating up. Yesterday he hit his 8th homer of the season (and 3rd...

Aroldis Chapman- RP- NYY- Injury Update- Chapman threw a perfect IP in his rehab appearance at AA Somerset yesterday. He threw 7 of 11 pitches and struck out a batter. It looks like Chapman passed his last test before returning...

Justin Verlander- P- HOU- Great Player- Despite yesterday's results, Verlander still qualifies as a great player. Sure, he gave up 7 runs (4 earned) on 9 hits in 3.2 IP. However, Verlander didn't walk anyone and threw 59 of 81...

Luis Severino- P- NYY- Hot- Severino threw the best start of this season yesterday, allowing just 1 hit and 1 walk while striking out 10 in 7 scoreless IP. It was his third quality start in his last 4 outings....

Cesar Hernandez- 2B- WAS- Hot- Hernandez went 3-for-9 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in yesterday's doubleheader. He is now slashing .281/.329/.357 for the season. Hernandez extended his current hitting streak to 8 games. In his last dozen games...

Adley Rutschman- C- BAL- Rookie- The much-heralded Rutschman made his MLB debut last night and it was successful. It got better as the night went along. In his first AB in the 2nd inning, Rutschman struck out swinging. He reached...

Trey Mancini- OF- BAL- Hot- Mancini extended his current hitting streak to 7 games by going 1-for-3 last night. He also walked and hit his second homer o the season. Mancini is 16-for 40 for the month of May. The...

Sheldon Neuse- 3B- OAK- Rookie- Neuse returned to the A's via the waiver wire during spring training after he had been traded to the Dodgers in a minor deal in 2021. Neuse slashed .169/.182/.323 with 3 homers and a whopping...

Gleyber Torres- SS- NYY- Stats- With Isiah Kiner-Falefa and his .298/.340/.383 taking precedence over Torres' .195/.244/.317, Torres has had to find playing time elsewhere, primarily sharing 2B with DJ LeMahieu and pinch hitting. Yesterday was a pinch hitting day and...

Jurickson Profar- OF- SD- Hot- After a couple of hitless games, Profar went 1-for-3 yesterday and is slashing .269/.394/.654 with 3 homers, 3 runs, and 9 RBI on the season. He has also walked 5 times, the same number of...

Aaron Bummer- RP- CHW- Rise Value- Bummer picked up his first save of 2022, allowing hits to the first 2 hitters he faced but then striking out the next 3 batters in his 9th inning of work. It was a...

Albert Pujols- 1B- STL- The universal DH likely provided Pujols with a chance to return to St. Louis to finish his career. Over the past few seasons Pujols has seen his platoon shifts from reverse to more markedly a standard...

The really big, splashy free agent signings have been made for the most part. Now teams are trying to fill in the holes. These are the kind of players you should evaluate in deep leagues and also possibly for DFS...

Baseball is back and the first full day of the post-lockout era has started off busily. Players under contract have already started reporting. Some free agents were signed. Trade talks are happening. Expect a lot of action very quickly as...

Jonathan Schoop- 2B- DET- Hot- Schoop went 2-for-3 with a walk yesterday to raise his average to .277. He extended his current hitting streak to 6 games, but yesterday was the first game in that span with multiple hits. Schoop...

Josh Bell- 1B- WAS- Hot- Bell continued to swing a hot bat, going 2-for-2 with 2 walks and a run scored yesterday. Since August 14 Bell has gone 35-for109 with 25 walks, 13 Ks, 8 homers, 15 runs scored and...