2016 MLB Mid-Season Awards: Kershaw, Salazar Favorites For Cy Young
The first half of the season is over with the All-Star game set for tonight. Let's hand out some first-half awards.
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The first half of the season is over with the All-Star game set for tonight. Let's hand out some first-half awards.
Giancarlo Stanton wore out Petco Park with a record display of power in the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night.
There's a rule for the All-Star Game in Major League Baseball to ensure all fans get to see at least one player from each team represented in the Midsummer Classic. This means some less-than-deserving players get picked for the MLB All-Star Game, while in fantasy baseball, only the best players get picked for our All-Star roster.
The Phillies defeated the Rockies, 5-3, on Friday night.
The Rockies took down the Phillies, 11-2, on Thursday night.
The Phillies defeated the Braves, 4-3, on Wednesday.
The Phillies Single-A affiliate, Lakewood BlueClaws will don cat-covered unis on Saturday, July 9.
The Phillies will be represented in the game by OF Odubel Herrera.
Looking at the standings in your league and finding your weakest statistical categories can make all the difference in the world come late August and September.
There may be no image more quintessentially American than baseball fans spending the Fourth of July at a baseball game, and with fans flocking to the ballpark, ticket prices are going up as well.
Jeremy Hellickson threw six sharp innings, Odubel Herrera hit a leadoff homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3.
The Washington Nationals look like the team they're supposed to be, sweeping the New York Mets, who look nothing like the team they were.
The Phillies defeated the Diamondbacks, 9-8 on Wednesday night.
The New York Mets, who just signed Jose Reyes, don't care how bad you are off the field as long as you produce on it... like most teams.
As we approach July, it's time to start thinking about the MLB All-Star Game. Even in fantasy baseball, All-Star players have value beyond what their stats offer. A lot of owners will trade for All-Star players even if they're not great fantasy baseball players.
The Phillies defeated the Twins, 7-3, on Thursday afternoon.
The Phillies put up some runs on Tuesday night, but it wasn't enough.
These definitely weren't the ruler-wielding nuns you encountered back in catholic school.
The Phillies announced, on Monday, that the organization agreed to a deal with their 2016 top pick, Mickey Moniak.
It happens every year in fantasy baseball: Players get drafted every March that end up struggling during the first six weeks of the season, so owners drop them. Yet by late June, those players recover and really start to hit. They'll end up where they should by September with good stats.
The Phillies lost to the Diamondbacks, 10-2, on Friday night.
The Phillies fell to the Blue Jays, 13-2, on Thursday night.
Watch as a dad made an amazing one-handed grab, while holding his child, at the Phillies game.
The Phillies lost to the Blue Jays, 7-2, on Wednesday night.
Smart fantasy baseball owners will analyze the standings in their league to see where their team needs improvement—and perhaps where the team can spare some statistics in a trade. Picking up new players only makes sense if these moves help the team in the standings, after all.
