Late Rupp Hit Lifts Phillies Over Braves, 7-4
Cameron Rupp and the Philadelphia Phillies put a memorable ending on a road trip that started poorly.
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Cameron Rupp and the Philadelphia Phillies put a memorable ending on a road trip that started poorly.
The Braves defeated the Phillies, 5-1, on Wednesday night.
Adam Morgan allowed only one run in seven innings, Maikel Franco homered and the Philadelphia Phillies held off Atlanta 3-2 on Tuesday night to extend the Braves' home misery.
We've all heard the story from a friend how he or she simply drafted their fantasy baseball team and forgot all about it until finding out they won the league in October. Generally, that doesn't happen very often thanks to injuries, slumps and inevitable bad luck. You have to stay on top of your team's roster all summer long to win.
Blanco's double in a 12-pitch at-bat against Kyle Barraclough helped spark Philadelphia to a three-run eighth inning, sending the Phillies to a 4-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Miami Marlins to a 6-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
The Phillies lost three of four games this series.
The Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 5-4, on Wednesday night.
Ryan Howard homered and Aaron Nola threw seven innings to lead the Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
The Cardinals defeated the Phillies, 10-3, on Monday night.
The big news of the week in baseball, of course, was the suspension of Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Never mind that disgraced slugger Barry Bonds is the Miami hitting coach: There are plenty of jokes to be made there. How does this impact fantasy baseball? If you own Gordon, should you keep him on your roster? How are you going to replace his 50 stolen bases this season in the stat column? Don't fret: We have all the answers you need right here.
The Phillies defeated the Indians, 4-3 in 11 innings on Friday night.
The Phillies defeated the Nationals, 3-0, on Wednesday night.
The Oakland A's announced, on Tuesday, that minor league pitcher and Philadelphia native Sean Murphy has died at the age of 27.
Most MLB teams have played about 20 games so far this season, and that's a big enough sample size to determine whether or not to keep slumping players on your fantasy baseball roster. The bigger challenge is to decide if dropping those players makes sense—or just benching them for now is a better idea. That decision comes down to the rest of your rosters, along with its strengths and weaknesses. As we always say, no one ever said that fantasy sports were easy!
Maikel Franco homered twice and Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings for his first win of the season as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday night.
Legendary pitcher Curt Schilling was fired this week from his baseball color analyst position with ESPN for his conduct on social media.
Jake Arrieta tossed his second career no-hitter as the Cubs beat the Reds, 16-0.
Peter Bourjos drove in the winning run on an infield single with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
The Mets defeated the Phillies 11-1 on Tuesday night.
The New York Mets went deep four times to back a stellar Noah Syndergaard in their 5-2 victory over the Phillies on Monday night.
We are two weeks into the 2016 Major League Baseball season, and already there are veteran positions players struggling to hit their weight. There also are experienced pitchers that can't find the strike zone at all. What do you do with these guys on your fantasy roster? It depends on the player and the situation, but in most leagues, there are always better alternatives on the waiver wire. The tough part is to decide if the short-term move will be better than long-term patience.
The Phillies lost to the Nationals, 9-1, on Friday night.
Maikel Franco homered, doubled and drove in both runs and Jerad Eickhoff struck out nine in seven scoreless innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres.
Charlie Morton pitched sharply into the seventh, Odubel Herrera hit an RBI triple in the sixth and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Tuesday night.
