Giants Fall To D-Backs, Drop 4th Straight
The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Wednesday night.
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The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Wednesday 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.
Kenta Maeda pitched seven strong innings, Joc Pederson drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a fifth-inning homer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 Sunday night.
Billy Burns' speed, along with a little luck, helped Oakland win its first home series.
The Giants got run-scoring hits from Joe Panik, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt in a 4-3 victory over the Dodgers on Saturday night.
The Oakland A's ended a 4-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Royals on Saturday.
Kendrys Morales had three hits and got his 500th career RBI to help the Kansas City Royals win their fourth straight, beating the Oakland A's 4-2 Friday night.
Led by Kike Hernandez, the Dodgers batted their way to a 7-3 victory over the Giants on Friday night.
Pablo Sandoval was reportedly banned from ordering room service when he was with the San Francisco Giants, as the team looked for ways to deal with the slugger's weight.
Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball for six shutout innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 Wednesday for their fourth straight win.
The Los Angeles Angels rallied against Oakland's improved bullpen to beat the Athletics 5-4.
The San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Tuesday night in Denver.
Mike Trout hit his first home run of the season, Nick Tropeano pitched five scoreless innings in his season debut and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics and ace Sonny Gray 4-1 on Monday night.
First, it was the Arizona Diamondbacks losing outfielder A.J. Pollock before the season even began, and now it's the Chicago Cubs losing catcher/outfielder Kyle Schwarber in the first week. The San Diego Padres also may have lost starting pitcher Tyson Ross for awhile. What do you do if these guys are on your roster?
Oakland A's managing partner Lew Wolff is reportedly taking a back seat in the team's ongoing quest to build a new stadium to replace the aging Oakland Coliseum.
Pablo Sandoval's tenure with the Red Sox has not gone well. First and foremost, he struggled last season and lost his job to rookie Travis Shaw this spring despite a $17 million salary.
Joe Panik hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants homered three times to overcome an early five-run deficit and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on Sunday.
The Dodgers' Ross Stripling was pulled with a no-hitter in progress after 7 1/3 innings during his major league debut, and his team lost to the Giants 3-2 in the 10th.
Chris Coghlan hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning off closer Steve Cishek to give the A's a 3-2 win over the Mariners on Friday night.
Gray pitched seven strong innings, Mark Canha homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 Wednesday night to get their first win of the season.
Chris Carter hit his first home run for Milwaukee, then had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to lead the Brewers over the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Wednesday.
One game into the regular season and the A's have another one-run defeat, 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox after two more costly flubs.
Oakland ace Sonny Gray has been scratched from his opening day start because of food poisoning.
Another year of baseball is upon us and with it comes another chance to make some bold predictions for the upcoming year.
The drafts are all done, and the first pitch of the 2016 MLB season has been thrown. It's time to re-assess your roster now that spring exhibition games are over—and the real contests have begun. Unless you had a perfect draft (and really, does that ever happen?), the waiver wire has a lot to offer you ... even in Week 1 of the season.
