Halfway Through The Fantasy Baseball Season, Where Does Your Team Stand?
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.
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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.
Brock Holt hit a two-run homer, Sandy Leon had four hits with three of Boston's season-high nine doubles, and the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 12-5 Monday.
Texas purchased left-hander Michael Roth's contract from Triple-A Round Rock and transferred Colby Lewis to the 60-day disabled list, the Rangers announced before Sunday's game at Minnesota.
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.
Chase Headley scored on a passed ball with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees won in their final at-bat for the second straight game to beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Ok, so here's the deal. The biggest takeaway from last night is something we already knew: the Rangers can certainly benefit from added bullpen depth.
Texas had a 98.8 percent probability of beating the New York Yankees, extending their winning streak to five and improving to 21-6 in June.
They've won four in a row, 12 of 14 and 20 of 25, improving the American League's top record to 51-27 with their eighth straight victory away from home.
Hamels breezed through seven shutout innings to win his fourth consecutive start, Adrian Beltre homered and drove in three runs, and Texas trounced the New York Yankees 7-1 on Tuesday 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.
After another Rangers series win, I wanted to see how the national media would respond to this past weekend.
Cole Hamels won his third consecutive start with eight strikeouts in six solid innings, and Ian Desmond later homered as the Rangers beat the Reds by a score of 6-4 for a split in the two-game series.
Struggling left-hander Derek Holland joined Yu Darvish on the disabled list Wednesday before the Rangers said that yet another starting pitcher, Colby Lewis, was headed there as well.
The Mariners are trying to bolster their pitching by signing former Rangers reliever Tom Wilhelmsen. He was signed to a one-year deal after he declined an outright assignment by Texas earlier this month.
Colby Lewis pitched through cramping in his arm and retired 11 straight batters before trouble in the fifth inning, and the Rangers lost to the Reds by a score of 8-2 on Tuesday night in Arlington.
The Rangers stretched their season-best winning streak to seven games, the last four being one-run decisions. They beat the Orioles by a score of 4-3 on Monday night in a makeup game matching the AL's top teams.
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.
Ken Griffey Jr. has been appointed a youth ambassador as part of baseball's effort to grow the game throughout the United States and Canada.
Ichiro Suzuki pulled a single into right field for his 4,257 career hit career hit in the Japanese and North American major leagues, passing Pete Rose's record total in Major League Baseball.
Elvis Andrus, Ryan Rua and Robinson Chirinos all homered to lead the Rangers to a 10-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
The Athletics pounded first-place Texas 14-5 on Monday night, hours after the Rangers put Yu Darvish on the disabled list.
Darvish had an MRI on his shoulder and another on his neck before being examined by team physician Dr. Keith Meister.
