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After a whirlwind three weeks, Juan Soto is on the move. The Washington Nationals reportedly traded their young superstar to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday alongside star first baseman Josh Bell, hours ahead of MLB’s 6 p.m. trade deadline, Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser confirmed. MLB.com’s Jon Morosi reported the deal. With the blockbuster deal, Padres executive A.J. Preller adds two of the best hitters available and sets up the potential for a Soto-Manny Machado-Fernando Tatis Jr. lineup… Source link

Druw Jones’ MLB career is off to a tough start. The Arizona Diamondbacks rookie selected with the No. 2 pick in last week’s draft sustained a shoulder injury in Arizona on Tuesday during his first practice session as a pro. Diamondbacks farm director Josh Barfield confirmed the news to the Arizona Republic. Jones suffered the injury while taking batting practice. “He was just taking (batting practice) and took a regular round of BP and felt something in his shoulder on his second-to-last… Source link

The MLB All-Star break didn’t seem to fix the Boston Red Sox’s problems. Boston lost by 23 runs to the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday in one of the biggest blowouts in MLB history. That’s bad on its own, but the loss is even worse when grouped with the Red Sox’s two previous losses to the New York Yankees where Boston lost by a combined 24 runs six days before the Blue Jays game. The Red Sox’s -47 run differential over that three-game stretch is the worst by any MLB team since 1900, according to Source link

LOS ANGELES — The problem with baseball is that, too often, your eyes betray you. Or at least, you can’t see the whole story. What you’re watching on the field is barely even the tip of the iceberg in a sport defined by large sample sizes and unexpected value that has to be quantified to be understood. This renders the All-Star Game meaningless — I mean, it was anyway, and those of us who thought it was kinda cool when the outcome determined World Series home-field advantage know to… Source link

LOS ANGELES – In May, Major League Baseball agreed to settle an 8-year-old lawsuit brought by current and former minor leaguers alleging the violation of various wage laws. Four days ago, it was revealed that the settlement totaled $185 million and included a stipulation that, going forward, teams will not be expressly forbidden — as they had been previously — from paying their minor leaguers outside the regular season. On Monday, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee exploring the… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. If you want to really delve into the MLB action Saturday, you’ll need to be ready in the afternoon. There are only four games that are scheduled for the evening. You don’t have to be an early bird, though, because 13 of the games starts at 4:05 p.m. EDT or later. Want a bit of a boost to your odds of DFS success? Consider these lineup recommendations. Pitching Framber Valdez, HOU at OAK ($51): We are getting closer to the day when… Source link

In 2013, Mark Appel was an elite MLB prospect, drafted first overall out of Stanford by the Houston Astros. On Saturday — nine years later — he’s slated to make his debut in an MLB uniform. Appel, 20 days shy of his 31st birthday, is joining the Philadelphia Phillies from Triple-A Lehigh Valley for a game against the San Diego Padres. He’ll replace reliever Connor Brogdon, who was placed on the COVID-19 injured list. It’s the first MLB call-up of his career. He wrote about his feelings on… Source link

Two outs, two strikes. Tying run on second. Gerrit Cole on the bump. You’re pinch-hitting, you tell yourself in the batting cage. The crucial pitch is on the way — just as soon as it matriculates its way through that ubiquitous metal tripod, the pitching machine. Shoop. Here it comes. A 75 mph, arrow-straight fastball, down the middle. Actually facing Gerrit Cole is nothing like that. He could throw you a blistering four-seamer. Or a slider, or a cutter, or a changeup, or a curveball. And… Source link

The following relievers are widely available in Yahoo Fantasy Baseball formats and may be worth grabbing for those searching for saves. Houck picked up two saves over the weekend and looks like Boston’s new main closer, so we’re including him here even though he’s just over the typical 50% rostered threshold. He may be eased into working back-to-back days, but Houck is a first-round pick who’s allowed just one run over 19.0 innings (with 18 Ks and a 0.89 WHIP) since moving to the bullpen… Source link

Building the best DFS lineups for Cash and GPP contests is all about identifying the best ways to utilize your available budget by comparing projections to prices. Luckily, FantasyPros offers a complete suite of DFS tools, including DFS Cheat Sheets, a DFS Lineup Optimizer, and more. Below is today’s Yahoo DFS Optimal Lineup using the FantasyPros DFS Lineup Optimizer tool. This is the current lineup of the day. For updated lineups based on adjusted projections… Source link