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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

One month into the 2022 MLB season, the league is once again dealing with a change to its baseballs. This time, MLB has reportedly expanded its use of a deadened ball that was partially used last year and begun using humidors at all 30 ballparks. The result is a new dead ball era, with runs down, batting average down and, most noticeably, home runs down. Except in nationally televised games, if New York Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez is to be believed. Speaking with Tim Healey of Newsday,… Source link

New York Yankees minor-league manager Rachel Balkovec made history the instant she took the field Friday. Then, she decided to break some more records. Balkovec won her managerial debut with the Tampa Tarpons — a minor-league affiliate of the Yankees — on Friday. In doing so, Balkovec became both the first woman to manage a game and win a game with a team affiliated with MLB. The Tarpons defeated the Lakeland Flying Tigers by a score of 9-6. The Tarpons fell behind early, but rallied in… Source link

Kept you waiting, huh? The MLB regular season is finally back after a frantic offseason which saw half a billion dollars spent by one team as soon as free agency opened, followed by a nearly 100-day lockout. As a result the season starts a little later this year. There are also some new rule changes and tweaks — hello, universal designated hitter — as a result of the labor negotiations. But you came here for MLB season predictions are you’re going to get them. Our most learned baseball… Source link

Let’s establish some disclaimers before we dive into today’s topic, the 2022 Fantasy Baseball Fade List. The goal is to outline good players who I’m still unlikely to roster often, if at all, in 2022. This doesn’t make these players untalented; it’s just pointless to give you a collection of fades with lagging ADPs. There’s no utility in that. Most fantasy analysts will tell you it’s usually about the acquisition cost, not about the player. If you can land some of these names well… Source link

Shohei Ohtani was the story of the 2021 season, so much so that his presence is about to be felt in the MLB rulebook. MLB and the MLB Players Association have reached an agreement on a number of rule changes following the new collective bargaining agreement, Yahoo Sports’ Hannah Keyser confirmed Tuesday. Among them is a tweak to the universal designated hitter that will undoubtedly be known as the “Shohei Ohtani rule.” Under the new rule, if a team has its starting pitcher in its lineup as the… Source link