Like we did with the American League, we’ve selected a midseason MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year winner for the Senior Circuit. Read on to see who would win the hardware if the National League season ended at its
After a slow start, the defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals have been playing better baseball and would find themselves in the wild card play-in game if the season ended today. The Redbirds league-best pitching has been key for their turnaround, however the team just
There are all sorts of neat and unique things about Joey Votto‘s game. The 2010 National League MVP went through that entire season without hitting an infield pop up. During his Major League career he’s only once pulled a foul ball into the stands. He
Last night, Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was a Hanley Rameriz throwing error away from tossing a perfect game against Colorado. Instead, he settled for a 107 pitch no-hitter with a career-high 15 strikeouts in the 8-0 win. Nolan Ryan holds the record for most strikeouts in
Among the three hottest fantasy adds this week are Danny Santana, Josh Harrison and Brock Holt Before their current hot streaks, none of the trio has had a stretch of Major League success, and each has an unimpressive minor league resume. That in mind, they
Yesterday’s game between the Texas and Detroit was not close. In fact, it was such a blow out that the Tigers pitched shortstop Danny Worth in the bottom of the eighth of their 9-2 loss. While that could have been comic relief, Worth actually pitched
Former closer Mitch Williams is taking a leave of absence from the MLB Network, where he serves as an analyst, after eyewitnesses reported bizarre and aggressive behavior from “Wild Thing” during a ten-and-under Cal Ripken Baseball tournament last weekend. Williams, who coaches the team, was
It’s a safe bet Robinson Cano is going to get booed Tuesday night when he comes back to Yankee Stadium for the first time since signing a 10-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners. Cano even had a some fun with this inevitability during
Baseball’s year of bad thumbs continues with word out of Washington that Bryce Harper is being placed on the 15-day disabled list for a sprain to his most important digit. Harper will get a second opinion on the injury today or tomorrow, but at this
Is Ryan Howard back? Ryan Howard was never all that great of player, from a sabermetric standpoint. But there was a time not so long ago that he was a five category fantasy beast, averaging .274 with 44 homers, 96 runs and 133 RBIs a