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DraftKings & FanDuel MLB DFS Lineups & Picks for August 21, 2018
We have our MLB DFS 8/21/18 slate for Tuesday. Like we’ve mentioned numerous times in all of our videos, weather is extremely important at this time of the season, and lineups are constantly changing. Make sure you keep an eye on both, but check back here for updates.
Below is a list of our top MLB DFS pitchers, hitters, and stacks to target in Cash and GPP lineups on DraftKings and FanDuel.
The info below can also be used for crafting your daily fantasy baseball strategy at drafters.com
If you have an questions or need to see late-minute changes, follow me on Twitter at @FantasyAdvice22. Let’s bring home the bacon!
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Dylan Bundy
Career vs Current Blue Jays Roster
PA | K% | wOBA | AVG | FIP |
---|---|---|---|---|
78 | 26.9 | 0.261 | 0.192 | 3.67 |
EV | LA | xwOBA | xBA | xSLG |
---|---|---|---|---|
82.7 | 23.9 ° | 0.338 | 0.266 | 0.491 |
REGULAR SEASON GAMES THROUGH AUGUST 19, 2018 | YEAR TO DATE | ||||||||||||||||
DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | GB | FB | Pit | BF | GSc | Dec. | Rel. | ERA |
Aug 15 | vs NYM | L 16-5 | 5.1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 86 | 27 | 23 | L(7-11) | – | 4.99 |
Aug 10 | vs BOS | L 19-12 | 5.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 93 | 27 | 20 | – | – | 4.70 |
Aug 4 | @ TEX | L 3-1 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 104 | 25 | 56 | L(7-10) | – | 4.38 |
Monthly Totals | 16.1 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 283 | 79 | — | 0-2 | 0 sv | 8.27 | ||
DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | GB | FB | Pit | BF | GSc | Dec. | Rel. | ERA |
Jul 29 | vs TB | W 11-5 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 92 | 26 | 64 | W(7-9) | – | 4.53 |
Jul 20 | @ TOR | L 8-7 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 79 | 22 | – | – | – | 4.57 |
Jul 11 | vs NYY | L 9-0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 91 | 21 | 31 | L(6-9) | – | 4.35 |
Jul 6 | @ MIN | L 6-2 | 3.1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 19 | 21 | L(6-8) | – | 4.08 |
Monthly Totals | 19.1 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 45 | 323 | 88 | — | 1-2 | 0 sv | 8.38 |
TORONTO BLUE JAYS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DYLAN BUNDY | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Aledmys Diaz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.250 |
Josh Donaldson | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
Brandon Drury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Curtis Granderson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 |
Randal Grichuk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 |
Teoscar Hernandez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Luke Maile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Russell Martin | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .364 | .455 |
Kendrys Morales | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 |
Kevin Pillar | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 |
Justin Smoak | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .364 | .417 | .545 | .962 |
Yangervis Solarte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
Devon Travis | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 |
Troy Tulowitzki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 |
Richard Urena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
Totals | 98 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 33 | .184 | .229 | .327 | .555 |
Kyle Hendricks
Career vs Current Tigers Roster
PA | K% | wOBA | AVG | FIP |
---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 5.0 | 0.390 | 0.421 | 2.58 |
EV | LA | xwOBA | xBA | xSLG |
---|---|---|---|---|
79.0 | 19.4 ° | 0.362 | 0.335 | 0.501 |
REGULAR SEASON GAMES THROUGH AUGUST 19, 2018 | YEAR TO DATE | ||||||||||||||||
DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | GB | FB | Pit | BF | GSc | Dec. | Rel. | ERA |
Aug 15 | vs MIL | W 8-4 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 93 | 27 | 48 | W(9-9) | – | 4.11 |
Aug 10 | vs WSH | W 3-2 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 85 | 26 | 53 | – | – | 4.02 |
Aug 4 | vs SD | W 5-4 | 5.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 23 | 50 | W(8-9) | – | 4.07 |
Monthly Totals | 17.2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 271 | 76 | — | 2-0 | 0 sv | 5.09 | ||
DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | GB | FB | Pit | BF | GSc | Dec. | Rel. | ERA |
Jul 29 | @ STL | W 5-2 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 25 | 69 | W(7-9) | – | 3.97 |
Jul 24 | vs ARI | L 5-1 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 106 | 24 | 47 | L(6-9) | – | 4.05 |
Jul 19 | vs STL | W 9-6 | 4.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 113 | 24 | 37 | – | – | 3.99 |
Jul 14 | @ SD | W 11-6 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 102 | 19 | 52 | W(6-8) | – | 3.92 |
Jul 9 | @ SF | L 2-1 | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 109 | 31 | 78 | – | – | 3.93 |
Jul 3 | vs DET | W 5-3 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 21 | 42 | – | – | 4.27 |
Monthly Totals | 35.0 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 48 | 57 | 615 | 144 | — | 2-1 | 0 sv | 3.34 |
DETROIT TIGERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. KYLE HENDRICKS | ||||||||||||
BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Jim Adduci | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Jeimer Candelario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Nicholas Castellanos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
Michael Fulmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Niko Goodrum | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
Jose Iglesias | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
JaCoby Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 |
Mikie Mahtook | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
James McCann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
Totals | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .350 | .381 | .400 | .781 |
Masahiro Tanaka
Career vs Current Marlins Roster
PA | K% | wOBA | AVG | FIP |
---|---|---|---|---|
33 | 21.2 | 0.338 | 0.258 | 5.28 |
EV | LA | xwOBA | xBA | xSLG |
---|---|---|---|---|
84.1 | 2.6 ° | 0.303 | 0.228 | 0.407 |
Who Owned Baseball June 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Odubel Herrera went 4 for 5with a homer and 4 runs scored as the Phillies mashed the Nationals, 12-2.
J. D. Martinez helped the Red Sox over come a pair of big Seattle rallies with his 4 hit performance, including 5 RBI in the 14-10 final.
Patrick Corbin threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 12 Pirates, helping set up Arizona’s wild 13 inning 2-1 victory.
Shane Bieber tossed 7 shutout innings, striking out 9 Tigers as the Indians cruised to a 10-0 win.
They all owned baseball on June 22, 2018
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Who Owned Baseball July 29, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Zack Greinke struck out 9 Cardinals in 7 innings, allowing just 1 run as the Diamondbacks cruised to a 7-1 final.
Kevin Gausman threw 8 2/3 shutout innings, allowing 7 hits and striking out 8 Rangers to earn the 4-0 decision for Baltimore.
Odubel Herrera got 3 hits, including a homer, driving in a pair, to lead the Phillies past the Braves 4-3.
Eduardo Nunez homered twice, added another hit and drove in the winning run with a 10th inning ground out as the Red Sox walked off against Kansas City, 9-8.
They all owned baseball on July 29, 2017
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Who Owned Baseball July 22, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Jon Lester was perfect into the 6th and allowed only 3 hits and 2 runs over 8, striking out 10 Cardinals, to get the 3-2 Cubs victory.
Danny Salazar returned from the disabled list to threw 7 innings of 1 hit shutout ball, logging 8 strikeouts of Toronto batters. He did not get the decision but the Indians walked off 2-1 winners.
Ryan Braun reached base 4 times, homered and drove in 4 whiles scoring 3 to help Milwaukee get a crucial 9-8 victory over Philadelphia.
Elvis Andrus got 3 hits including a homer as the Rangers came from behind to top the Rays, 4-3.
They all owned baseball on July 22, 2017
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Who Owned Baseball July 15, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Cody Bellinger hit for the cycle, driving in 3 runs and helped the red hot Dodgers bounce the Marlins, 7-1.
Matt Chapman got 3 hits including a pair of homers, one that tied the game in the 8th as the A’s walked off 5-3 winners over Cleveland.
Max Scherzer struck out 10 Reds over 6 shutout innings as the Nationals held on to the 10-7 victory.
Cole Hamels threw a shutout into the 8th, going 7 2/3 innings allowing 4 hits and setting up the Rangers 1-0 blanking of the Royals.
They all owned baseball on July 15, 2017
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Philadelphia Phillies Optimistic About Heading To Spring Training In 2017
By Dan Wanser

Philadelphia held a massive consecutive sellout streak from the time CBP was in its first year until the latter parts of their team starting to decline in 2012. In 2015, the franchise finished 14th out of 15 clubs at the turnstiles with just 1.8 Million fans. This was the second straight year of a huge decline. For those reasons it is okay to slowly build this team up with salary. Philadelphia even dipped below the $100 MIL barrier in 2016 for payroll, and managed to bump attendance up to 1.95 MIL fans. With a projected payroll of $104.0 based on recent additions of Clay Buchholz and Howie Kendrick, the club will look to be a little more competitive in 2017, and rise that attendance beyond 2 MIL again.
The Philadelphia Phillies used to be a force to be reckoned with. “The team to beat” started their historic stretch in 2007, ripping off five straight National League East Division titles which included two trips to the World Series and a championship in 2008.
Players like Jimmy Rollins, Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard paved the way to the first championship team since 1980, but that all began to spiral out of control when Howard tore his achilles tendon during the final out of the 2011 NLDS.
Since then, the Phillies have not broken the .500 mark and the players that led the parade down Broad Street have moved on to other teams or left the game for good; the 2017 team is not the team of old. Read the rest of this entry
Dear Santa: An Open Letter To Saint Nick From All 30 MLB Teams Fanbases

NY Yankees: They need to speed the clock up like Back To The Future 2. The Pinstripers are resetting for the 2019 season and beyond Bryce Harper era.
Based on how good the Red Sox Winter meetings have gone this far, you have to know there will also be a lot of Yankees 27 World Series Rings to Boston’s 8 on a T-Shirt scoreboard.
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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It is time for our yearly letter to head to the north pole. Perhaps the ‘fat old jolly’ guy will respond promptly at the 2016 Winter Meetings.
The Bronx Bombers will also ask for their former Captain to please make more appearances in the public eye so they can milk the retiring of Derek Jeter‘s #2 on May 14, 2017 for about the next 6 months in a viable smokescreen to their 2017 performance.
Boston: Can we ask that Richard Simmonds become Pablo Sandoval‘s personal trainer all offseason?. For a guy who had more broken belts than hits in 2017, Sandoval can re-write his Boston legacy by proving what he can do when they are in the 2017 playoffs.
There also needs to be a discounted rack at Fenway Park for all of the S-Medium shirts that may have been there for the recently departed Yoan Moncada.
The Red Sox are always the clubhouse leaders in big tall lanky pitchers who herk and jerk when throwing, so can we ask the home broadcasting network for extra wide lenses.
Who Owned Baseball July 23, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Nelson Cruz homered twice, one being a grand slam, and drove in 7 to lead the Mariners in a 14-5 slug fest over the Blue Jays.
Trevor Story went 4 for 4, homered twice, drove in 5 and stole a base to help the Rockies top Atlanta, 8-4.
Kevin Gausman threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 7 Indians and earned the 5-2 victory for Baltimore.
Max Scherzer struck out 10 Padres in 7 innings, walking none and allowing just 2 runs. He did not get a decision but Washington walked off 3-2 winners.
They All Owned Baseball on July 23, 2016.
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MLB Power Rankings 2016: Week 7 – May
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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MAY 15, 2016
Well not much has changed from this week as compared to last week. Detroit carried its free fall to 4th in the AL Central, the Yankees took 5 of 7 contests – and 7/10 in their homestand to save their season for now.
Miami and Philadelphia continue to stick around in the NL East, and the Giants and Dodgers finally had winning weeks to make the NL West Division Leader respectable.
Nobody looks scarier right now than the Boston Red Sox offense, who led by David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley JR. and Xander Bogaerts, plated 10 runs or more in 5 of the last 6 games, after going their 1st 32 games without doing so.
I am still awaiting for a Jays big winning streak. Houston has not played winning baseball since the 1st 6 weeks of the 2015 – and are tending to resemble the 2007 Tampa Bay Rays more than anything.
All offense and little pitching and defense.
There is nobody struggling worse than Logan Morrison, Russell Martin, Carlos Gomez and the consortium of LF’s in Anaheim! Recently bouncing out of this list are Jason Heyward and Chase Headley.
We are nearing the quarter pole and rapidly approaching Memorial Day Weekend, so it is not early anymore.
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MLB Power Rankings 2016: Week 6 May
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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MAY 8, 2016
Disclaimer: We based these rankings on best strength to win the World Series. Therefore some teams that have an easier division to play in, with the least path of resistance to the postseason overall may be ranked a lot higher than a club who is equally talented, yet may play in a juggernaut of a division.
Rank – Team Record (Last week rank) (Up down) (W – L Record Last week)
(1) (1) Chicago Cubs (E) (24 – 6) : A real bad day for the Cubs is battling with a team like Washington on Sunday, to see whether or not they are going to sweep them or go 3 – 1 in a series.
Yep, they swept the 4 game set in a 13 inning walk off HR by Javier Baez – to cap a 7 – 0 week. They are on pace for about 129 wins right now.
Depth of the Starting Rotation is looking solid with Jake Arrieta, Jon Lester, John Lackey, Jason Hammel (Killer J’s) and Kyle Hendricks.
Hector Rondon is not even needed in most leads, with the team almost at a +100 differential through 30 games,
(2) (3) Chicago White Sox (+1) (22 – 10) ( 4 – 2): Chris Sale is 7 – 0, and may go Ron Guidry (circa 1979 on us). If anyone will win 25 games in a year, it would be him or Jake Arrieta.
Bob Welch won 27 games in 1990 for the A’s was the last guy to do that.
Has anyone noticed that Brett Lawrie has an OBP closer to .400 – than his usual .310 – .320?
Jose Quintana is finally receiving some run support. If Todd Frazier and Jose Abreu start hitting for BA, than look he the hell out. We could see a “Windy City” World Series for the 1st time since 1906. Read the rest of this entry
Five Must Add Waiver Wire Claims In Fantasy Baseball
Trey Rose (Featured BBBA Fantasy Baseball Writer/Owner – dynastydigest.sportsblog.com)
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1. Blake Snell (LHP; Tampa Bay Rays): Snell made his much anticipated major league debut earlier this this week against the New York Yankees. He threw 5 innings, giving up 2 hits, 1 earned run, 6 strikeouts, and 1 walk.
This left-hander has done nothing but impress scouts over the past two years, so it is no surprise to see his success in his first start. Following his debut, he was immediately sent down to Triple-A, but it shouldn’t be long before he is back up with the Rays. In 2015, Snell made the jump from High-A to Triple-A. He threw 134 innings, with a 1.41 ERA, 163 strikeouts, 53 walks, and a 15-4 record.
He has a plus fastball with lots of movement, a sharp slider, and a developing changeup. His command could still use some work, but it is very clear that he is ready for a full-time spot in the Rays’ rotation. If you have room on your roster, now is the time to stash Snell before he gets promoted again.
It is only a matter of time before Snell finds himself in the rotation considering the Rays are currently using a 4-man rotation.
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Who Owned Baseball April 23, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Tanner Roark struck out 15 Twins over 7 innings of 2 hit shutout ball and earned the 2-0 decision for Washington.
Corey Kluber got his first victory of the season with a decisive 8 innings, 2 hit, 1 run and 10 strikeout performance as the Indians rolled in Detroit, 10-1.
Odubel Herrera reached base 5 times, homered, scored 4 runs, drove in 2 and stole a pair of bases and helped Philadelphia win a wild one in Milwaukee, 10-6.
Troy Tulowitzki homered twice and added another hit to help lead Toronto past red hot Oakland, 9-3.
They all owned baseball on April 23, 2016.
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Top Ten Things We Learned About the National League On Opening Day 2016
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Opening Day has come and gone. Sure the pageantry of Opening Day will still be there for some of the teams that Mother Nature has forced to wait a day, but the day that we circled on the calendar back in November is behind us.
We’re about to enter the grind of daily baseball contests and there are a lot of things to learn in these first few weeks back in the fold. Here are the top 10 things I picked up yesterday about the National League landscape while watching all (or parts of all) the games:
- Cedric Hunter is a baseball player. Hunter started yesterday for the Philadelphia Phillies, which by definition makes him one of the top 30 baseball players to have started in left field on Opening Day 2016. Hunter is actually a really good story. He made the Opening Day roster of the Padres back in 2011, and went 1 for 5 before being sent back down. In the scuffle of authenticating the ball from his first Major League hit, Hunter lost the ball. It’s been 5 years and Hunter is still looking for a ball that he hit for a Major League hit. He went 0 for 4 yesterday.
- The rebuilding Phillies seem to have a type. They’ve paired Cedric Hunter in the outfield with Odubel Herrera.Toss in Cesar Hernandez, Freddy Galvis and Carlos Ruiz and you have 5 of the 8 position players listed at under 6′ tall. They’re not all burners, but the Phillies seem to be cornering the market on sub-6 foot athletic baseball players. It’s not a bad strategy, considering these guys could be undervalued by the other organizations.
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Philadelphia Phillies State Of The Union For 2016

The Phillies have not had a winning season since 2011 after putting forth a decade straight of them. A promising second half to the year – coupled with full seasons by Aaron Nola and Maikel Franco could have them inch closer back to achieving that mark in the next few years. The management finally started the rebuild halfway through the year, have continued it so far this winter – and the financial flexibility in going forward should really be shaped up in a few more seasons. It may be a tough campaign in 2016 for the win loss column, however the team has a lot of young players to watch and be excited about.
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I was lucky enough to watch a record 224 MLB Games live last year – spread across all 30 MLB parks in every day of the campaign last season.
Unfortunately I saw the most home games (33 Games) in Philadelphia with my brother living close by. There is nothing wrong with Citizens Ball Park, it was the team that was tough to watch.
When you have Jeff Francouer as your #4 hitter for half of the year, there is something wrong with that. I love the guy, and Frenchy had a decent year, it just said a lot about the depth of the Roster in 2015.
At the end of the year Philadelphia’s management started to trade away Veterans from the glory days of the World Series, and you can start to see the healing begin.
The dealing continued with Ken Giles sent to Texas for a bunch of stud arms coming back. Now the Phillies are looking forward to a bunch of young talent coming to the big leagues in the next few seasons.
The old guard is still there with Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz holding down the Starting First Base and Catcher respectively. Howard is an average offensive threat only now that makes $25 MIL. Read the rest of this entry
Philadelphia Phillies Payroll In 2016 + Contracts Going Forward

The Phillies have not had a winning season since 2011 after putting forth a decade straight of them. A promising second half to the season – couple with full seasons by Aaron Nola and Maikel Franco could have them inch closer back to achieving that mark in the next few years. The management finally started the rebuild halfway through the year – and the financial flexibility in going forward should really be shaped up in a few more years. Philadelphia has $110 MIL in approximate Team Salary already committed for next year. I would keep the course and build through the Draft. Spending money on any premiere Free Agents is a little premature right now. In addition, the club could really trade away anything not nailed down for 2017.
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The Philadelphia should have a payroll of near $110 MIL after Arbitration dollars are handed out next year. Of that money, Ryan Howard and 3 players (Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Chase Utley) rake in $49 MIL of the salary on players that no longer play on the club, or in Howard’s case – are very unproductive.
I love the deals the franchise has made since the Trade Deadline – and even loved some of the Veterans they have picked up for the coming year like Charlie Morton and Jeremy Hellickson.
Between the half a dozen Starters or so they have acquired through trades, and their nice young Starter in Aaron Nola, they now have a promising future in the Rotation.
Mark Appel was also acquired in the Ken Giles trade. This is a #1 overall pick who may just need some more seasoning in the Minors.
Who Owned Baseball June 27, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings
Jun 28
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Kris Bryant went 5 for 5 with 3 homers, driving in 6 and scoring 4 to lead the Cubs in a wild 11-8 slugfest in Cincinnati.
Jon Gray struck out 8 Blue Jays over 7 innings, walking none and worked around a pair of homers to get the 9-5 victory for Colorado.
Nick Franklin singled, doubled and homered, driving in 5 runs as the Rays snapped their losing streak, 13-7 over Boston.
Danny Duffy pitched 8 innings, allowing 2 runs, walking none and struck out 8 Cardinals batters to earn the 6-2 decision for the Royals.
They all owned baseball on June 27, 2016.
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