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Luzardo looks to filet some Marlins

4 days ago | baseballhq.com | Brandon Kruse |Zach Larson |Brian Entrekin |James Snow

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: All 30 teams are in action on Sunday, with the Nationals and Rockies playing a doubleheader at Coors to make up for a snow postponement on Friday. The weather forecast looks good for all games. A good number of frontline SPs are set to take the mound, leaving nearly half the day's slate rated in the green.
Schwellenbach primed to shut down the Marlins

2 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Brian Entrekin |James Snow |Brian Brickley |Brandon Kruse

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: We have a full day of baseball action, starting with the White Sox at the Tigers at 1:10 pm EST. We have some rain chances in the Midwest and East Coast, but it seems we’ll avoid a postponement again. We have a lot of aces on the mound today, leaving us with two games with totals of nine or more, including a total of 9.5 in Coors. Notable Starts:Spencer Schwellenbach picked up where he left off in 2024 in his first start of 2025.
Houck perhaps a bit underrated for turn at Baltimore

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | James Snow |Brian Entrekin |Brian Brickley |Brandon Kruse

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: Thursday's slate is light with just five games. ARI-NYY and CIN-MIL are the only night games on the docket. The Yankee Stadium contest, as well as the COL-PHI and BOS-BAL games, is ticketed for hefty winds working against the pitchers. Notable Starts:Tanner Houck takes on the Baltimore Orioles in a Thursday matinee at Camden Yards. After being roughed up in spring training (17 ER in 13.2 IP), Houck filed a PQS-0 in his first start (5.2 IP vs. TEX Friday).
Wheeler to scale the Rockies

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Brian Entrekin |James Snow |Brian Brickley |Brandon Kruse

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: We have 15 games on tap, starting with the Rangers and Reds at 12:40 pm EST. We have some rain chances in the Midwest, particularly bad in St. Louis. With many aces pitching today, we do not have a game total higher than 8.5 runs. Notable Starts:Zack Wheeler was dominant in his season debut, throwing six innings while allowing one run and striking out eight. He will look to keep up the domination as he takes on the Road Rockies.
Sanchez ready for home cooking

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Brian Brickley |Brandon Kruse |Zach Larson |Brian Entrekin

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: There are 14 games on the slate for this first Monday of the regular season. First pitch comes at 2:10pm ET with the Brewers hosting the Royals. The start time of Red Sox-Orioles was moved up due to weather and rain could also impact the Rockies-Phillies game. Notable Starts:Cristopher Sánchez had himself a fantastic spring where across five starts he had a 1.62 ERA and 0.84 WHIP.
Bradley tries to scale the Rockies

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Brandon Kruse |Zach Larson |Brian Entrekin |James Snow

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: It's the rare Sunday where not all teams are in action, as the Mets and Astros and Tigers and Dodgers ended their series on Saturday. Most teams are on their third or fourth SP today, so the green ratings don't run as deep. There's a good chance the Twins and Cardinals could get rained out, as St. Louis is forecasted for thunderstorms in the early afternoon, with winds gusting up to 30 mph.
Buxton, Ty. Megill, Torkelson, V. Scott, Santillan

3 weeks ago | baseballhq.com | Byron Buxton |Brandon Kruse |Corbin Young |Greg Pyron

Buxton's 2024 was encouraging, when healthy... By now, you know the deal with Byron Buxton (OF, MIN): when healthy, he'll deliver lots of fantasy value, but he's never healthy for a full season. 2024 was no exception, as he spent 48 days on the IL in addition to days off for rest and recovery; when he played, he posted an .859 OPS, his best mark since 2021, and a strong rebound after a big batting average drop in 2023. Did his skills bounce back as well?
Skenes, Yelich, Civale, Bohm, T. Estrada

1 month ago | baseballhq.com | Corbin Young |Greg Pyron |Robert Berger |Brandon Kruse

Skenes breaks out ... Once he received the call in May, Paul Skenes (RHP, PIT) made the most of his 23 starts. Should we expect more dominance in 2025? YearIPERA/xERABB%K%K-BB%Ball%SwKVelG/L/FH%/S%HR/F2024*1601.80/2.356%33%26%34%14%98.951/18/3130%/83%10%*Includes MLEsYes, Skenes' skills (202 BPX) can provide a $30+ R$: The right-hander has a double-digit SwK with all five pitches in his arsenal. His sinker (15.9% SwK) had hitters chasing out of the zone (41.7% O-SwIng%).
Cease, Reynolds, Winn, Cortes, Kiner-Falefa

1 month ago | baseballhq.com | Greg Pyron |Robert Berger |Brandon Kruse |Corbin Young

Cease puts disastrous 2023 in rearview … Dylan Cease (RHP, SD) rebounded from a tough 2023 campaign with a 3.47 ERA in his first season with the Padres. How are things under the hood?
Olson, Luzardo, T. Hernández, Weathers, Hays

1 month ago | baseballhq.com | Robert Berger |Brandon Kruse |Corbin Young |Greg Pyron

Olson eyes rebound ... Hitting fewer home runs with a BA decline lowered the fantasy value for Matt Olson (1B, ATL) in 2024. Can we expect his power or BA to rebound?