As we inch toward weekend MLB action, there are several key pitchers in the injuries headlines. Needless to say, absences will impact fantasy baseball lineups. That said, let's take a look at injured pitchers Edwin Diaz, Yu Darvish, Chris Bassitt, Gerrit Cole, Alek Manoah, Trevor Megill, and more.This is our weekly edition of fantasy baseball injury updates for pitchers as of May 30, 2024. Whether your top ace is out of action, or a depth player is banged up, some players on this list are sure ...

Finding viable starting pitching options in fantasy baseball continues to be a grind. Injuries have dominated the headlines. One of the bigger names to recently land on the injured list is Zach Eflin (back).Streaming pitchers with favorable matchups is a good way to help offset injuries to your fantasy squad. Are Taj Bradley, Alek Manoah, and Sean Manaea just viable streaming options, or could any of them be worth rostering for the long haul?Let's dig into the stats for these three starters and ...

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors.This time we've got two interesting righthanders to look at. First, we'll dive into knuckleballer Matt Waldron's 10-strikeout day against the Braves. Then, we'll deep dive into Alek Manoah's resurgence.Roster percentages are taken from Yahoo! and are accurate as of ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team LeaguesROSTERED IN: 17% of LeaguesANALYSIS: Toronto Blue Jays right-handerAlek Manoah(shoulder) is slated to make his season debut on Sunday afternoon against the Washington Nationals. The 26-year-old threw a side session on Friday after he was rocked for a 6.50 ERA across four starts with Triple-A Buffalo to begin his season.Alek Manoah will make his season debut tomorrow against the Nationals, per https://t.co/X66ltgHVGH's @KeeganMatheson. ...

Our three 2023 AL Cy Young finalists were Gerrit Cole of the Yankees, Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays, and Sonny Gray of the Twins.In 2022, Justin Verlander returned from an entire missed season to claim the award, while Dylan Cease and Alek Manoah were the runners-up.In this article, I will break down the seasons of each finalist in the American League over the last two seasons using my FaBIO model. The goal here is to see if these awards finalists truly had elite seasons on the mound from a ...

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The first half of the 2023 season is officially in the books. It's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of July 13, 2023. These rankings are being released in July and are looking at rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of this MLB season from this point forward. There are many interesting storylines we ...

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors.While most of the baseball world is focused on the best of the best at the All-Star game, we'll be breaking down a pair of pitchers who's 2023 seasons haven't quite been up to All-Star standards thus far. First, we'll be looking at Matt Manning's combined no-hitter ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in shallow leagues of any size.ROSTERED IN: 75% of leaguesANALYSIS: Manoah isn't available in most leagues and he's had his struggles this season, but he sure looked to have overcome them in his return to the mound on Friday. Manoah struck out eight batters and allowed only one run in six innings against the Detroit Tigers on the road.https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1677477465462038529?s=20He still has a 5.91 ERA this year, but overall he has a 3.17 ERA in his MLB ...

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah was rocked in his first Florida Complex League start against the Yankees on Tuesday afternoon. The struggling right-hander surrendered a whopping 11 earned runs in just 2 2/3 innings of work while yielding 10 hits, including two homers, and two walks in that time. It's obviously a disastrous return to the mound for the 25-year-old who pitched to a 6.36 ERA, 5.92 SIERA, and a minuscule 2.1% K-BB% across 13 starts for the Blue Jays this season. While Manoah ...

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah threw a 75-pitch simulated game last Friday at the Florida Complex League, and he will throw another simulated game of at least 75 pitches on Wednesday as he continues to set the foundation for his comeback. If all goes well, Manoah will progress to a live minor-league game five days later, with Single-A Dunedin being the most likely option. Reports on the 25-year-old have been positive so far as he looks to rebound from a disastrous start in 2023 in ...