When writing this article every week, I get to see the ebb and flow of injuries around Major League Baseball. The last two weeks were heavy with injuries, and this past week and next hope to offer many players returning from injury. There is one major correlation I see with this trend, and that is the weather.It is not just an old wives' tale that your grandparents could feel the weather changing "in their bones." Colder weather does affect the human body, especially when it comes to orthopedic ...

Spring training is well underway as we move forward to Opening Day. With the season opening overseas in about a week, team rosters are taking form, as are the winners of position battles on certain teams. One aspect that is just as true midseason as it is now is the effect of injuries on teams' plans for the season.When it comes to Spring Training injuries, some are more serious than others. Soft tissue injuries are usually less severe as players ramp up for the season. But this is not always ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 25of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Taylor Ward, Kyle Schwarber, and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can transition. ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 24of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Spencer Torkelson, Corbin Carroll, and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 23of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Brandon Marsh, Bobby Witt Jr.,and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can transition. ...

As MLB All-Star festivities approach, there is still a slate of games to get through, and injuries will affect fantasy baseball lineup decisions. That said, let's take a look at injured hitters Rafael Devers, Oneil Cruz, Mike Trout, Jorge Soler, Giancarlo Stanton, Kris Bryant, and more.This is our weekly edition of fantasy baseball injury updates for hitters, as of July 10, 2024. Some players on this list impact fantasy baseball more than others, but with leagues of all shapes and sizes, you ...

This past week, I celebrated a birthday, and it got me thinking: I have been playing fantasy baseball for almost twenty years at this point. Is there anything that could be learned about injuries when it comes to managing your roster? The answer to the question is an easy one: the timelines that are given for players to return are rarely correct. So what can one do to try to combat this "poor" information?The type of injury and the type of player who is injured can tell us more than a timeline ...

New York Yankees outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton was removed early from Saturday's game against the Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness.The 34-year-old slugger looked to be in pain as he attempted to score from second base, and he underwent imaging the following day.This is not a promising sign, as Stanton has been limited by injuries throughout his time with the Yankees and could now miss an extended period this summer. Manager Aaron Boone said after the game that he ...

New York Yankees outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton was removed early from Saturday's game against the Atlanta Braves due to left hamstring tightness.The 34-year-old slugger looked to be in pain as he attempted to score from second base, and he underwent imaging the following day.This is not a promising sign, as Stanton has been limited by injuries throughout his time with the Yankees and could now miss an extended period this summer. Manager Aaron Boone said after the game that he ...

In recent memory, the contracts that star MLB players have been receiving are eye-opening, to say the least.Shohei Ohtani has made good on his Dodgers contract so far, though he's only 12 games into a deal that could keep him a Dodger for 1,620 of them, ultimately paying him $700 million by the time all the deferrals are paid out.Let's count down the rest of the list of the 10 biggest contracts in MLB history.No. 8 (Tie) Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins, $325 million (13 years)Nobody really ...