Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 18 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those unfamiliar, this is a weekly column where we examine starting pitchers who had surprisingly strong starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legitimate or just smoke and mirrors.The trade deadline is this week, but instead of focusing on who's going to be on a new major league team, let's focus on who's going to be on a new fantasy ...

Another week has gone by, and we're already over two weeks into the Major League season. Both the Majors and minors are in full swing now, and we've already seen several notable prospect promotions with plenty more to come. Nick Kurtz also can't stop hitting home runs in Triple-A, but more on him in a second.This past week wasn't a banner week for prospect promotions but we had Chase Meidroth made his Major League debut and J.T. Ginn get recalled by the Athletics. Could a more notable Athletics ...

New York Mets right-hander J.T. Ginn has been promoted from Single-A St. Lucie to High-A Brooklyn and will make his debut with Brooklyn on Saturday. The team's No. 2 pitching prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, went 2-1 with a 2.56 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 35 strikeouts and 10 walks in 38 2/3 innings spanning eight starts with St. Lucie before the promotion. The 22-year-old was a second-round pick in last year's draft and has already undergone Tommy John surgery, so it's nice to see that he's been sharp...

The New York Mets signed second-rounder J.T. Ginn (52nd overall) to a contract worth $2.9 million on Monday. The Mississippi State right-handed pitcher signed for well over the slot value of the 52nd overall pick at $1.403 million. Ginn has nasty stuff, including a 91-97 mph fastball and a wipeout slider, but he underwent Tommy John surgery in March and will get a late start to his professional career. With Ginn's signing, the Mets have officially inked all of their 2020 draft picks. Some scouts...