New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz threw a simulated game on Friday and will return to the starting rotation on Wednesday on the road against the Twins. The Mets sent Matz to the bullpen to close out the first half and get the struggling left-hander a little rest. The 28-year-old is 5-6 in 2019 with a 4.89 ERA, 1.48 [...]

The Midsummer Classic has come and gone, leaving us without baseball for what seems like the longest week of the calendar year. Before the second half of the 2019 MLB season gets underway, the RotoBaller staff has updated our fantasy baseball rankings for the remainder of the year.RotoBaller writers Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel want you to crush the competition and know that rankings don't stop mattering once your draft is over.Starting pitchers have been the bane of f[...]

The All-Star Break will be here after today's games. For players who won't participate in the game on Tuesday, it's a chance to take a break from the grind for several days. And several players could use one, like perhaps the cut suggestions below.Despite the days off, there's nothing really about the break that should set a player alight and redeem a terrible first half-plus of the season. Some players have second-half reputations, but monthly splits aren't terribly predictive, plus the second [...]

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The New York Mets found no relief to their current woes Monday night as they dropped the series opener in Philadelphia. New York native Steven Matz was on the mound and got hit hard from the start. [...]

Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 06/24-06/30. [...]

After recording a blowout victory Tuesday night, the New York Mets dropped another game to the Atlanta Braves Wednesday as starter Steven Matz took the loss. The New York native went five innings and surrendered five runs on six hits and four walks. In the opening frame he allowed a two-run blast after his team initially took the lead. [...]

I don't mean to toot my own horn here, but man my Week 9 picks were probably the best I'm going to make this year.Steven Matz, Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn, Trevor Richards and Jose Urena combined for seven quality starts while posting a 7-3 record, a 3.13 ERA and 62 strikeouts. The winner out of that group was Richards, who was 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA and 13 strikeouts over 12 innings. [...]

New York Mets left-hander Steven Matz failed to throw a quality start on Sunday in a loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Matz went six innings, allowing five runs on eight hits to go along with five strikeouts. The southpaw was touched up for three runs in the first inning, two on home runs, and the Mets offense couldn't bail him out as he dropped to 4-4 on the season. Matz shows signs of dominance every once in a while but remains an inconsistent fantasy option. His next start will come at home [...]

Last week at Citi Field, a member of the press overheard me mentioning that I was assigned a story about who to buy low in fantasy baseball from the New York Mets roster. Since he was a colleague of the person I was speaking with, he easily jumped in and told me to advise that you avoid all Mets in fantasy. He emphasized he was seeing the team play every day and was convinced they were all plagued in some way or another. None of them would live up to expectations, he said, and he was clearly not[...]