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Philadelphia Phillies No-Hitters

August 16, 2016 / Baseball

Ferguson was a two-way player who spent four years in majors, all with Philadelphia. He made 170 career starts and completed 165 of them, underscoring how different the game was back then. As a second baseman/outfielder, the switch-hitter recorded a 735 OPS while scoring 191 runs in 257 games. Ferguson led the NL in WAR in 1886, but his promising career was cut short when he died of typhoid fever before the 1888 season.

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Cole Hamels’ House of Cards

August 15, 2016 / Baseball, Player profile

This year, the southpaw’s WHIP is actually at a career high, but he’s also benefited from his highest strand rate ever to enjoy a superb ERA and another great won-loss mark. Is it smoke and mirrors? Well, we know Hamels can pitch, but the fact that his FIP and xFIP are both the highest they’ve ever been is more than a tad worrisome.

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Jake Thompson Tries to Shake Off Shaky Debut

August 11, 2016 / Baseball, Fantasy Notes

He’s armed with a very nice fastball and a solid slider that projects to be even better in time. Thompson’s command, however, could use some work. This young righty projects to throw more strikes as he gains consistency, but there’s going to be some bumps in the road, so it’s hard to envision him as a Fantasy asset in the short term.

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The Wire Troll: Bud Norris Seeks Redemption

July 3, 2016 / Baseball, Jordan Branson, The Wire Troll

We’re not saying Chisenhall has been hot over the past month, we’re just saying we saw two hobbits throw a ring at him. The lefty is hitting .560 with three homers over his last five games, and a cool .342 BA over the last month. Chisenhall is hustling righties as usual, but has also been respectable in limited time against the southpaws. He has filled in admirably for the injured Michael Brantley and played a large role in the Indians’ recent historic win streak.

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2016 MLB Draft Recap

June 21, 2016 / Baseball, Draft report, Prospects, Scouting Report

It’s been almost two weeks since the 2016 MLB Draft, so we figured it was high time we got off our ass and offered up a recap of the first round and what some of the Fantasy prospects are of the players taken among those first 23 picks.

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Toronto Rotation Keeping Team in the Race

June 15, 2016 / Baseball, Team report

By hammering the Phillies on Tuesday, the Toronto Blue Jays have now pulled within two games of the second-place Red Sox in the AL East and, at 36-31, the Jays are good enough to hold down the second Wild Card slot in the American League.

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The Wire Troll: Jeanmar Gomez Grabs Closer Gig in Philly

April 17, 2016 / Baseball, The Wire Troll

This year, the veteran is back — in a big way. Mauer’s hit safely in seven straight games, jacking his average up to .359 in the process. He’s drawing walks and scoring runs (and will likely score more when the Twins start hitting as a team like they’re capable of). Mauer’s even playing well defensively at first, so go ahead and consider him if you need a boost in BA.

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