Fantasy Baseball

Jerry Blevins has posted a spectacular 1.99 ERA and 0.66 WHIP in 22 appearances In addition, he's 3-0 and has posted an amazing 20/1 K/BB ratio over 22 2/3 frames. [...] Read more Jerry Blevins news

As if the Mariners didn't have enough to worry about - or freak out over, depending on your viewpoint - now comes a troublesome bout of mortality for Felix Hernandez. Read more Felix Hernandez news

WASHINGTON - The latest reminder of how fragile young pitching is happened last week, when Minnesota demoted its opening-day starter to Triple A. For two seasons, Vance Worley mystified hitters as a mainstay in the Phillies' rotation. No one threw a higher percentage of his pitches for called strikes. Read more Vance Worley news

TORONTO - The Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Pedro Strop on the 15-day disabled list before Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a lower back strain and recalled right-hander Steve Johnson from Triple-A Norfolk. Read more Pedro Strop news

SEATTLE - Expectations have hounded Derek Holland since he made his major-league debut as a prized prospect in 2009. Read more Derek Holland news

WASHINGTON - In a season of offensive inconsistency, Domonic Brown has been among the Phillies' bright spots. He, along with the beleaguered Phillies bullpen and some heads-up baserunning by Michael Young, was instrumental in a 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night at Nationals Park. Read more Domonic Brown news

Having already made a strong case for consideration as staff ace, Braves pitcher Mike Minor branched out to impactful hitting Saturday night against the Mets. Read more Mike Minor news

Burke Badenhop twirled two scoreless innings of relief in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Acquired over the winter from the Rays for OF Raul Mondesi, Jr. [...] Read more Burke Badenhop news

Johnson (triceps) threw four scoreless innings for Triple-A Buffalo in a rehab start on Saturday. Johnson gave up just one hit with one walk and three strikeouts, The Buffalo News reports. Said the pitcher: "I'm pretty happy. I wish my fastball command was a little better. I was missing by quite a bit but then the positive part was my slider was there to kind of back me up and my curveball. I had a good sinker today, too. So all those pitches, I was using both sides of the plate with everything. It's something to build on." [...] Read more Josh Johnson news

Dyson was wearing a boot for hitting and throwing drills but has not started running drills yet, the Royals official site reports. He is expected to start running next Tuesday. [...] Read more Jarrod Dyson news