Major League Baseball's regular season continues, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter monthslineup news, regular waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage.This column aims to cover any fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. Has a player who's usually been hitting in the middle of a lineup suddenly batting eighth or ninth for an extended period? The fantasy implications will be ...

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana continued his recent power surge by going 2-for-4 with a home run, an RBI and two runs scored in Friday night's 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Santana only has six long balls on the year, but two of them have come in the last three games and half have come in June. The 37-year-old left-handed-hitting first baseman is hitting .239 (11-for-46) with a double, three homers, 10 RBI and eight runs scored in 12 games so far in June. He continues to ...

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana (back) is not in the starting lineup on Monday against the San Francisco Giants. Santana suffered from lumbar-spine muscle tightness on Sunday and was pulled from the game early, and he'll take a seat to begin the week. For now, fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day, but this is definitely an injury that could send the 37-year-old veteran to the injured list this week. With Ji Man Choi (Achilles) still on the 60-day injured list, the ...

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana (back) was removed from Sunday's game early against the Seattle Mariners due to lumbar-spine muscular tightness, according to the team. Outfielder Connor Joe moved from left field to first base on Sunday to replace Santana. The Pirates are thin at the position with Ji Man Choi (Achilles) currently on the 60-day injured list. Before leaving the contest, Santana went 0-for-2 with a walk, and the 37-year-old veteran is now hitting just .226 ...

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana (back) was removed early during Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. The switch-hitter was taken out of the contest due to back tightness. The expectation is that Santana will undergo further testing to determine the severity of the issue. It's possible that Santana does end up on the injured list from this issue. Fantasy managers who are relying on Santana should look for a backup plan in case he does miss time.

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman/designated hitter Ji Man Choi (Achilles) landed on the 10-day injured list on Saturday, retroactive to April 14. The 31-year-old has struggled this season, batting a miserable .125 with four hits, two RBI, and two home runs while striking out 15 times. Hopefully, his stint on the IL will allow his nagging Achilles strain to heal. But until Choi is ready to return, Carlos Santana will spend the most time at first, with Connor Joe also getting involved.

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana (knee) was removed from Thursday night's Grapefruit League game against the New York Yankees due to left knee discomfort. Santana suffered the injury when he slipped on the infield while attempting to catch a fly ball. The Pirates continue to evaluate him, and we'll have an update on the severity of his injury when we know more. There are still a few weeks left in spring training before Opening Day, so if it's just a minor injury, he should still ...

Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Carlos Santana (undisclosed) was forced to exit early during Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the New York Yankees. The 36-year-old slipped on the infield grass while attempting to catch a pop up. He was in some pain afterwards, so the team decided to pull Santana out of the game. It sounds like this was precautionary, but the team will likely give another update on his status. Hopefully, it's only a day-to-day issue, but fantasy managers will need to ...

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 450CURRENT ADP: ~540 overallANALYSIS: I'm beating the "shift ban" drum here, but Santana is set to benefit from that as the league shifted on him in nearly all of his PAs as a lefty last year. The Pirates saw an opportunity there and scooped him up, and PNC Park does offer a short porch for left-handed pull hitters.The counting stats are unlikely to be there, as we can see here with him failing to reach even 65 runs or RBI (although this is assuming he's not a ...

The Pittsburgh Pirates and veteran first baseman Carlos Santana agreed on a one-year, $6.7 million deal on Friday, pending the results of a physical, according to sources familiar with the deal. The 36-year-old hit just .202/.316/.376 with the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals last season and posted a league-average .692 OPS in 131 total games. But Santana hit the ball hard and had an elite walk rate in the 97th percentile, which drove his free-agent market. He also saw the most shifts in ...