Welcome to our Surprising Starts series, where every week we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s).This week we're hitting all points of the surprising starts spectrum. [...]

Previously, we looked at Barrels, a stat combining exit velocity and launch angle to measure how often a batter makes quality hard contact. As much as batters want to hit a Barrel every time, pitchers want to avoid them at all costs. Yet there is some evidence that pitchers do not have the same influence over Barrels as a batter does.[...]

Padres starter Jered Weaver (hip) announced his retirement on twitter today. The 34-year-old has been on the disabled list since May 21 and is 0-5 on the season with a horrendous 7.44 ERA and 1.49 [...]

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has left Tuesday's game. He is dealing with rib tightness. Consider the catcher day-to-day as there should be more clarification following tonight's game. Drew Butera has replaced Perez.

For those of you in deep enough fantasy leagues to be owners of New York Mets utility man T.J. Rivera, we have some bad news. Rivera was forced to leave the Mets 11-4 loss to the [...]

A.J. Pollock left Monday's rehab game with tightness in his quadriceps. The game was Pollock's second in Triple-A as he is working his way back from a groin strain. Nothing has been confirmed, but it is likely that the quadriceps injury is related to his previous groin injury. Pollock was well on hi[...]

San Diego starter Jered Weaver (hip) remains on the 10-day disabled list, but he is slowly making his way back toward a potential return. [...]

Jered Weaver (hip) has been throwing bullpen sessions every two days to keep him loose and increase the range of movement in his delivery. Weaver was placed on the 10-day disabled list with left hip inflammation, but not before seeing his ERA inflate to 7.44 as a Padre. [...]

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A day after getting torched for seven runs in less than one inning, San Diego Padres veteran starting pitcher Jered Weaver has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with hip inflammation. Pitcher Jose Valdez will replace him on the roster. The move to San Diego hasn't been a good one for [...]