San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner exited his start early after being struck above the left elbow by a Jose Martinez line drive. Bumgarner was hit in the first inning but completed the inning as well as the second before being removed. His final stat line was one run allowed on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts. Fantasy owners should wait to hear more after the game, but, given that Bumgarner is the Giants' best trade option and he continued to pitch, this may hav[...]

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed one earned run, four hits and no walks with nine strikeouts over seven innings to pick up a victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. He threw 67 of his 96 pitches for strikes, including 15 first-pitch strikes to the 25 batters he faced. MadBum, the subject of trade rumors leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, has won back-to-back starts for the first time since July 8-13 of last season. His next scheduled[...]

We're halfway there in the baseball season, but hopefully your fantasy team is living on more than a prayer. (By Jove, that's terrible. Apologies.)Unless it's a points league, categories are starting to take more precedence at this point. Every hitter on this week's Cut List comes with a list of categories in which a need indicates greater or lesser use for the player to be on your team.Stats are through Friday, June 28. [...]

The Minnesota Twins are showing strong interest in San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner. The Twins are not on Bumgarner's no-trade list. MadBum is no longer the elite fantasy ace that he once was, but he can still be effective in the right matchups and he'd see a sizeable fantasy boost if he were dealt to the first-place Twins. The 29-year-old lefty is coming off an 11-strikeout performance against the Rockies. He's 4-7 on the season with a 4.21 ERA, 1.23 [...]

July is almost here and the [...]

At this point in the season, nearly half over, you should pretty much know what you have on your fantasy team. (Unless you have Jose Ramirez.) Chances are, if you still have a certain frustrating player on your roster -- especially one you drafted -- you've had plenty of chances to remove them but have decided to stay the course each time. (For instance, Jose Ramirez.) A lot of cuts should be just the usual roster churn at this point, for example moving from one streamer SP to the next. (For ins[...]

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

New York Mets first baseman Peter Alonso crushed another home run on Tuesday. Alonso was 2-for-4 on the evening with the long ball coming off San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner. The homer was Alonso's 20th of the season as he continues his power surge in a productive rookie season. Those who took a chance on Alonso in the draft should continue to benefit from the young slugger's light-tower power.

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed three earned runs, six hits and two walks with five strikeouts over six innings in a non-decision against the New York Mets on Tuesday. He served up two homers, and also hit a batter, but he was able to limit the damage. The bullpen did a great job, working four scoreless innings between Sam Dyson, Tony [...]

New York Mets first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith (thumb) remains out of the starting lineup on Tuesday after being scratched with a hyperextended right thumb on Sunday. Smith suffered the injury on Saturday night but said he wasn't too concerned about it. He underwent an MRI exam in New York on Monday. J.D. Davis is in left field and is hitting cleanup against Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner on Tuesday. Smith is hitting .365/.467/.571 with three home runs and eight RBI in 63 at-bats [...]