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The Major League Baseball trade deadline is exciting not only for the high-profile players changing teams, but also for the openings it creates on the teams that have decided to play for next year. For every trade of Proven Closer Shane Greene there's a chance for Closer-in-Waiting Joe Jimenez to suddenly take on fantasy value. Our coverage of the deadline deals was rich in both quantity and quality, and the impact on the big names -- Zack Greinke, Trevor Bauer, Yasiel Puig -- is understood. Continue to Article

August 04, 2019 9:42:am EST

One of the big keys to success for Sanchez in this start -- which also led to the improvements for Charlie Morton when he was with the Astros -- was the increased usage of his curveball and four-seam fastball. Sanchez entered the start throwing his curveball 22% of the time, but wound up throwing it 29% of the time in this one. Mariners' manager Scott Servais noticed a distinct change in Sanchez's arsenal and pitch usage on Saturday, explaining Sanchez pitched different tonight than he typically does … Going into the game, we know what Houston likes their guys to do. Continue to Article

August 04, 2019 2:37:am EST

Sakkari saved four match points and trailed 5-2 in the second set but found her form in time to extend her run at the tournament, where she lost the final last year. Golf - An's 'okay' 65 earns him halfway lead at Wyndham Championship Former teenage prodigy An Byeong-hun seized the sole halfway lead at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina on Friday as big guns Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey focused their sights for a weekend shootout. An remained bogey-free for the tournament as he carded a tidy five-under-par 65 in the second round on a languid afternoon at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. Continue to Article

August 03, 2019 12:59:am EST

Rookie Yordan Alvarez slugged the first of Houston's season-high six home runs as the Astros bashed their way to a 10-2 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Friday. The Astros posted three runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings, all via the home run. Alvarez recorded a leadoff blast to straightaway center field in the second to ignite the surge, posting his 13th homer in his 39th game. Continue to Article

August 02, 2019 11:49:pm EST

James Paxton settled down after allowing another homer in the first inning and pitched six effective innings as the New York Yankees beat the visiting Boston Red Sox 4-2 in the opener of a four-game series Friday night. The Yankees won for the third time in four games since dropping the first three of last weekend's four-game set at Fenway Park. Boston dropped its season-high fifth straight game, and it is the first time since an eight-game skid in July 2015 that the Red Sox have lost at least five in a row. Continue to Article

August 02, 2019 11:00:pm EST