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BOOKMARK: Sporting News Fantasy | FOLLOW: @SN_Fantasy SPLITS TO KNOW - Giancarlo Stanton (10-for-28, 3 HR, 5 2B) and Marcell Ozuna (6-for-13, HR, 3B, 2B) have crushed Stephen Strasburg in their careers. Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter are a combined 21-for-47 (.447) with three homers against Wily Peralta. However, teammates Matt Adams, Jhonny Peralta and Kolten Wong are a combined 9-for-53 (.170) against the righthander. Carl Crawford is 12-for-29 (....

Who’s Not: Zack Cozart is in a prime position, potentially batting behind Billy Hamilton and ahead of Joey Votto, yet has never replicated the power/speed combination he flashed in the minors. He’ll be relegated to NL-only and deep mixed leagues this season. Who’s Hurt: Johnny Cueto made three trips to the DL last season. All three times had to do with a lat injury and while it’s nice it’s not his arm, it could suggest there’s something up with his mechanics....

MORE: Get FantasyAlarm.com’s Draft Guide | 30 sleepers Carrasco’s ‘14 sample size as a starter is tiny (91 IP), but impressive nonetheless. Those 91 frames came over the course of 14 starts, and over that span he posted a 9.99 K rate, 1.98 BB rate, and 0.4 HR rate. Additionally, his fastball averaged 95.3 mph. That includes his 43 innings as a reliever, but we’re still talking about someone who came advertised with above-average stuff, so it’s not like his average fastball velocity was that skewed by relief work....

So, whose values are changing and why? GET IT NOW: Fantasy Alarm Draft Guide Fantasy Baseball Stock Watch: ADP risers Yusei Kikuchi, SP, Mariners. The latest Japanese import is starting to gain steam in the fantasy baseball world, as his ADP has climbed to 167 this week, 12 spots higher than the 179 mark he had the week prior. Kikuchi has looked solid thus far in spring training with four strikeouts, a 0....

Wherever he is, whatever his role, he finds a way to steal bases. As such, he has plenty of fantasy value despite a rather unremarkable .262/.322/.340 career line and 10 career homers. So, the rest of the baseball world might gloss over the fact that Bonifacio agreed to a minor league deal with the Cubs on Saturday, but fantasy owners should be on alert. MORE FANTASY BASEBALL: SB sleeper in Houston | Top prospects | Draft Kit...

Baldur’s Gate is another series that has stood the test of time. The Dungeons and Dragons based RPG first released for PC in 1998 and saw a handful of spinoffs and sequels including Baldur’s Gate 3 which is currently available through Early Access. Now one fan of both Pokemon and Baldur’s Gate has mixed the two, creating the ultimate RPG mashup. RELATED: Pokemon: Who is Ash’s Mother? A Redditor going by the name cometscomets took the first Pokemon game and gave it Baldur’s Gate’s UI....

For many players, the numerous characters that populate both the Van der Linde gang and the overworld of Red Dead Redemption 2 greatly attribute to the experience as a whole. With emotional and multifaceted character performances, as well as intimate side stories that served as a way to cultivate a greater connection between the player and the game, Red Dead Redemption 2 certainly has a lot to offer players. Although, given the cinematic storytelling moments, the narrative of Red Dead Redemption 2 has a lot of potential to be told through other mediums....

So far, developer and user PerroAutonomo has uploaded a work-in-progress which remakes the first Resident Evil game using the Unity engine. While it seems to be a faithful recreation of the 1996 survival horror game, keeping the visual style intact, it changes things up a bit by having this version in first-person rather than third-person. One of the videos on the itch.io page even shows that the opening cut-scene has been redone using animation and models rather than actors....

We went with another QB-WR stack this week and targeted the Bengals. The Steelers have been bad against the pass this year and though they just limited the Falcons, they may have more trouble against a divisional foe. Elsewhere, we spent up on one player at RB and WR to balance our lineup, and then we targeted a bunch of lower-cost receivers in great matchups. That should give us a chance to compete, especially since many of the targeted games project to be high-scoring affairs....

Before we get into this week’s picks, here are the basic rules for FanDuel contests. Scoring is pretty standard, with the only notable settings being four-point passing TDs and half-point PPR. WEEK 7 DFS LINEUPS: DraftKings | Yahoo FanDuel Picks Week 7: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $60,000 budget, no more than four players from one team QB Jalen Hurts, Eagles @ Raiders ($8,300). You might not always want to watch how the sausage is made, but Hurts will often finish with a better final line than the film suggests....

The last minutes of the game, however, saw Juventus man Douglas Costa getting sent off after his vile antics towards Federico Di Francesco. The Brazilian winger struck a poor challenge in stoppage time at the Allianz Stadium. He elbowed and headbutted Federico Di Francesco and then proceeded to spit in the 24-year old’s mouth right in front of the referee. The incident was taken to VAR review following which the referee sent off the former Bayern man....

In a blog post on his website from May 21, 2019, the author made a deal with fans that he would finish The Winds of Winter, the latest novel in the series that inspired the blockbuster HBO show Game of Thrones, after seeing a welcoming ad from Air New Zealand. In the promo, the airline said it would fly Martin down to New Zealand for free to help inspire him to finish the novel....

At the moment, the only game outright confirmed to be present at the Direct is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which no doubt means that the next DLC character will be announced. However, it seems fans have some very lofty expectations for certain games to be shown, namely Mario Kart 9 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. RELATED: Nintendo Seeking Nearly $50 Million in Patent Infringement Case...

Of course it would be! Managers for each league would have to set a studly rotation heading into the best-of-whatever series and we would get to see each leagues best starters actually start rather than just throwing an inning of relief. So cool. What would your five-man AL and NL rotations look like? Here’s what the entire pitching staffs would be according to our Roto Rater (stats through June):...

The top of this year’s SS rankings is stacked and rivals any other position, but owner philosophy could really shake up how the top players go off the board. That’s true throughout the rankings, of course, and that’s why our tiers, which we call “True Tiers”, group players by type of production as opposed to overall production. If you already have an SB-heavy team, targeting Elvis Andrus or Amed Rosario over Jonathan Schoop or Lourdes Gurriel Jr....

It’s kind of a weird thing, when a fella says that to another fella, but it was said – and subsequently repeated in a few different forms – in the latest Fantasy Source Baseball Podcast (Download or subscribe on iTunes). And the weird thing is, if you listen, it makes sense in context. MORE FANTASY: Headley trade | Top 50 Prospects | Fantasy football QB draft decisions But there’s more to this show than “hot spurt” talk....

Injuries have limited the power-hitting catcher's fantasy appeal the past two seasons, but he might be a hidden value in 2014 fantasy baseball drafts at a thin position. That is, if he can play. Given the early reports from spring training, Ramos might be on the verge of a breakout season.MORE FANTASY: Catcher Podcast | Desmond's ADP value | New Faces, New Places | Join Fantasy Source Let's talk about Ramos' power....

MORE: Get FantasyAlarm.com’s Draft Guide | 30 sleepers However, thanks to a number of factors, namely injuries, Reddick failed to match – let alone build upon – his breakout campaign. He was limited to 837 plate appearances over the past two seasons, and when he was on the field, his power was diminished (24 homers). And since Reddick isn’t much of a batting average weapon (.245 for his career), the lack of home run production was a real drag for fantasy owners who waited patiently for him to turn things around....

Oh, we could've picked some of the kids from Minnesota's heralded farm system, like Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton or Alex Meyer, but there's a very real chance none of them reach the majors before September. We also could've picked one of last year's young sleepers, Aaron Hicks or Kyle Gibson, but they were both so bad, we have a tough time getting back on those bandwagons. Oswaldo Arcia has already been written about on this website, so that doesn't leave us with many options....