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By Michael Salfino Justin Upton of the San Diego Padres is one of our daily fantasy picks for Tuesday. Getty Images The Methodology: As hard as it is to project a player’s performance in any given season, projecting his performance on any single day is even more difficult. Daily fantasy baseball is all about trying to maximize each day’s matchups using historic batter vs. pitcher performance, platoon advantages and the…

The baseball program from Parkview High in Lilburn, Ga., is being investigated for a hazing incident that allegedly happened last weekend during a trip to Charleston, S.C. The news was first reported by WSB-2 in Atlanta. The school acknowledged the investigation in a statement released Tuesday. “Parkview High School is investigating allegations of misbehavior of six upperclassmen toward younger students during a baseball tournament  that was held in Charleston, SC….

As the Yankees and Mets make selections during ay 2 of the MLB Draft on Tuesday, learn about each player they selected. Rounds 3 through 10 are on Tuesday, and the draft concludes on Wednesday with the final 30 rounds. METS — Max Wotell (6-3, 180) Round 3, No. 88 overall…

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s okay, though, we’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each…

ENLARGE Havana For seven decades, Cubans have streamed through the gates of Estadio Latinoamericano to watch baseball. Nestled in a neighborhood of narrow streets and pastel homes, it is the country’s largest stadium, with room for 55,000 fans. But these days, one of the gates behind home plate serves another purpose: makeshift soccer goal. On most weekday evenings, when the ballpark is idle, children gather on the street beside the…

Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK — LSU volunteer assistant coach Will Davis jogs to third base as the Tigers come to bat in the bottom of the third inning against Kentucky, Friday, Mar. 27, 2015, at LSU’s Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge, La. Nine freshmen in LSU baseball’s 2015 signing class have started summer classes, and coaches are hopeful…

While the NCAA tournament has provided fans with plenty of drama so far, the action is only going to pick up with the start of the College Baseball World Series. There are a lot of differences in the eight teams remaining, from style of play to various strengths and weaknesses, and even different levels of success during the regular season. However, they all have played well enough over the past…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest Editor’s note: Play one-day fantasy baseball for cash! FanDuel is hosting a $175,000 league for tonight’s MLB games, and first place wins $15,000. Starts at 7:05 p.m. ET. Enter now! Welcome to the free DFS MLB Playbook for Tuesday, June 9, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. Every day, the experts at FantasyAlarm.com, who just won the 2015 FanDuel Playboy Championship, will publish their top daily fantasy baseball plays at…

There are several top-notch MLB starters throwing on Tuesday, which makes picking just two in DraftKings daily fantasy contests all the more difficult.  Scoring big with pitchers becomes vital when there are so many quality arms available. Whether you’d like to spend for an ace or find a bargain and hope for the best, here are five of the leading options to choose from when selecting pitchers for June 9….

Pitcher Kyle Funkhouser ranks second all-time in U of L history with 26 wins and 281 strikeouts.(Photo: Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal) Kyle Funkhouser became the highest draft pick in the University of Louisville baseball program’s history on Monday when the Los Angeles Dodgers selected the right-handed ace pitcher with the 35th choice in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. The pick was included in the compensatory part of the first round…

Pitcher Kyle Funkhouser ranks second all-time in U of L history with 26 wins and 281 strikeouts.(Photo: Matt Stone/The Courier-Journal) Kyle Funkhouser became the highest draft pick in the University of Louisville baseball program’s history on Monday when the Los Angeles Dodgers selected the right-handed ace pitcher with the 35th choice in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft. The pick was included in the compensatory part of the first round…

What a way for the super regional round to end. Six hours and three minutes after the first pitch, a throwing error at the plate gave TCU a walkoff 5-4 win in the bottom of the 16th inning and booked the final spot in the College World Series. Vanderbilt took down Illinois and Cal State Fullerton outlasted Louisville to fill out the eight-team field in Omaha. Sitting on…

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0 Shares Print SECAUCUS, N.J. — Shortstops were a big hit leading off the Major League Baseball draft. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Vanderbilt slugger Dansby Swanson with the No. 1 pick Monday night, setting off a history-making run at the position. 2015 MLB draft: Round 1 pick-by-pick analysis Eric Longenhagen has live pick-by-pick analysis of the 2015 MLB draft, including profiles of those drafted in the first round and beyond….

TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona introduced Jay Johnson as its new head baseball coach Monday at Hi Corbett Field in a press conference with Director of Athletics Greg Byrne, who announced the hire Sunday. Johnson comes to Arizona after two accomplished seasons as the head coach at the University of Nevada. “We were absolutely blown away by the interest and number of qualified candidates that inquired about our…

Even though some of the top prospects in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft are still playing in the College World Series, their lives could change on Monday. It’s a long, arduous journey to reach the highest level of baseball, one that takes years for even the best prospects, but the fun is in seeing how these young men go from being highly sought-after prospects to MLB stars.  The future…

PINE GROVE — Chris Rabasco stood in the on-deck circle, hoping for one final trip to the plate. He never had the chance to swing the bat as a Parkland player again. Wyoming Valley West starter Bill Gregory squashed the one serious rally by the Trojans when he got Justin Afflerbach to ground out on a full-count pitch in the top of the seventh inning. That play allowed the Spartans…

The field for the 2015 College World Series is nearly set. Five of the eight spots have been clinched, leaving three Super Regionals left to be decided. Two of them are in a decisive third game on Monday, while weather has delayed another series.  Vanderbilt was supposed to have a chance at clinching another berth in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday against Illinois, but Mother Nature had other plans thanks…

Steve Jobs was famous for playing hardball. Current Apple CEO Tim Cook is more benevolent with his baseball proclivities apparently. During his opening remarks Monday morning at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Cook told the story of Cleveland Indians slugger Brandon Moss, who hit his 100th homer on June 2. Moss was unlucky on his milestone clout – he knocked it into the visiting Kansas City Royals’…

Whether fans in the stands know it or not, they cheer on their baseball teams at their own risk. A roughly century-old so-called Baseball Rule states that stadium owners and operators are not responsible for injuries sustained by foul balls or pieces of shattered bats, so long as netted or screened seats are in place for a reasonable number of spectators. The onus is on the fans to be alert…