Samardzija struck out eight in the impressive outing, which lowered his ERA to 4.85 as we approach the end of July. The right-hander has been a good source of strikeouts so far this year, but his ERA is higher than spring expectations and he hasn't gotten many wins.

The save was Dyson's sixth of the season. He still has a 6.25 ERA for the year, but has been much better ever since leaving Texas for San Francisco. He's a top 15 closer in fantasy for however long Mark Melancon remains sidelined.

Despite a difficult season for the Giants, Posey has been his typically productive self. The catcher had hit at least .330 in each month prior to stumbling a bit in the current one, though his July average is now up to a decent .269 after a 6-for-13 stretch over his ...

Bogaerts has now been hitless in his last 14 at-bats and has seen his average drop from above .300 to .284. He ran into some bad luck today with two of his at-bats being close to hits, but that doesn't help fantasy owners. He should get out of this slump ...

Pedroia continued his great season at the plate with a pair of singles. He blooped his first single to center and lined his other up the middle. Pedroia leads the team with an outstanding .310 batting average, and should keep up this production for the rest of the year.

Williams doesn't wow you with his stats, but he has pitched six or more innings in his last two starts and has a nice matchup against the Reds next Wednesday. He'll be a DFS contrarian play in that one. Leave him on the waiver in most mixed leagues.

Altherr spent the minimum 10 days on the DL with a hamstring strain. He is in the middle of a solid breakout season, batting .288 with 14 homers and 44 RBIs. Feel free to get him into those fantasy lineups for a showdown against Astros pitcher Mike Fiers on Wednesday ...

This was a non save situation so Baltimore was simply trying to get Britton some work. He has now allowed six earned runs through nine innings since returning from a forearm injury on July 5th. He's still the closer for the Orioles, but Brad Brach should remain stashed wherever possible.

With A.J. Ramos expected to be traded and Kyle Barraclough landing on the DL today with a right shoulder impingement, Tazawa seems like the next guy up. He was simply atrocious at the beginning of the season, but has had a solid month of July. Also, manager Don Mattingly is ...

Jimenez walked two and struck out nine. All things considered this was one of his best starts of the year, however, his 6.93 season ERA keeps him far off the fantasy radar.