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Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers This Week: 3 Storylines on the Way Up and 3 on the Way Down

As we fantasy baseball managers look to improve our fantasy team’s rosters it’s important to keep up with current MLB news and identify players whose fantasy values are rising or falling this week.

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A’s Place Max Muncy On Injured List Due To Broken Finger

4:05pm: Muncy did indeed suffer his injury against the Rangers on April 13 and tried to play through it, per Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. 4:00pm: The Athletics placed infielder Max Muncy on the 10-day injured list due to a fractured fifth metacarpal in his left hand, per a team announcement.

Athletics News / Oakland Athletics on SI / April 28

What the Athletics' Hot Start Means for Their 2026 Trade Deadline Strategy

Coming into the week, the Athletics are sitting atop the AL West at 15-13 with a potentially easier schedule just ahead. This week they'll face the Kansas City Royals (11-17) and Cleveland Guardians (15-15) at home, before taking on the Philadelphia Phillies (9-19) and Baltimore Orioles (13-15) on the road.

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The '50-HR, .300 average MLB seasons' quiz

How many of the 20 MLB players to bat .300 and mash 50 home runs in the same season can you name in five minutes?

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Athletics News / Oakland Athletics on SI / April 28

The A's Biggest Disadvantage Against the Royals is Hiding in Plain Sight

The A's are on their third group of new stars since Salvador Perez ended their season in the 2014 AL Wild Card game. Two full rebuilds later, he's still one of the best catchers in the game.

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25 current MLB players who will end up in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Some things appear clear when it comes to Baseball Hall of Fame voting. The PED guys aren’t going to get in, or at least the hitters, and the rubric for starting pitchers has to be reconstructed on the fly.

Carlos Cortes News / Just Baseball / April 28

Carlos Cortes Is Becoming Too Good To Ignore

Over the past two years, the Athletics have prioritized signing their core players to extensions, keeping them with the team for the foreseeable future.

Athletics News / Legends On Deck / April 27

Aviators Rally to Split Six-Game Set with Bees, Show Early Season Grit

The Las Vegas Aviators entered the 2026 season with something to prove. After winning the Pacific Coast League title in 2025, their season ended in heartbreak with an 8–7 walk-off loss to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in the Triple-A National Championship Game.

Athletics News / Field Level Media / April 27

Resurgent Royals try to keep momentum going vs. Athletics

The Kansas City Royals are displaying signs they have moved on from their early-season struggles as they begin a three-game series against the Athletics on Tuesday night at West Sacramento, Calif.

Athletics News / New Baseball Media / April 27

Recapping Week 4 of the 2026 MiLB Season

It’s hard to believe but we are already a month into the 2026 Minor League Baseball campaign. This week saw several notable players in Triple-A put up big numbers, including Noelvi Marte of the Reds.

Lawrence Butler News / Oakland Athletics on SI / April 27

The A's Shouldn't Be Worried About Lawrence Butler's Slow Start

One look at the numbers that Lawrence Butler has put up through his first 26 games will tell you he's struggling. A .186/.263/.279 slash tells you plenty, but his .542 OPS and 47 wRC+ (100 is league average) hammer that point home.

Athletics News / Athlon Sports / April 27

Fantasy Baseball 2026: ABS Challenge System – How Strike-Zone Shrinkage Is Rewriting Fantasy Values

The ABS Challenge System is now one-month old in Major League Baseball and it has a message for you: “Honey, I shrunk the strike zone!” One month is not

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Who are the 25 fastest players in MLB right now?

Speed is more important than ever in MLB with recent rule changes promoting stolen bases. These were the 25 fastest players for the 2026 season, as recorded by the Statcast sprint speed metric.

Athletics News / MLB on ClutchPoints / April 27

ClutchPoints 2026 MLB Power Rankings, Vol. 10: Red Sox fire Alex Cora, Mets slide continues

The MLB Power Rankings are back after a tumultuous week in the majors, highlighted by the Boston Red Sox firing Alex Cora. At 11-17, Boston is in last place in the American League East with a murky future ahead.

Athletics News / Total Pro Sports / April 27

Florida Man Turns $30 Into $2 MILLION on Insane MLB Parlay — You Have to See the Picks

A Florida man made headlines over the weekend, and while it was for another bizarre incident, it had positive ramifications. The man played a six-legged parlay on six different MLB games to become a millionaire in a matter of hours.

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J.T. Ginn News / Oakland Athletics on SI / April 27

A's Pitcher Report: A's Skip Lopez, Monitor Ginn as Rotation Depth Gets Tested

The Athletics went 4-2 last week on the road against the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, cementing their spot at the top of the AL West. Sitting at 15-13 with a one-game lead over the Rangers in the division, the A's also hold the third-best record in the entire American League.

Athletics News / Just Baseball / April 27

Stock Watch: Biggest Risers and Fallers in MLB to Start 2026

The beginning of the MLB season is always full of small-sample surprises. Some fizzle out, like the hot start of Yermin Mercedes. Others are early signs of breakouts for the game’s brightest young stars. It’s hard to know for sure whether these breakouts are made to stay, but at the very least, it’s a fun task to analyze.

Athletics News / Field Level Media / April 26

MLB roundup: Chad Tracy wins managerial debut as Red Sox top O's

Willson Contreras hit a two-run home run and Connelly Early pitched into the seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox won in their first game after a surprising weekend managerial change, beating the host Baltimore Orioles 5-3.

Athletics News / Sport Relay / April 26

Athletics Squeak Past Rangers, Retake First in AL West

ARLINGTON, Texas (Apr 26) — Despite several scoring opportunities, the Texas Rangers fell short, 2–1, in their series finale against the Athletics Sunday afternoon.

Athletics News / Athletics Nation / April 26

A’s Sneak Past Rangers

Last time the Athletics played the Texas Rangers, the teams split a four-game series in Sacramento. This time, the A’s emerged victorious in a best-of-three battle in Arlington.

Athletics News / NBC Sports / April 26

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Athletics News / Field Level Media / April 26

Carlos Cortes’ two-run triple lifts Athletics over Rangers

Carlos Cortes delivered a two-run triple in the first inning and the Athletics held on to beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

Jack Flaherty News / MLB Trade Rumors / April 26

Jack Flaherty’s Difficult Start

The Tigers brought back Jack Flaherty on a two-year, $35 million deal heading into last season after a resurgent 2024 campaign. The veteran righty wasn’t as effective in his second year with the club, but he maintained strong strikeout numbers while matching Tarik Skubal for the team lead in starts.

Brent Rooker News / Athlon Sports / April 26