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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Nolan McLean, Ryan Bergert, and Samuel Basallo

We are officially in the fantasy baseball championship push.

Whether you’re trying to hold onto a top spot, pushing the leader, desperately trying to play catch up, or positioning yourself for playoff matchups, reinforcements and upside are vital this time of year.

Most waiver wires have been picked over though and it’s difficult to find impact players readily available in most leagues at this point in the season.

Fear not, because there are still a handful of available players that have the chance to be difference makers that help push us towards glory. And luckily, we recently got a handful of minor league promotions that could genuinely swing leagues.

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Here are three players that are under 40% rostered on Yahoo leagues that you should strongly consider adding.

If you want a larger list, Eric Samulski wrote his extended waiver wire piece on Sunday.

Nolan McLean, SP Mets

(27% Rostered on Yahoo)

The Mets called McLean up over the weekend to replace the struggling Frankie Montas in their rotation and he was ready for the task.

Coincidentally, this weekend was also the first time teams could call up minor leaguers and not exhaust their rookie eligibility ahead for next year. So, if that player were to win Rookie of the Year or place in the top-three in MVP or Cy Young voting before arbitration, their team gets a draft pick. Funny timing on these promotions.

Nevertheless, McLean instantly proved he belonged with 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball and eight strikeouts against a solid Mariners lineup. He made their hitters look foolish over and over again mostly with his sweeper and curveball.

McLean’s sweeper has always been his bread and butter. In terms of spin rate, total movement, and velocity, Dustin May has the only one that can compare to it. Just look at this frisbee.

However, the key to his success in this debut was his curveball. He featured it against left-handed batters and it was downright disgusting.

With an average of 3,279 RPM, McLean’s curveball has the highest spin rate of any in the league.

Also very cool (and to nerd out on pitching for a moment), it has a nearly identical spin direction as his sweeper and practically the same amount of horizontal movement. So, it’s very difficult for batters to decide which is coming. Knowing this, they were his two most thrown pitches against left-handed batters combining for a 64% usage rate.

Alone, these pitches are incredible. Together, they’re already one of the best breaking ball parings in the league.

Oddly enough, the curve has somewhat come out of nowhere. He threw 19 in his debut start, the exact same amount as his last three starts in Triple-A combined. Before his promotion, he’d only thrown it 9% of the time. Without throwing it, he struggled a good bit against lefties relative to righties.

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Whatever happened to make him more comfortable with that pitch, he better keep it up because that with his sweeper and a good blend of fastballs and sinkers that sat around 95 mph can make him a stud instantly.

Be mindful of a possible innings limit though.

He’s already at a career-high 119 and it’s only his first season as a full-time pitcher after being a two-way player. So, expect the Mets to limit him on a per start basis and he may not get the opportunity for many quality starts. His WHIP could run high too with such a breaking ball heavy profile.

Ryan Bergert, SP Royals

(25% Rostered on Yahoo)

Bergert is on a bit of a heater since being traded from the Padres to the Royals at the deadline. Through three starts, he’s allowed five earned runs in 16 2/3 innings (2.79 ERA) with 17 strikeouts and five walks. That’s a nice little run of success and one that should put him on our radars.

Stuff wise, he doesn’t seem that special at first glance. His fastball sits 93 mph and has solid carry, but he throws from a very high slot. So, the batter ‘expects’ some of that rise on it.

Otherwise, he has a distinct sweeper and slider plus a sinker for righties and changeup for lefties. The Stuff+ model doesn’t rate any of these pitches above a 92 where 100 is considered average.

Yet, there’s something interesting going on. First off, he’s been locating his fastball higher in the zone since the trade. That’s a sensible adjustment for him given the good vertical action that pitch gets.

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He’s been more willing to throw his sweeper in the zone to steal strikes against lefties too. His repertoire is reasonably wide and he has great command, so it’s nice to see him mixing everything up more.

Also, his arsenal is unique in nature. Michael Rosen wrote a great piece for FanGraphs recently describing how uncommon it was for a pitcher like Bergert to have great vertical action and spin efficiency on a fastball and also a sweeper without losing much velocity on it. Read the article, it’s amazing and Michael is a fantastic pitching mind.

While possibly special pitch traits may not make Bergert an impact pitcher alone, his upcoming schedule might. He’s set to face the Tigers, White Sox, Angels, and Guardians in his next four starts. If anything switches by a day, he could even get the Twins in the middle of there.

Schedules are very important this time of year and with Bergert’s being so favorable plus him having some fun pitch traits make him an enticing waiver wire option.

Samuel Basallo, C/1B Orioles

(24% Rostered on Yahoo)

Sometimes in fantasy baseball, opportunities come along that are so great, we have to act without thinking and let the pieces fall into place afterwards. Basallo’s promotion to the Orioles is one of those opportunities.

He is already 3-for-10 with a double, two runs scored, and four RBI two games into his big league career. Half of the balls he put in play were hit harder than 95 mph and his 78.1 mph bat speed is in the 99th percentile of all big league hitters. He is a stud.

In terms of an offensive profile, there wasn’t a more impressive hitter in the minor leagues. He just turned 21 years old last week and had 23 homers in 76 games at Triple-A.

His batted ball data may have been more impressive than the homers though. He had a 115.9 mph max exit velocity, 21% barrel rate, 57.4% hard-hit rate, and graded out exceptionally well among other key metrics. Shoutout Prospect Savant for the great work they’ve done with these minor league, Statcast adjacent player pages.

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The one flaw he seems to possibly have is with pitch selection and chasing balls outside the strike zone. Yet, his pitch recognition seems solid because of his high walk rate.

In actuality, Basallo is a spectacular bad-ball hitter. He knows there are pitches that other hitters should not be swinging at that he can do damage on. Like this two-run single from his second career game.

That was a 97 mph fastball at shoulder-height from Jordan Hicks and Basallo turned it around with ease for a rope at 108 mph exit velocity.

Aram’s claim about Basallo being a prolific bad ball hitter holds true too. He saw 496 pitches in the shadow of the zone at Triple-A this season and put 83 of them in play. Of those 83, he had a 59% hard-hit rate, .561 SLG, .409 xwOBA, 19.8% barrel rate, and hit 10 home runs. Those are jaw-dropping results against what we consider pitchers’ pitches.

This is all just to say pick-up up Basallo right now and figure out the rest later. We’re dealing with a special hitter that can do what Nick Kurtz or Roman Anthony have done to this point.

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Vitek Vanecek: How the Devils’ 30-Game Winner Became a Stanley Cup Backup

In 2022–23, New Jersey Devils goaltender Vitek Vanecek made franchise history as the first netminder since Martin Brodeur to record 30 wins in a season. That year, he played 52 games, finishing with a 33–11 record and a .911 save percentage.

When Vanecek was traded to New Jersey, he signed a three-year, $10.2 million contract on July 19, 2022. His first year looked promising, but his performance and playing time began to decline afterward.

The following season, 2023–24, he appeared in just 32 games for the Devils. His save percentage dropped to .890, and his goals-against average climbed to 3.18, a sharp single-season decline. By February 2024, fans were frustrated with his sloppy, unfocused play, as he allowed goals that should have been routine saves.

On March 8, 2024, the Devils traded Vanecek to the San Jose Sharks. He was limited to only 18 appearances, where he won just three games.

The following year, on March 5, 2025, the Sharks dealt Vanecek to the Florida Panthers. He played 7 regular-season games as the backup to Sergei Bobrovsky. Though he didn’t see playoff action, he earned a Stanley Cup ring as part of the Panthers’ championship roster.

Now 29 years old, Vanecek has signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Utah Mammoth.

Despite bringing the Stanley Cup back to Czechia this summer, his career has shifted away from being a starter. Instead, he has embraced the role of a reliable NHL backup, one that still earned him a championship.

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Where do things stand with restricted free agents Jonathan Kuminga, Josh Giddey

August is the point in the calendar when there is no pressure on either side — the player or the team — to compromise when it comes to restricted free agents. Everyone can dig their heels in on their current offers — or rejections of said offers — because until we get closer to training camps opening at the end of September there is no pressure to get a deal done. The hard deadline to sign these extensions is Oct. 1.

That's why four restricted free agents still hang out there: The Warriors' Jonathan Kuminga, the Bulls' Josh Giddey, the Nets' Cam Thomas, and the 76ers' Quentin Grimes. This week there were updates that are not really much of an update on Kuminga and Giddey, let's break it down.

Jonathan Kuminga

There have been "renewed" talks between Kuminga and the Warriors, ESPN’s Anthony Slater reported on NBA Today. However, he said the offer from the Warriors has not changed: Two years, $45 million, with a team option in the second year and the Warriors are demanding Kuminga waive the no-trade clause that automatically comes with that contract. Kuminga, understandably, is not willing to give up his only real leverage in the situation with the no-trade clause, and he continues to point to the $7.8 million qualifying offer, which is not ideal for either side but would make Kuminga an unrestricted free agent next offseason. From Slater on ESPN:

"The word I've heard used from the Kuminga side is 'pawn.' He doesn't want to sign this two-year, $45 million deal with a team option where he is clearly just being used to be traded mid-season. That's not something he wants to sign up for. Now if you're talking about a three-year deal, if you're talking about something with a player option that shows him a little bit more commitment, that's something he'd be interested in. But as of now, the Warriors have been hesitant to do that, and because of that, Kuminga is signaling to those around him that he's very willing – and prefers – the qualifying offer."

Cooler heads likely will prevail, likely with one of three options: A third year (likely with a player or team option on that final season), a two-year contract with a player option on that second season, or a two-year deal with a team option but a hefty guarantee on that second season (say $15 million). However, of all the restricted free agents remaining, Kuminga — long frustrated with how Steve Kerr has used him in Golden State — is the most likely to sign the qualifying offer and just play out the season, looking to leave.

Josh Giddey

The update on Giddey is that there is not much of an update. The Bulls still have an offer at around $20 million a season for Giddey on the table, veteran Bulls insider K.C. Johnson reported on CHSN.

Another insider, Jake Fischer of the Stein Line, reported recently that the Bulls' full offer is around four years, $80 million. Giddey still wants to be paid closer to $30 million a season, the range of Derrick White, Tyler Herro and Jalen Suggs.

Giddey can point to his numbers in Chicago last season after the All-Star break: 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists a game for a Bulls team that went 17-10 in that stretch. The challenge is that Giddey is not a great defender, and while he was an efficient scorer during that post-All-Star run last season, he is not historically a good 3-point shooter nor a great finisher around the rim. Around the league he is perceived as an 82-game player, not a 16-game player (he can help a team in the regular season, but our last playoff memory of Giddey is him getting played off the floor for Oklahoma City). Giddey will need to change that perception to get the money he seeks.

Eventually, the sides will find a compromise and Giddey will put up stats this season as the fulcrum of the Bulls' offense — he is a good player (and one who is going to help a lot of fantasy teams this season).

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Mets release Paul Blackburn after right-hander clears waivers

Nolan McLean's big league promotion last weekend resulted in the Mets designating Paul Blackburn for assignment, and now the veteran right-hander is free to pitch in a different uniform.

The Mets announced the release of Blackburn on Tuesday, after he declined an outright assignment to the minors and cleared waivers on Monday. While the team is still responsible for the remainder of the 31-year-old's salary, he's only making the pro-rated league minimum.

Blackburn dealt with a lot this season, which started with him on the IL with right knee inflammation. 

The right-hander didn't make his season debut until June 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he pitched five scoreless innings. From there, things went downhill.

After a slew of ineffective outings, Blackburn went back on the IL with a right shoulder impingement, which he had been rehabbing for the last month. 

Healthy once again but with few spots available after the Mets fortified their bullpen at the trade deadline, the veteran was activated on Aug. 13 and pitched that day against the Atlanta Braves.

In what would end up being his final appearance for New York, Blackburn went five innings in what was a blowout loss to save the rest of the bullpen.

In seven games (four starts), the right-hander had a 6.85 ERA.

Joining the Mets at last season's trade deadline, Blackburn only made 12 appearances during his time in New York after spending eight seasons playing for the Athletics. 

In his career, the veteran owns a 4.96 ERA in 452 innings.

Meanwhile, McLean said Friday he was "surprised" to get the promotion, but is ready for his MLB debut. He's pitched to a 2.45 ERA with 127 strikeouts in 113.2 innings in the minors this season. The 24-year-old made five starts in Double-A before heading to Triple-A, where he owned a 2.78 ERA and 1.09 WHIP across 16 outings.

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Florida Panthers announce 16 special themed nights for 2025-26 home games

The 2025-26 NHL season is going to be here before we know it.

We’re less than a month away from rookies and veterans being summoned to their respective teams’ training facilities to officially kick off training camp.

In South Florida, the excitement for the local ice hockey team has never been higher.

The Florida Panthers are coming off back-to-back Stanley Cup championships and will be looking to become the first time to complete a three-peat since the New York Islanders won four straight Cups in the early 1980s.

When they do it, the Panthers will be playing in front of a packed house in Sunrise.

It’s no surprise that the South Florida team that has made three consecutive appearances in the finals has also sold out their season tickets.

The Cats are popular and attending games in Sunrise is a trendy thing to do these days.

In addition to checking out one of the best teams the NHL has seen in recent memory, fans also get additional fun elements of their visit to Amerant Bank Arena that are provided by the team.

One example are the Panthers’ special themed nights.

This season, Florida is hosting 16 theme nights, which will account for just under 40% of the team’s 41 regular season home games.

Here is the full list of all 16 Panthers theme nights in 2025-26:

• Home Opener – Tuesday, Oct. 7

• Pink in the Rink Night – Saturday, Oct. 25

• Panther Conservation – Saturday, Nov. 1

• Military Appreciation – Thursday, Nov. 13 and Tuesday, March 24

• Hockey Fights Cancer – Saturday, Nov. 15

• SOFLORIDA – Thursday, Dec. 4

• Hockey Holidays – Wednesday, Dec. 17, Friday, Dec. 19 & Saturday, Dec. 20

• Star Wars Night – Tuesday, Jan. 27

• Kids Day – Saturday, Jan. 31

• Vamos Gatos– Monday, Feb. 2

• Black History Night– Friday, Feb. 27

• St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Tuesday, March 12

• 90’s Night – Thursday, March 26

• Pride Night – Tuesday, March 31

• Autism Acceptance – Thursday, April 2

• Fan Appreciation Night – Monday, April 13

Additional information can be found by visiting FloridaPanthers.com/ThemeNights.

Single game tickets for the upcoming season are set to go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m.

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Golden Knights Will Travel More Than 46,000 Miles And Will Cross A League-High 52 Time Zones This Season

This season, the NHL’s 32 teams will collectively travel nearly 1.3 million miles and cross over 1,000 time zones during the 2025-26 season.

A recent study by Bookies.com analyzed the full NHL schedule and used the haversine formula, which considers the curvature of the Earth, to calculate how far each team will travel based on arena-to-arena distances.

Per the report, the Golden Knights rank sixth in travel miles (46,916.6), with the first five also coming from the Western Conference. Vegas will cross 52 time zones during the season - most in the NHL.

Dallas leads the league in travel miles (50,601.7), while the New York Islanders will travel the least (28,477.3).

The Golden Knights, who rank sixth with 362 road points since entering the league in 2017, ranked fifth in the league with 49 road points last season.

Since Bruce Cassidy took over as coach in 2022, the Golden Knights have the fifth-most road points (151) i the NHL.

The Golden Knights have two three-game trips early in the season, both in October, and two more short ones in November.

The Knights will head to the East Coast in December for five games, with stops in New Jersey, Manhattan, Long Island, Philadelphia and Columbus.

They have just one other five-game trip the rest of the season, in late February and early March, when they'll stop in Los Angeles before heading back to the Eastern time zone with stops in Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Detroit.

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He Gets Everyone 'Gunned Up': Matthew Tkachuk Has A Unique X-Factor In NHL 26

As the latest cover model for the NHL 26 video game, it’s safe to say that Matthew Tkachuk has officially entered superstar status.

But when it comes to his skill set, he doesn’t necessarily have a whole lot in common with the likes of Connor McDavid or Auston Matthews.

Tkachuk is not the fastest player. He doesn’t have the hardest shot. And he won’t necessarily wow you with his stick handling ability.

Where he differentiates himself from the rest of the league is through his intangibles.

He’s a pest. A grinder. A guy who is willing to do anything — and everything — to help his team win a game and a championship.

It is a unique character trait that, at first, gave the developers at EA Sports a bit of trouble in translating Tkachuk from the rink to the video game. But after watching Tkachuk lead the Florida Panthers to back-to-back championships — and three straight appearances in the Stanley Cup final — the developers realized they were looking at it all wrong.

Rather than focus on Tkachuk, they shifted their attention to his teammates.

“He’s a natural-born leader,” said NHL 26 Creative Director Mike Inglehart. “We tried to design that around the way he plays and what he brings on the ice with his play and being able to inspire others around him by leading by example. He has a level of charisma that is very unique when it comes to the NHL.”

What does charisma look like?

In a real-life hockey game, it’s one of those non-quantifiable intangibles that leads to wins. Tkachuk, who had eight goals and 23 points in the playoffs despite battling a laundry list of injuries, drags his team into the fight by encouraging his teammates to go outside their comfort zone and fight for every square inch on the ice.

In NHL 26, Tkachuk’s X-Factor provides his teammates with a boost of energy. Or as Inglehart said, he gets everyone “gunned up”.

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“The NHL is known for its soft-spoken personalities,” said Inglehart, “but him and his brother and his dad back in the day approach the game with a head-on charismatic appeal.”

When it comes to bringing the realism of the rink to the video game, EA Sports continues to strive for more. NHL 26 has partnered with the NHL and NHLPA to bring an improved ICE-Q 2.0 gameplay system, powered by NHL Edge positional data (NHL Puck and Player Tracking).

Specific attributes, like shot power and accuracy, as well as individual tendencies of where players do their offensive damage, are all part of the game. But there is a balance, said Inglehart, in keeping the the action loose and fun, while at the same time realistic.

“We try to find the best representative moments that translate well in a video game world,” he said. “So as you can imagine, there’s a lot of liberty with that. You still want to make sure that it is connected to the NHL as best as possible. But then it needs to have an outcome that makes for a good video game experience.

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“You also want to make sure players feel in control of outcomes. Sometimes, if sports games lean too heavily into the sim side, there may be many outcomes where you feel like the controller is being taken out of your hands.”

As such, you’ll see Tkachuk chewing on his mouth guard in the game and sliding on his knees and stretching his arms out following a big-time goal. But you won’t be see him chirp players or face-wash opponents after a whistle.

At least, not yet.

“Poking the bear and trying to get a reaction is definitely a part of hockey culture and something he does embody,” said Ingelhart. “As we go forward, it’s an area we’re looking into. I know a lot of players are trying to gaining gameplay significance from post-whistle scrums.”

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Happy 23rd Birthday to Quinton Byfield!

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The Los Angeles Kings are celebrating one of their brightest young stars today as Quinton Byfield turns 23. Byfield was born on August 19, 2002, and has quickly established himself as a key part of the Kings' future, with size, speed, and skill in ways few have achieved.

Byfield's breakout 2024-25 season saw him score 23 goals and add 31 assists for a total of 54 points in 81 games, all career highs. He demonstrated his playmaking skills alongside Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe, as well as his ability to play a two-way game in top-six minutes.

Drafted second overall at the 2020 NHL Draft, Byfield has progressively grown into his role, and at just 23 years old, his very best hockey is still ahead. Kings supporters have every reason to be excited about his development as he continues to come of age as one of the NHL's most promising young forwards.

Happy Birthday, Quinton Byfield! 

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Former Devils Defender Lands PTO With Division Rival

Former New Jersey Devil Brendan Smith is looking to continue his NHL career. 

The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they have signed Smith to a professional tryout (PTO) contract.

Smith spent this past season as a depth defenseman for the Dallas Stars. In 32 games with the Central Division club, he recorded one goal, six assists, 33 penalty minutes, and 41 blocks. 

Before joining the Stars for the 2024-25 campaign, Smith played the two previous seasons with the Devils. In 123 games as a Devil over that span, he recorded five goals, 15 assists, 20 points, 124 penalty minutes, 219 hits, and an even plus/minus rating. Most of his offense with the Devils came during the 2023-24 campaign, as he had five goals, 10 assists, and 15 points in 63 games that season. 

If Smith impresses during training camp for the Blue Jackets and earns a contract for the season, he would give Columbus another experienced depth blueliner to work with. In 726 career NHL games over 14 seasons, he has recorded 39 goals, 144 points, 787 penalty minutes, and 972 hits. 

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US Open mixed doubles: Draper/Pegula into semi-finals after beating Alcaraz/Raducanu – as it happened

Iga Swiatek/Casper Ruud, Jessica Pegula/Jack Draper, Sara Errani/Andrea Vavassori and Danielle Collins/Christian Harrison reached the last four

The last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals will be best of three sets, but first to four games not six. If a game goes to deuce, the winners of the next point take it – there’s no advantage. If a match is level at a set apiece, a 10-point match tiebreak will settle it.

Breaking: Danielle Collins and Christian Harris replace Sinner/Siniakova.

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Muskegon Lumberjacks score Stanley Cup Champion as new Assistant Coach


On August 15th, the Muskegon Lumberjacks announced the addition of three-time Stanley Cup Champion Patrick Maroon to their coaching staff. Maroon retired from the NHL this past March, where he ended his career with the Blackhawks after winning three consecutive Stanley Cups from 2019 to 2021.

Drafted in 2007 by the Philadelphia Flyers, Maroon played a long tenured career of 14 years before starting his new coaching journey in Muskegon.

The NHL veteran finished his playing career with 323 total points on 126/197 splits. Nicknamed “The Big Rig”, Maroon jumped between a couple different teams before he won his first championship with his hometown team, the St. Louis Blues. After his season at home, the Blues decided not to offer Maroon a contract to re-sign with the team, so he decided to take his talents to Tampa Bay on a one year deal in 2020. The 2020 and 2021 seasons both concluded with the Lightning taking home the Stanley Cup, giving Maroon his second and third Stanley Cup title.

Maroon is excited to begin a new chapter in his hockey career, stating “I'm really looking forward to working with a winning organization and learning from the coaches, players, and management.”

The staff at Muskegon is also extremely excited about the new addition. Head Coach Colten St. Clair said “Bringing Pat Maroon into our organization is a game-changing move… Pat knows what it takes to win, and his influence will elevate our locker room, our culture, and our pursuit of excellence."

You can catch the first game of the Lumberjacks’ season on September 17th as they take on the Waterloo Black Hawks in the DICK’S Sporting Goods USHL Fall Classic.