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    PhilNiekro

    • Starting Pitcher
    • Birthdate
      1/4/1939
    • BAT/THR
      Right/Right
    • Birthplace
      Blaine, OH

    Career Stats

    • W-L
      318-274
    • ERA
      3.35
    • K
      3342
    • WHIP
      1.27
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      • Fantasy baseball forecaster: Team hitting ratings
        • 26m
        • Tristan H. Cockcroft
        Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) rounds third base to score in the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium.
        • Fantasy baseball forecaster: Pitcher projections for the next 10 days
          • 26m
          • Tristan H. Cockcroft
          Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cristopher Sánchez (61) flips the ball to first base in the first inning New York Mets at Citi Field.
          • Reliever depth chart: Who's closing, who's tired and who's next?
            • 27m
            • Fantasy Staff
            San Diego Padres' Mason Miller looks on during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
            • Fantasy baseball: Where's the love? Criminally underrated players to grab now
              • 10m
              • Tristan H. Cockcroft
              Dominic Canzone
              • Olney: How ABS has helped propel a left-handed-hitting resurgence
                • 2h
                • Buster Olney
                Olney: How ABS has helped propel a left-handed-hitting resurgence
                • Fantasy baseball: Soto, Schwarber sore and more of Wednesday's news to know
                  • 1h
                  • ESPN Fantasy
                  New York Mets' Juan Soto looks back after striking out during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies,
                  • 2026 MLB ABS challenge system tracker: Team, player rankings
                    • 7h
                    • ESPN
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                    • Gelof's hand punctured by spikes, hit streak ends
                      • 6h
                      • Tim Keown
                      Gelof's hand punctured by spikes, hit streak ends
                      • Cubs' Cabrera injures leg, carted off field in N.Y.
                        • 10h
                        Cubs' Cabrera injures leg, carted off field in N.Y.
                        • Yankees sign 18-year-old right-hander Lai
                          • 10h
                          Yankees sign 18-year-old right-hander Lai

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                        Fantasy baseball: Where's the love? Criminally underrated players to add

                        Fantasy baseball: Where's the love? Criminally underrated players to add

                        How are these guys not on your team? Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at a quartet of underrated players that should be added to rosters.
                        How ABS has helped propel MLB's left-handed-hitting resurgence

                        How ABS has helped propel MLB's left-handed-hitting resurgence

                        Left-handers are crushing the ball in 2026 -- and MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system might be part of the reason why.
                        Fantasy baseball: Soto, Schwarber sore and other news for Wednesday

                        Fantasy baseball: Soto, Schwarber sore and other news for Wednesday

                        All of the important fantasy spin and actionable takeaways resulting from the latest baseball news.
                        Tigers and Yankees play, winner claims 3-game series

                        Tigers and Yankees play, winner claims 3-game series

                        New York Yankees (47-31, first in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (34-45, fourth in the AL Central)
                        Dodgers try to sweep series against the Twins

                        Dodgers try to sweep series against the Twins

                        Los Angeles Dodgers (51-29, first in the NL West) vs. Minnesota Twins (38-43, third in the AL Central)
                        Washington Nationals host the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday

                        Washington Nationals host the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday

                        Philadelphia Phillies (43-36, second in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (41-39, fourth in the NL East)
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