Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford finished off the best season of his career on Sunday, going 2-for-5 with two RBI against the Los Angeles Angels as the Mariners fell 7-3 and narrowly missed the playoffs. Crawford played in 160 games, slashing .273/.338/.376 with nine homers and three steals. His best ability for fantasy purposes is his availability, but without increased production in the power or speed categories, he won't become a draft priority.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford had a strong game from the top of the lineup Monday, going 3-for-5 with three singles, an RBI, and three runs scored in a 13-4 beating of the Oakland Athletics. Crawford has enjoyed a strong September, slashing .311/.368/.466 with three homers, 21 runs, and 14 RBI in 103 at-bats. He is more of a compiler than a major contributor of counting stats, but he could be a useful play in the middle infield slot as Seattle pushes for a wild card berth.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford led the way both offensively and defensively in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics, going 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI, one run scored, and several sparkling plays at shortstop. Crawford is slashing .307/.376/.493 in 75 September at-bats with three extra-base hits in the last two games. The light-hitting Crawford is no more than a middle-infield fill-in, but he could be useful over the last few weeks in deep leagues while he's hot.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford went 3-for-4 against the Boston Red Sox on Monday night, adding a double and two runs scored. Crawford is now slashing .306/.386/.452 over his last 15 games and 70 plate appearances, and he's lifted his season total for doubles to 35. While he doesn't provide too much in power or speed, with eight homers and three steals on the year, he's worth a short-term add for his run-scoring, especially in deeper leagues.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford homered against the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday, marking the second straight day he's gone deep. It's his eighth home run of the season, which marks a career high for the light-swinging lefty. Crawford went 1-for-4 for the day. Crawford has now hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, slashing .323/.400/.581 in his last seven. Crawford is what he is at this point, which is only a marginal value in fantasy, but he's worthy of an add while he's on a hot streak.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford added a two-run home run Wednesday, going 2-for-5 with a walk in an 8-5 win over the Houston Astros. Crawfords seventh home run of the season came with two outs in the top of the ninth inning off reliever Blake Taylor. Crawford has now hit safely in eight of his last nine games, with three multi-hit performances in that span. He's scored plenty of runs this season with 75, but at just a .696 OPS in 528 at-bats he's hardly worth an add in any format.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford went 1-for-5 with a two-run double Tuesday, account for half of the team's scoring in a 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Houston Astros. Crawford has been hot lately, slashing .345/.424/.414 with eight runs scored in his last seven games. He's hit safely in seven of his last eight, though he's only managed two extra-base hits in that time. Crawford's fantasy utility is very limited as a result of his lack of output in the home run and steals categories, with just six and three on the year, respectively.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford scored two runs from the leadoff spot Saturday, going 2-for-6 with a double against the Kansas City Royals in an 8-7 12-inning loss. Crawford continues to be a successful spark plug for Seattle, but he just doesn't carry the same value in fantasy that he does in reality. Crawford is slashing .263/.326/.359 with six homers and three steals in seven attempts for the season over 482 at-bats. Even his 66 runs fail to be elite, meaning he should be ticketed for the waiver wire.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford scored two runs in Thursday's 9-8 extra-inning victory over the Texas Rangers. He went 2-for-5 with a walk in the game. Crawford is in no danger of losing his spot at the top of the lineup, a role which will allow him to score plenty of runs even as he doesn't contribute much in the power or speed categories with just six homers and three steals for the year. He's no more than a middle-infield option in deep leagues for fantasy managers.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford reached base three times Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Crawford leads the Mariners with 118 hits on the year, placing him in a tie for 26th in all of the major leagues, but unfortunately only 31 of those hits have gone for extra bases, leaving him with only runs as a potential standout fantasy category, though he's only 63rd in the majors with his 60 runs scored. He'll do as a fill-in middle infielder, but nothing more.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford hit his sixth home run of the season Thursday en route to a 2-for-4 day against the Texas Rangers. He also doubled. Crawford has been a better baseball player in real life than in fantasy, where he gets no credit for his stellar defense and his lack of counting stats is more heavily penalized. That said, he has slashed .348/.423/.565 over his last seven games, making him a solid short-term pickup for fantasy managers who need a bit of everything from the middle-infield spot.

Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored against the Rays Monday. It's the fourth two-hit game in his last seven games, which is an excellent sign, as the slick-fielding shortstop had cooled off considerably after a torrid June. He has just a .692 OPS with five homers and three steals in 400 at-bats, limiting his fantasy value, but he's a solid source of runs with 56.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Astros left-handed reliever Brooks Raley was suspended for three games and fined Friday by Major League Baseball for intentionally throwing at and hitting Seattle's J.P. Crawford on Monday night. Raley appealed the penalty announced by MLB on Friday, when Houston opened a weekend series at San Francisco — where Astros manager Dusty Baker was set to manage against his former club but sat out with a one-game suspension. The penalties were made public after the pregame media availability for Baker, who watched his team take batting practice behind the cage wearing dress clothes not his usual uniform. Raley plunked Crawford in the back on a 3-1 pitch after surrendering Dylan Moore's grand slam that helped the Mariners rally to an 11-8 comeback win. ___ More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the AL East-leading Boston Red Sox rallied late for the second straight game, beating Toronto 5-4 on Monday night in the opener of an important series for the Blue Jays. Boston star Rafael Devers added a solo homer on the four-year anniversary of his first major-league shot. Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer for fourth-place Toronto, which fell to 10½ games behind in the East. Adam Ottavino (3-3) worked a scoreless inning for the win. Matt Barnes got the final three outs for his 22nd save. Toronto starter Thomas Hatch made just his second big-league start after being sidelined with a shoulder impingement since spring training. The 26-year-old right-hander gave up three runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. Trevor Richards (1-1) took the loss. ANGELS 6, ROCKIES 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani pitched seven strong innings and hit an early RBI single as Los Angeles beat Colorado. Ohtani (5-1) gave up one run and five... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers hit two home runs, including a go-ahead blast in the fifth inning, to help the Boston Red Sox best New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole for the second straight time at Fenway Park in a 6-2 victory Friday night. Devers followed his two-run with a three-run homer in the seventh — the 100th of his career — to help Boston improve to 9-2 against New York this season. The Red Sox maintained their one-game AL East lead over Tampa Bay and increased their lead to nine games over the third-place Yankees. Yacksel Rios (3-0) got the victory, pitching two scoreless innings to cap a strong night from the bullpen after starter Eduardo Rodriguez left in the second inning after experiencing migraine symptoms. Cole (10-5) started strong for New York, but was pulled after fiving innings, giving up three runs off six hits, striking out eight and walking two. METS 3, BLUE JAYS 0 NEW YORK (AP) — Tylor Megill threw six scoreless innings for his first big league victory and got his first... [More]

HOUSTON (AP) — Nestor Cortes and three relievers combined for a three-hitter and Brett Gardner and DJ LeMahieu each drove in two runs to lead the New York Yankees over the Houston Astros 4-0 on Friday night. Making a spot start, Cortes permitted two hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out two and walking two and lowering his ERA to 1.05. Lucas Luetge (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings for the win. Chad Green gave up one hit in two innings and Jonathan Loaisiga threw a perfect ninth. It was New York’s first visit to Houston since Game 6 of the 2019 AL Championship Series. The Astros advanced to the World Series with a 6-4 win in that game on a two-run homer by Jose Altuve with two outs in the ninth. The Astros are commemorating the event by giving away replica 2019 AL champions trophies on Friday night, 2019 AL champions replica rings on Saturday and Altuve jerseys for the finale on Sunday. GIANTS 5, NATIONALS 3 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Curt Casali hit a two-run homer while filling in for injured... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a go-ahead single during a nine-run rally in the seventh inning after Washington ace Max Scherzer departed, and the Los Angeles Dodgers surged past the Nationals 10-5 Friday night for their seventh straight win. The Nationals lost slugger Kyle Schwarber in the second inning when he grabbed at his hamstring after a single. He hit a franchise-record 16 home runs in June. Julio Urías (10-3) allowed one earned run in six innings. Scherzer also allowed one earned run in six innings and struck out eight. Left-handed reliever Sam Clay (0-1) found trouble when he replaced Scherzer. Chris Taylor hit a leadoff double, a dribbler by pinch-hitter Albert Pujols scored him, and Austin Barnes was hit by a pitch. ANGELS 8, ORIOLES 7 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani went deep twice to reach 30 homers this season and then scored the winning run on Jared Walsh’s two-out single in the ninth inning that lifted Los Angeles over Baltimore. Ohtani drew a walk from Paul Fry... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The speedy shortstop became the fifth player in major league history with three cycles, joining Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He also scored four times in the victory, which sealed a two-game sweep as well as Washington’s fourth straight win and 14th in its last 17 games. Turner singled in the first off Tampa Bay opener Drew Rasmussen, doubled in the third against Ryan Sherriff (0-1), then hit his 14th homer in the fourth off Michael Wacha. Two innings later, Turner hit a ball into the right-field corner and beat second baseman Mike Brosseau's throw to third with a headfirst slide. Jon Lester (2-3) allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings, striking out three and walking two. ANGELS... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The speedy shortstop became the fifth player in major league history with three cycles, joining Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He also scored four times in the victory, which sealed a two-game sweep as well as Washington’s fourth straight win and 14th in its last 17 games. Turner singled in the first off Tampa Bay opener Drew Rasmussen, doubled in the third against Ryan Sherriff (0-1), then hit his 14th homer in the fourth off Michael Wacha. Two innings later, Turner hit a ball into the right-field corner and beat second baseman Mike Brosseau's throw to third with a headfirst slide. Jon Lester (2-3) allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings, striking out three and walking two. BREWERS... [More]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The speedy shortstop became the fifth player in major league history with three cycles, joining Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He also scored four times in the victory, which sealed a two-game sweep as well as Washington’s fourth straight win and 14th in its last 17 games. Turner singled in the first off Tampa Bay opener Drew Rasmussen, doubled in the third against Ryan Sherriff (0-1), then hit his 14th homer in the fourth off Michael Wacha. Two innings later, Turner hit a ball into the right-field corner and beat second baseman Mike Brosseau's throw to third with a headfirst slide. Jon Lester (2-3) allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings, striking out three and walking two. BREWERS... [More]