Complete weekend show descriptions

Steve Phillips' Tool Box

Baseball is built on five tools: hitting for average, hitting for power, throwing, fielding and running.

Pirates roll past Padres; San Diego looking at some big decisions

Adam LaRoche and Steve Pearce hit consecutive homers in the fourth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 Sunday in a matchup of last-place clubs.

Kouzmanoff starts offense early, Young goes six strong innings against Pirates

Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run home run in the first inning and Chris Young pitched six strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

Sabathia lifts Brewers past Pirates on short rest for wild-card tie

CC Sabathia was solid as the Brewers beat the Pirates on Wednesday.

Daily Notes for Thursday: Halladay seeks 20th win

Will Harris looks at Thursday's games for fantasy matchups to exploit and avoid.

Pirates-Brewers Preview

Pirates-Brewers Preview

Daily Notes for Wednesday: Last call for most starters

Sean Allen looks at Wednesday's games for fantasy matchups to exploit and avoid.

Daily Notes for Tuesday: Harden versus Santana the highlight showdown

Will Harris looks at Tuesday's games for fantasy matchups to exploit and avoid.

Oswalt goes six strong, continues second-half run with win vs. Pirates

Roy Oswalt held the Pirates to one run over six innings to continue his strong second half and backup catcher Brad Ausmus drove in two runs to lead the Astros beat Pittsburgh 6-2.

Daily Notes for Sunday: Dice-K, Liriano and Haren going

Adam Madison looks at Sunday's games for fantasy matchups to exploit and avoid.

BBC Preview for Week 26

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews the 26th week of the MLB season for Baseball Challenge.

Wolf delivers much-needed win as Astros snap losing skid

Randy Wolf allowed three hits in seven innings and Hunter Pence had two hits and three RBIs to help the Houston Astros snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.

Daily Notes for Saturday: Lester, Halladay square off

Tristan H. Cockcroft looks at Saturday's games for fantasy matchups to exploit and avoid.

Fantasy Forecaster: Previewing Week 26

Tristan H. Cockcroft previews Week 26 of the MLB season for fantasy.