Pitching comes in waves in Fantasy Baseball. There are stretches when nobody particularly interesting seems to be on the waiver wire, and then there are times when it seems like there are too many interesting pitchers to add at once.

One of the first signs of Justin Verlander fitting in with a younger Tigers roster was a chessboard in the middle of the Spring Training clubhouse. There sat a future Hall of Famer, matching wits with Troy Melton,

Troy Melton’s historic dominance and career-high strikeouts powered Detroit past Oakland, slashing the playoff deficit as the Tigers’ rotation continues a historic run toward an improbable postseason berth.

Troy Melton lowered his ERA to 1.82 on Wednesday against the A's, tossing 5 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out nine.

DETROIT — Troy Melton struck out a career-high nine batters, and Jake Rogers came off the bench to deliver a pivotal pinch-hit home run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Athletics 6-1 on Wednesday night.