Our ranking of the top 100 MLB players in 2024 is here! And you know what that means: It’s time to talk about what we got right — and wrong. We asked five of our voters — Buster Olney, Jeff Passan, Jorge Castillo, Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield — to take a look at our […]
Continue readingThe 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching, We’re ready to show you the results of our 2024 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock […]
Continue reading“Wyatt Langford,” Maddux said. Langford is not a pitcher. He is a 6-foot-1, 225-pound power-hitting outfielder, and for a pitching coach — particularly one of Maddux’s stature — to gravitate so quickly to Langford provided the latest evidence that the defending champions’ offense could be even better this year. Maddux’s answer surprised no one internally. […]
Continue readingBaseball is such a different game today than it was when rotisserie was first invented. Back in 1980, most anyone interested in baseball was lured in by such “bubblegum card” numbers as batting average, home runs, wins and ERA. Over the years, the brightest minds in the game brought to light the fact that there […]
Continue readingThe 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Take a look back at Adolis Garcia’s top moments of the ALCS after he and the Rangers agreed to a two-year, $14 million deal. (1:44) Adolis García and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a two-year contract, the team announced. The deal, according to multiple reports, is worth $14 million and […]
Continue reading“I’ve made it very clear that the White Sox are willing to listen in on any of our players,” Getz said in a USA Today interview. The first-year general manager reportedly is under order to slash payroll, but Robert is under contract as part of a six-year, $50 million deal he signed in 2019. The […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. John Smoltz believes Shohei Ohtani is likely to end up with a team on the West Coast in free agency. (1:21) The day after the Texas Rangers won their first World Series title in franchise history, 130 players became free agents as baseball’s offseason season began. While this year’s free-agent class […]
Continue readingToronto, Texas and the Chicago Cubs tied for the high among clubs with three winners each, Rawlings announced Sunday. Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan won their second Gold Gloves, along with Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson and left fielder Ian Happ and Arizona first baseman Christian Walker. First-time AL winners included […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The Rangers celebrate after Josh Sborz strikes out Ketel Marte to secure their first ever World Series victory. (1:03) ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager took the stage to thunderous chants of “M-V-P!, M-V-P!” as the Texas Rangers celebrated the franchise’s first World Series championship Friday. “Really this was truly special, we […]
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