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The Playbook, Inning 5: Making the most of your fantasy baseball roster
Your work is far from complete at the end of draft day. While it’s true that the majority of your competitive chances in any given season hinge on the success of your draft, your management of your team in-season more often than not proves to be the determining factor in your final standing. For a […]
Continue readingSources: Rangers reach 1-year deal with David Robertson
The deal is pending a physical, sources said. Robertson, who turns 39 in April, had 18 saves last season between the Mets and the Marlins — he was traded to Miami for two minor leaguers before the deadline. He took over the closer’s role for the Mets at the start of the 2023 season after […]
Continue readingJordan Hicks to start for Giants after $44M deal, sources say
Hicks, 27, has experience as a starter, working there almost exclusively in his two minor league seasons and spending eight games in the rotation with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2022. At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, he has a starter’s build, and even if his velocity recedes with the move, he will still be among the […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: November buzz about Ohtani, De La Cruz and more
Sure, the 2023 season, postseason included, is fully in the books, wrapped up with the Texas Rangers’ World Series Game 5 win on Nov. 1. But for us fantasy analysts, 2024 is already firmly in our sights. For this columnist, it began with the all-too-early rankings — both points-based and rotisserie! — immediately following the […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball reactions to MLB offseason trades, signings
There’s still time to join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy basketball game. Your league starts fresh on the first scoring period following your draft. Create or join a fantasy basketball league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! –> Sign up today! Shohei Ohtani is the hottest commodity on the market, […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2023: Why Bochy might be the greatest manager ever
More Teams. More Games. The Rangers celebrate after Josh Sborz strikes out Ketel Marte to secure their first ever World Series victory. (1:03) PHOENIX — The Texas Rangers had just won the franchise’s first championship Wednesday night, and Bruce Bochy was hugging each of his players in turn, including a big embrace of shortstop Corey […]
Continue readingRangers subdue D-backs in Game 3 behind Corey Seager, bullpen
More Teams. More Games. Corey Seager and the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks 3-1 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 World Series lead. (2:10) PHOENIX — The Texas Rangers’ prowess on the road this postseason has been a source of widespread inquiry but very little explanation. Max Scherzer, whose 2019 Washington Nationals rode a similar […]
Continue reading2023 World Series preview: Predictions, inside intel, odds
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan tells Scott Van Pelt about the “clash of styles” between the Rangers and Diamondbacks ahead of their World Series showdown. (1:27) The 2023 World Series begins tonight in Arlington, Texas. The Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks punched their tickets in two thrilling league championship series that went the distance. […]
Continue readingMLB playoffs 2023: Questions for ALCS Game 7, NLCS Game 6
More Teams. More Games. Adolis Garcia‘s line-drive grand slam in the top of the ninth inning sends the Rangers and Astros to a Game 7 in the ALCS. (0:36) It’s elimination Monday in the championship series round of the 2023 MLB playoffs. First, the Arizona Diamondbacks will attempt to stay alive against the Philadelphia Phillies […]
Continue readingMLB Playoffs 2023: Complicated legacy of Astros’ Jose Altuve
More Teams. More Games. Jose Altuve comes up with a massive 3-run go-ahead homer in the 9th to put the Astros up 5-4. (0:36) HOUSTON — HERE, JOSE ALTUVE is safe. From the boos and hisses, the anger and loathing, the emotion his mere existence conjures. This man, baseball’s smallest player and yet one of […]
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