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Struggling Kyle Hendricks to start, but Cubs worried
Hendricks, 34, is 0-2 with a 12.71 ERA over four outings that includes a league-high seven home runs allowed. “It’s not one or two starts,” Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Friday morning. “It’s been four, so I think there is a level of concern, but I would also say, given his track […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Monday’s MLB games
Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication. Major League Baseball is honoring Jackie Robinson Day with a full 15 game slate, beginning with the annual Patriot’s Day game in Fenway […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Tuesday’s MLB games
Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication. The Baltimore Orioles won 101 games and the AL East a season ago, while the Boston Red Sox finished with 84 losses and […]
Continue readingWhy Cubs are confident even without an MLB free agent splash
Fast forward to the start of spring training and it looks like the team’s president of baseball operations might be right, as the roster looks very similar to the one that missed the playoffs by a single game last year. Sure, there were additions, like 30 year-old starter Shota Imanaga and 34 year-old reliever Hector […]
Continue readingSources: Cubs, lefty Shota Imanaga finalizing 4-year, $53M deal
More Teams. More Games. Jesse Rogers analyzes the addition of Shota Imanaga to the Cubs’ rotation. (1:00) CHICAGO — The Cubs finalized a deal with Japanese lefty Shota Imanaga on Wednesday, agreeing to a four-year, $53 million contract, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. The deal has several provisions, including the team’s option to […]
Continue readingSource: Cubs, Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga working toward deal
Imanaga, 30, excelled during eight seasons with the Yokohama Bay Stars in the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, going 74-55 with a 2.96 ERA and striking out 1,183 in 1,129⅔ innings. While his fastball averages only 92 mph, Imanaga generates a significant amount of carry on the pitch, leading to the gaudy strikeout numbers and general […]
Continue readingCubs fire David Ross, hire Craig Counsell as new manager
More Teams. More Games. David Schoenfield breaks down the Cubs’ decision to bring in Craig Counsell to replace David Ross as manager. (0:52) The Chicago Cubs fired manager David Ross and hired Craig Counsell on Monday. The longtime Milwaukee Brewers manager was lured to Chicago with a record-setting five-year, $40 million contract, sources familiar with […]
Continue readingWay-too-early 2024 MLB power rankings
Now that the Fall Classic is over, it’s time to turn our attention to 2024 — and we’re kicking that off with some way-WAY-too-early power rankings. Where do Texas and Arizona rank after their exhilarating World Series runs? Were the Braves and Dodgers hurt by their division-round knockouts? And where did the Orioles and Astros […]
Continue readingNFL cuts tracker 2023: Live roster updates for all 32 teams
More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]
Continue readingSEC West college football preview: Is Alabama ready to reclaim its throne?
If you were squinting just right, you could see the ground moving beneath Nick Saban’s feet last season. LSU, until recently one of the last proud purveyors of Big Burly Manball, had modernized its offense and produced numbers no one had seen before, throwing for 6,000 yards, beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa and zooming to 15-0. […]
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