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MLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingCardinals center fielder Tommy Edman shut down; IL stint expected
Edman, 28, had inflammation in his right wrist last season and underwent surgery in October. He will not participate in any hitting activity for at least a week, according to manager Oliver Marmol. Able to play all over the field on defense, Edman has been used mostly as a second baseman in the major leagues […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball reactions to MLB offseason trades, signings
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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 readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Tuesday’s MLB games
For an in-depth look at what to expect in this daily article and for how to best utilize the information contained within, check out our handy primer here. Note: This file has been updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of […]
Continue reading2023 MLB season: Final-week playoff races, MVP battle, more
With one week left to go in the 2023 regular season, there are a number of storylines to watch as quite a few teams still have something to play for. Will the Baltimore Orioles or Tampa Bay Rays win the American League East? Which of the five teams battling for the final two National League […]
Continue readingThe Giants are star-less — and in the thick of the playoff hunt
Their starting center fielder was Wade Meckler, an eighth-round pick in last year’s draft who started the season in High-A and was recently called up. Their All-Star closer, Camilo Doval, blew the save in the bottom of the ninth — his fourth appearance in a row with a blown save. And yet Paul DeJong, playing […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 17: A shake-up in the top 5
Tampa Bay’s 113-day reign atop the American League East is over — there’s a new division leader in town. The Orioles not only jumped the Rays in the division but in our power rankings as well, with Baltimore making its debut at No. 2 — its highest standing in recent memory. But that was not […]
Continue readingStruggling Mets ‘hoping to build’ on winning start to July
NEW YORK — No team was happier to flip the calendar on Saturday than the New York Mets. Justin Verlander pitched seven steady innings for his first victory in nearly six weeks, and slumping rookie Francisco Alvarez hit the first of three quick homers that powered the struggling Mets to a 4-1 win over the […]
Continue readingDodgers routed by Giants in worst home shutout loss since 1898
LOS ANGELES — J.D. Davis took batting practice five hours ahead of game time, landing balls in the center field net. He did it again when it counted. LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a three-run homer, Davis added a pinch-hit grand slam, and the San Francisco Giants routed the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers 15-0 on Saturday […]
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