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Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Tuesday
Here are Tuesday’s choices to bolster your fantasy squad, with everyone available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Ryan Yarbrough (L), rostered in 58% of ESPN leagues, Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers: Yarbrough doesn’t quite meet the usual “rostered in at least half of all leagues” criteria, but he’s close and easily […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes — Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday
The marquee matchup is an AL East tussle with the Blue Jays and Hyun-Jin Ryu entertaining the Yankees and Gerrit Cole in Dunedin, Toronto’s home away from home. Here are Monday’s picks to help get your week started on a strong note, with everyone available in at least half of all ESPN leagues. Carlos Rodon […]
Continue reading2021 MLB Opening Day lineups for every game
Major League Baseball is back for a full 162-game 2021 season after a very unique 2020. Not sure who is starting for your team on Opening Day? We’re tracking batting orders from across the league as teams start to play in front of their home fans again for the first time since the pandemic began. […]
Continue readingFantasy Baseball mock draft H2H points: Trevor Bauer ascends to the first round
Hitters score a point for every base on hits (total bases), walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose a point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (3 per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as 5 points for a win or a save. […]
Continue readingDog sleds, magic tricks and autographs: What MLB spring training is and what it won’t be now
Spring training has arrived. It might sound cliché, even corny, but for those who love baseball, these are the four best words in the English language: Pitchers and catchers report. Spring training signals that winter and cold weather soon will be gone, and ahead are sunshine, warmth, hope, grass as green as a highway sign […]
Continue readingAdam Duvall, Miami Marlins agree to deal
At 32, Duvall will provide power and a veteran bat to a team that is expected to rely heavily on developing youngsters. Duvall hit 16 home runs last year for Atlanta, which would have led the Marlins. Miami finished ahead of only four other teams in homers in 2020, and Brian Anderson led them with […]
Continue readingCorey Kluber excited to join Yanks; DJ LeMahieu relieved to remain
“I consider myself to be healthy at this point. I’m not rehabbing anything or tending to any issues with anything lingering or anything like that,” the right-hander said Thursday, a day after finalizing an $11 million, one-year contract. “I’m basically at a normal stage of my offseason right now.” Kluber completed his contract on the […]
Continue readingPitcher Corey Kluber hopes bullpen session shows he’s healthy after 2 lost seasons
The two time Cy Young winner has pitched in just eight games over the past two seasons but says his injuries are a thing of the past. “I don’t have a mindset that I need to prove myself to anyone, so to speak,” the 34-year-old said in a phone interview recently. “I just need to […]
Continue readingWill Miami’s surprising run continue? First look at Marlins-Braves NLDS
Two NL East teams advancing to face each other in the MLB playoffs is no surprise. The fact that the Atlanta Braves are in the NLDS again is anything but shocking. But that they are facing the Miami Marlins — and not the Phillies, Nationals or Mets — well, nobody saw that coming. After rolling […]
Continue readingBraves ace Max Fried (ankle) expected back for Game 1 of playoffs
Braves manager Brian Snitker said Fried is sore but additional tests on the ankle were negative. Fried was making his final regular-season start for the NL East champions and hoping to boost his Cy Young Award credentials before starting Game 1 of his team’s first-round series. He lasted only one inning against the Marlins, tweaking […]
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