For the first time during the 2021 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers are not atop our MLB Power Rankings. The defending world champions fell from No. 1 after a prolonged slump in which L.A. has gone just 7-15 and dropped five consecutive series since starting the season with an MLB-best 13-2 mark. Now the big […]
Continue readingBelieve it or not, we are already just about a month into the 2021 MLB season with the calendar set to flip to May this weekend. What does that mean for this week’s edition of our MLB Power Rankings? Well, yes, it is still early — but it also isn’t too early anymore. How much […]
Continue readingATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner definitely had no-hit stuff, even if the Major League Baseball record book said he didn’t. Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter, an achievement that won’t officially count but completed a dominant day of Arizona Diamondbacks pitching for a 7-0 win over the Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep Sunday. Could he have […]
Continue readingThe Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres held on to their perch atop our MLB Power Rankings as they prepare to meet again — this time in a four-game series starting Thursday at Dodger Stadium. Putting the two NL West rivals there was the easy part. But putting any order to the rest of […]
Continue readingHere’s a look at Thursday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. JT Brubaker (R), rostered in 23% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers: Brubaker has attracted the attention of fantasy managers by putting up a 1.76 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 10.6 K/9 over his first […]
Continue readingHere are Saturday’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Huascar Ynoa (R), rostered in 30% of ESPN leagues, Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs: Ynoa fired five scoreless frames against Washington in his first start of the season, and he followed that up with six innings of one-run […]
Continue readingDrew Smyly (L), rostered in 13% of ESPN leagues, Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals: Smyly is simply a better pitcher than most people realize. Clearly many are chalking up 2020 to a small sample size or the impact of Oracle Park, but Oracle played quite hitter-friendly last year, and Smyly was a guy who was […]
Continue readingNormally, the sage approach is targeting batters in doubleheaders since you have the chance for more than one game’s worth of stats. The conundrum this season is if the player only appears once, you run the risk of getting only six innings if the home team is leading. As such, the players featured all have […]
Continue readingDinelson Lamet was brilliant in taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Tatis continued his remarkable power surge with a two-run homer off Bumgarner, who allowed four of San Diego’s club-record six long balls as the Padres beat the Diamondbacks 9-5 on Sunday. Machado homered twice off Bumgarner. Wil Myers, Francisco Mejia and Ty […]
Continue readingHitter matchup ratings for the next 10 days Week 2 hitting ratings Week 2 pitcher rankings The COVID-19 situation surrounding the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies, which has also impacted the schedules of the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals, has the Week 2 schedule in a state of flux. […]
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