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Fantasy baseball: ESPN’s last mock draft before Opening Day
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingBraves’ Bryce Elder to minors; Reynaldo López makes rotation
López, who signed a $30 million, three-year deal with the Braves in November, earned the rotation spot by allowing just four earned runs over 16⅔ innings in five spring appearances. He surrendered 10 hits, walked six and struck out 13. Elder, by comparison, gave up 11 earned runs and 15 hits in 12 innings covering […]
Continue readingWhite Sox pitcher Michael Kopech moved to bullpen
“It’s not my first choice where I want to be. I like starting, but I’ve had success in that role,” he said Thursday of relief duty. “Ultimately we are looking at what’s best for the team this year. If I can help us win games in the back of the game, I’m excited to do […]
Continue readingBraves option top pitching prospect AJ Smith-Shawver to AAA
The move was not surprising, given the 21-year-old right-hander’s inexperience. It clears the way for the Braves to pick between Bryce Elder and Reynaldo López for the fifth spot in the starting rotation behind Spencer Strider, Max Fried, Chris Sale and Charlie Morton. Smith-Shawver was sent down after giving up seven hits and four earned […]
Continue readingMLB Rank 2024: Ranking baseball’s top 100 players
Opening Day is almost here, which means it’s time to ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind: Who will be the best player of the 2024 MLB season? To create our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport, we presented a panel of ESPN baseball experts with pairings upon pairings […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching, We’re ready to show you the results of our 2024 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Bold predictions for NL teams
Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]
Continue readingSources: Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (elbow) might miss season
Giolito, who was expected to be the Red Sox’s Opening Day starter, has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament and flexor strain that could require surgery that would likely keep him out for the entirety of 2024, according to sources. Giolito, 29, was one of just three free agent signings by the Red Sox over […]
Continue readingRed Sox’s Vaughn Grissom hurts groin, unlikely for Opening Day
Cora said Grissom was injured taking ground balls earlier in the week ahead of what was supposed to be his spring training debut Saturday. Grissom, 23, joined the Red Sox in the December trade that sent Chris Sale to the Atlanta Braves. Grissom had made his big league debut in 2022 after just 22 games […]
Continue readingRafael Devers lobbies Red Sox front office for roster help
With the Red Sox ramping up at the start of spring training, Devers made it clear Tuesday that he felt the franchise should have done more to improve the roster over the winter. “They need to make an adjustment to help us players to be in a better position to win,” he said through an […]
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