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Fantasy Forecaster: Week 7

On tap: It’s yet another week with a wide range of scheduled games per team. Week 7 has three more teams scheduled for five-game weeks, and one scheduled for eight — the New York Yankees — thanks to a traditional doubleheader at the Cleveland Indians on Monday that is a makeup of their April 10-11 […]

Rest-of-season projections for Carlos Correa and other contender call-ups

One of the most important lessons that the Moneyball mindset has spread around baseball has little to do with statistics, but simply with the basic rules of how MLB finances are structured. Namely, that prospects are incredibly valuable. While this was always known, modern franchises place even more value on prospects, with blockbuster-type trades, such […]

Power and bullpen carry Orioles

When informed of the reasons for skepticism surrounding his team, manager Buck Showalter responds with a furrowed eyebrow and a disarming brand of common sense. “What are you supposed to do?” Showalter said recently. “Build a team for the postseason and then not make it?” Now that the Orioles have won 96 games and captured […]

70 MLB betting nuggets to know

The baseball season is a betting grind over six months of the regular season and then the playoffs. But don’t worry, ESPN Chalk is here to help, providing the most important betting nuggets you need to know before the season starts. • In 2015, $897.3 million was wagered on baseball at Nevada sportsbooks, an all-time […]

The best pitching performance ever for all 30 teams

Editor’s note: The original version of this story ran on June 27, 2018. As part of ESPN’s Strikeout Saturday on March 28, 2020, David Schoenfield updated his evaluations, particularly of who’s most likely to beat each team’s best-ever pitching performance. On May 4, 2018 Gerrit Cole pitched one of the best games you will ever […]