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History lesson: These call-ups set the bar for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Funny how that word “history” tends to set an outrageously high bar for a rookie’s expectations. Often, it’s set far too high. As Guerrero begins his quest for a rookie year for the ages — not to mention a predicted Hall of Fame career — we asked: Just what might an all-time-great Guerrero rookie season […]
Continue readingWay-too-early World Series preview: Who can beat the Dodgers?
While the top six are the same, their order has shuffled quite a bit. And no team’s aspirations have been more validated than those of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who currently have about a 1-in-3 shot at winning it all by these figures. That’s about as good as you’re going to do in the random […]
Continue readingHit batters lead to benches-clearing scrum between Marlins, Dodgers
It started in the eighth, when Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer and Marlins reliever A.J. Ramos hit the Dodgers’ next batter, Brett Eibner, in the left hip with a pitch. Ramos said the pitch got away from him. “If they have a problem with it, they can see me before the game, after the […]
Continue readingEric Hosmer’s signing in San Diego and the fantasy spin
You can bark about the money and commitment bestowed upon Hosmer, or the fact that the lowly Padres seem like an odd fit, but for statistical purposes — and that is what we deal with in this space — Hosmer is a good player. That should not change in 2018. Hosmer has become a lightning […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Sticking with slumping superstars
Twenty days of the 2024 season are now in the books, and players’ year-to-date statistics look overly dramatic in that small sample, relative to how they will come season’s end. Universal No. 1 overall pick Ronald Acuna Jr. has yet to hit a home run, after hitting 41 last season. Rotisserie first rounder and top-25 […]
Continue readingSources: Diamondbacks’ Jordan Montgomery drops Scott Boras
Jordan Montgomery, who was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in late March amid a soft free agent market, has fired Scott Boras as his agent and signed with Wasserman’s Joel Wolfe and Nick Chanock, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Montgomery was one of the “Boras Four,” along with Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger, and Blake Snell, […]
Continue readingFernando Tatis Jr. HR caps Padres comeback from 8-run deficit
On the 20th anniversary of the first Padres game at Petco Park, Tatis exuberantly celebrated the moment that fully erased an 8-0 deficit. He held his bat out with his left arm as he watched the ball sail into the left-field seats, flipped it, hollered and pumped his fists as he started his trot. He […]
Continue readingFive MLB teams who can take down the Dodgers, Braves in 2024
We asked five of our ESPN MLB experts to each pick one team they think is best suited to take down the Dodgers and Braves in October, when it counts the most. While none of our experts necessarily expects this team to be better than L.A. and Atlanta for the 162-game long haul, they all […]
Continue readingD-backs glad to land Jordan Montgomery in soft free agent market
A soft market this offseason changed their mind. Montgomery, 31, and the D-backs finalized their $25 million, one-year deal that includes a vesting option for 2025 on Friday. He pitched for the Texas Rangers against Arizona in the World Series last year, and his addition bulks up the defending National League champions’ rotation. “You watch […]
Continue reading2023 MLB winter meetings updates, rumors and predictions
We’ve got it all covered for you right here, from our experts’ predictions heading into the meetings to the latest updates and analysis as the moves go down. Will No. 1 free agent Shohei Ohtani choose his next team at the meetings? Will big spenders such as the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston […]
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