Hudson always planned to begin on the season on the injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. Kim is dealing with a back injury, Mikolas with a sore shoulder and Bader has a strained right foreman that could keep him out a month, the Cardinals said Sunday. The Cardinals also reassigned pitcher Kodi […]
Continue readingHitters 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 readingKyle: It’s close between a pair of pitchers for me and because I plan on drafting both of them routinely this season, I’m listing them both: Brandon Woodruff and Chris Paddack. Woodruff’s sub-1.00 WHIP last season was no accident and his vast improvement in barrel avoidance has me ranking him as a tier 2 pitcher […]
Continue readingThis draft was held on Tuesday, March 2 and included fantasy analysts Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Derek Carty and Mike Sheets, researcher Kyle Soppe and ESPN editors Pierre Becquey, Joe Kaiser and Dan Mullen. If you’d like to conduct your own mock drafts, check out the Mock Draft Lobby, select […]
Continue readingHere are Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Kyle Soppe, Todd Zola and Mike Sheets to discuss which rookies they like most in 2021. Eric: As the top Nelson Cruz and Clayton Kershaw defender in the group, chances are strong it will not be me coveting the rookies, but it depends on what others […]
Continue readingHere are Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Kyle Soppe, Todd Zola and Mike Sheets to break down their sleepers and busts for each part of the draft. Sleepers Cockcroft: Trent Grisham finished 37th on the Player Rater, is generally being drafted outside the top 75 in early NFBC drafts, yet had the underlying […]
Continue readingWe can only hope 2021 will be a more normal season, with 162 games and fans in the stands and hot dogs to eat and overpriced beer to drink. We don’t know what the state of things will be come April 1, when the 2021 season is scheduled to begin, but we can speculate on […]
Continue readingStammen and eight fellow relievers combined on a four-hitter in a brilliant, record-setting effort that sent the Padres over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 3 of their National League Wild Card Series. The Padres won a postseason series for the first time in 22 years and advanced to face […]
Continue readingFor the first time in the history of the MLB playoffs, there were eight postseason games played on a single day — well, almost a single day. As Wild Card Wednesday stretched into Thursday, the New York Yankees won a wild 10-9 affair to eliminate the Cleveland Indians. The day began with a Cincinnati Reds-Atlanta […]
Continue readingThe best approach for picking players on the final day of the season is focusing on teams battling for a playoff berth or those completely out of it. Playoff-bound teams may start their regulars but pull them after an at-bat or two. Pitchers slated to work in the postseason’s first round could get 50 pitches […]
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