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Predicting offseason moves for all 30 MLB teams
This is not the offseason to make predictions. As Buster Olney and Jeff Passan have already outlined, due to the financial conditions in the sport due to the shortened season with no fans in the stands — and the uncertainty of what will happen in 2021 — there will be big rollbacks in payrolls. Former […]
Continue readingWashington Nationals decline 2021 options for Adam Eaton, Anibal Sanchez, Howie Kendrick
Washington also declined their portion of mutual options on infielder Howie Kendrick and Eric Thames. Eaton’s option was worth $10.5 million, and the Nationals will pay him a $1.5 million buyout. Sanchez’s option was worth $12 million and he will receive a $2 million buyout. Kendrick will receive a $2.25 million buyout after his $6.5 […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings: One big thing each team needs to do down the stretch
With just three weeks left before the end of the regular season, contending teams in Major League Baseball are running out of time to sort out alternatives. Just as we’re seeing the playoff picture become more certain than ever, we’re seeing some significant, albeit small, reshuffling in our rankings. You know the Dodgers and Rays […]
Continue readingNationals GM Mike Rizzo tossed from suite for yelling at umpires
Now this was an out-of-the-box ejection. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was tossed for yelling at umpires from a luxury suite in Atlanta on Sunday, with longtime crew chief Joe West saying, “Enough is enough.” “I wouldn’t take that from a player. I wouldn’t take that from a manager,” West told The Associated Press. […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games
Here’s a look at the day’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Kevin Gausman (R), rostered in 15% of ESPN leagues, San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland Athletics: Gausman’s 4.05 ERA over four appearances (three starts) doesn’t […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Saturday’s games
Here’s a look at the day’s top streaming options, focusing on players rostered in fewer than 50% of ESPN leagues. Create or join a league today >> Cheat Sheet Central >> Alec Mills (R), rostered in 39% of ESPN leagues, Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals: Friday’s game between these division rivals was postponed due […]
Continue reading2020 MLB season preview: Power Rankings and everything you need to know for 60-game sprint
The 2020 major league baseball season will be like none that has ever come before it. MLB’s 30 teams will have just 60 games to try to streak into the postseason. Players and coaches will need to focus on the field while maintaining strict health and safety protocols off of it. There will be limited […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Opening Day
There was certainly doubt about whether we’d actually see major league baseball in 2020, but Opening Day is officially upon us. Yes, it’s happening. While this season will certainly look different than what we’re used to, our goal for this column remains largely the same. The big leagues are back! Play ESPN’s Opening Day game […]
Continue readingKBO’s Sung-Bum Na wants a big league career twist: ‘Watching MLB on TV made me have bigger dreams’
Those thoughts initially had little to do with the opposing pitcher. Na realized the day marked the one-year anniversary of his career-saving surgery. He recalled being placed on a stretcher and eventually driven off the field in an ambulance, wondering if he would ever play baseball again. “My injury was really serious, so coming back […]
Continue readingHow to become a KBO diehard: What I learned in my first two weeks
That was my first thought as rumors swirled that KBO broadcasts might be coming to ESPN and there might be a way someone who is very much missing the sport to watch live baseball every day while we wait for the majors to return. And that is my first bit of advice to you, because […]
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