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 […]
Continue readingStanek brings plenty of postseason experience to the Mariners, who are trying to get back to the playoffs after losing the AL Division Series to Houston in 2022, when the Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. The 32-year-old right-hander has 23 postseason appearances, all but two of them with Houston the past […]
Continue readingBradford Doolittle: I should be clear that I’m not thinking of this as the best or most-impactful move. It’s simply the one that I’ve liked the most. And, as someone with a long affinity for life in the middle of the continent, I don’t get really excited when the game’s top players cluster in New […]
Continue readingPHILADELPHIA — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado became the fourth infielder to win 10 consecutive Rawlings Gold Gloves when baseball’s winners for the sport’s most prestigious fielding awards were announced Tuesday on ESPN2 before Game 3 of the World Series. Arenado, 31, has won the National League’s Gold Glove at third base in […]
Continue readingHere are the players in favorable spots to help, all available in over half of all ESPN leagues. JT Brubaker (R), rostered in 38% of ESPN leagues, Pittsburgh Pirates at Minnesota Twins: Brubaker was initially slated to face the Tigers on Thursday, but a Wednesday rainout pushed his outing until Friday. Here’s what my colleague […]
Continue readingIt all begins today. Every team was scheduled to begin play on the first day of the MLB season — the way it should be every season — before weather forced a rainout in Boston and the Nationals-Mets opener was postponed due to COVID-19 issues. The Los Angeles Dodgers begin their chase for history. They […]
Continue readingMajor League Baseball is back for a full 162-game 2021 season after a very unique 2020. Not sure who is starting for your team on Opening Day? We’re tracking batting orders from across the league as teams start to play in front of their home fans again for the first time since the pandemic began. […]
Continue readingAfter a shortened 60-game schedule in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to a full 162-game season in 2021. The Los Angeles Dodgers ruled last year’s unusual campaign, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in six games for L.A.’s first World Series title since 1988, but are they still the team to beat over the course of […]
Continue readingIt’s the little things in baseball, often the pointless stuff, that excite me. Arcane stats, wild coincidences, names that randomly connect. Here are 30 things, one per team, that excite me about this season, these teams and these players: Baltimore Orioles The first at-bat at Camden Yards, with Orioles fans in the stands, for first […]
Continue readingBaseball is such a different game today than it was when rotisserie was first invented. Back in 1980, most anyone interested in baseball was lured in by such bubble-gum-card numbers as batting average, home runs, wins and ERA. Over the years, the brightest minds in the game brought to light the fact that there were […]
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