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MLB Opening Day 2024: Season previews, schedule and more
All 30 teams will play in 15 games on Opening Day — Thursday — with Brewers-Mets kicking off the fun in the early afternoon. Later that day, the reigning champion Rangers open their season by hosting Cody Bellinger and the Cubs on ESPN. Thirty of the best pitchers across the majors will take the mound, […]
Continue readingMLB 2024 season preview: Rankings, every team’s playoff odds
Happy MLB Opening Week, baseball fans! After a wild offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone is chasing the two superteams that stand alone in the top tier of our initial 2024 rankings. Whether your team is good enough to go toe-to-toe with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves or […]
Continue readingAstros starter Justin Verlander to throw BP session next week
If all goes well there, he’s likely to throw once more before going out on a rehab assignment. Verlander, 41, has been sidelined all spring with shoulder inflammation which began during the offseason. He reported no ill-effects after his latest throwing session on Wednesday, so he’ll break camp with the team and accompany them back […]
Continue readingRockies’ Freeland gets nod; MLB unveils Opening Day matchups
At least half the teams already had announced their Opening Day starters. “To be able to be told by your skipper that you’re going to be the guy that’s starting the first game of the season, it’s an honor,” Colorado pitcher Kyle Freeland said in a video released by the team announcing him as its […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: ESPN’s last mock draft before Opening Day
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball roundtable: Draft picks for rounds 1 and 2
They say that practice makes perfect — and you can certainly practice your drafting skills in our Mock Draft Lobby — but that saying begs the question: What would a “perfect” draft even look like? Tristan H. Cockcroft and Eric Karabell weighed in on each of their ideal picks from each of the 10 draft […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching, We’re ready to show you the results of our 2024 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Bold predictions for AL teams
Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]
Continue readingThe Playbook, Inning 8: Advanced stats to use for fantasy baseball
Baseball 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 “bubblegum 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 […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head points mock draft
The 2024 fantasy baseball season is here! Get the group together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is […]
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