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MLB Power Rankings Week 22: Red-hot AL team makes top-5 debut
More Teams. More Games. Alden González and Buster Olney discuss which contenders are in play for some of the Angels’ recent waiver releases. (3:09) Tomorrow marks the first day of September — meaning the race for October is only going to get more intense from here. While a few teams are staring down the postseason […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Tuesday’s MLB games
More Teams. More Games. Tristan H. Cockcroft explains why Gavin Williams‘ specific strengths make him one of the top fantasy streaming options for Tuesday’s MLB slate. (1:23) Look for our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings, hitter upgrades and downgrades daily to help you make smart fantasy baseball lineup decisions and for MLB betting tips. MLB […]
Continue readingAngels RHP Chase Silseth back with team following head injury
More Teams. More Games. Angels pitcher Chase Silseth gets hit in the head by a throw that was intended to go to third base. (0:50) Los Angeles Angels right-hander Chase Silseth, who was struck in the head during his team’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday, attended the series finale Sunday in […]
Continue readingChase Silseth transported to hospital after exiting Angels’ win
More Teams. More Games. Angels pitcher Chase Silseth gets hit in the head by a throw that was intended to go to third base. (0:50) Los Angeles Angels right-hander Chase Silseth was transported to a hospital after being struck in the head on an unusual play during the fourth inning of Saturday night’s 5-3 victory […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 18: Who’s No. 1 post-trade deadline?
A fair number of MLB teams look a little different than they did just a week ago. With the 2023 trade deadline behind us, there are some faces in new places — and others in familiar ones, most notably Justin Verlander, who returned to Houston in the biggest deal on deadline day Tuesday. Mets teammate […]
Continue readingMax Scherzer says Mets told him 2024 would be ‘transition’ year
ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer never anticipated being traded by the New York Mets. He said the sentiment in their clubhouse was that an underachieving team that had expected to contend for a World Series title this year would reload for 2024. Scherzer said he instead found out the Mets were shifting their focus to […]
Continue readingGM Billy Eppler: Mets not holding ‘fire sale’ despite trades
NEW YORK — After trading Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers, general manager Billy Eppler insisted the New York Mets are not tearing down their underachieving team. “I do want to be clear that it’s not a rebuild. It’s not a fire sale,” Eppler said Sunday at Citi Field. “It’s not a liquidation.” So maybe […]
Continue readingDodgers acquire Amed Rosario, send Noah Syndergaard to Guardians
The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired shortstop Amed Rosario in a trade Wednesday that saw them send right-hander Noah Syndergaard to the Cleveland Guardians. Rosario, 27, joins a Dodgers team whose .629 OPS at shortstop is the fifth worst in baseball and that just a day ago traded for super-utilityman Enrique Hernández, who had been […]
Continue readingStruggling Mets ‘hoping to build’ on winning start to July
NEW YORK — No team was happier to flip the calendar on Saturday than the New York Mets. Justin Verlander pitched seven steady innings for his first victory in nearly six weeks, and slumping rookie Francisco Alvarez hit the first of three quick homers that powered the struggling Mets to a 4-1 win over the […]
Continue readingMLB draft 2023: Arjun Nimmala swaps cricket for baseball
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of top prospects for the 2023 MLB draft have spent years in the youth sports industrial complex, participating in a decade or more of regular events and leagues. It’s a familiar refrain for many of us: AAU basketball, travel teams, little league, etc., a system that costs tens of thousands of dollars […]
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